NPB Card Guy

NPB Card Guy

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American fan of Japanese Baseball cards. My blog is https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/

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Sarah Langs
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World Series between franchises both seeking first title: 2026 MIL TB 1980 KC PHI 1920 CLE BRO 1909 DET PIT 1907 CHC DET 1906 CHC CHW 1905 PHA NYG 1903 BOS PIT 1903, ‘05, ‘06 & ‘07 were the first 4 WS ever

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I wouldn’t have understood any of this if I hadn’t just heard the You’re Dead To Me podcast about it recently @gregjenner.bsky.social

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"Their names ahr really fuckin’ annoyin’ tah keep track of... It was all just a bunch’ah Haralds n’ Olofs n’ Eriks n’ Aethel-whatevah-the-fucks all with vahrious fuckin’ spellings just tah drive us fuckin’ nuts a thousand yee’ahs latah." buff.ly/0wgUPPa

buff.lyA Short History of the Norse Defeat at Stamford Bridge for Bostonians“Befohr that shit-show at Hastings, there was the shit-show at Stamford Bridge, which is really famous tah people who have good taste but is less populah r’e...
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Had to update the post - I realized there was a third one

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Card Of The Week - I think there's only two players on MLB playoff teams that could join the "dual champions" list this year japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2026/10/card...

japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.comCard Of The Week October 4Apologies for being a day late this week - had some unexpected issues come up that I needed to deal with.   With the MLB playoffs getting un...
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Wow - two of the seven guys with a 40-40 season started their careers in NPB

Sarah Langs@slangsonsports.bsky.social

PCA!! Pete Crow-Armstrong is the 7th player in MLB history with a 40-40 season, joining: 2024 Shohei Ohtani 2023 Ronald Acuña Jr. 2006 Alfonso Soriano 1998 Alex Rodriguez 1996 Barry Bonds 1988 Jose Canseco PCA, Shohei & Soriano: only w/45+ HR

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Born in Missouri, grew up in California and New Jersey, went to college in Indiana and Delaware and have lived in Maryland for 40 years so, sure, I sound like I’m from Michigan 🙄

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Kevin Glew@coopincanada.bsky.social

19 years ago today, Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) made his MLB debut with the Cincinnati Reds. He pinch-hit for reliever Gary Majewski in the sixth inning and struck out against Guillermo Mota in the Reds' 11-7 loss to the New York Mets at the Great American Ballpark.