Sunday, January 29, 2012

Norichika Aoki of the Milwaukee Brewers

Former Swallows outfielder Norichika Aoli signed a contract with the Milwaukee Brewers last week.  Aoki has a draft pick card in the 2004 BBM Rookie Edition set (#61) and his BBM rookie card is in the 2004 1st Version set (#308).  He did not have a card in the 2004 BBM 2nd Version set, but he's appeared in all the 1st and 2nd Version sets since then.  He appears in every BBM All Star set from 2005 to 2011.  Since the Swallows have not made the Nippon Series since 2001, he doesn't appear in any Nippon Series sets.  He does, however, appear in the 2008 BBM Japan National Team set as well as several of the Topps & Bowman sets for the 2009 World Baseball Classic.  His first Calbee card is #125 in the 2005 set.

Here's some sample cards (I don't have either of the 2004 BBM cards):

2005 BBM 1st Version #320

2006 BBM 1st Version #446

2006 BBM All Stars #A62

2008 BBM Japan National Team #JPN25
2008 BBM Swallows #S91
2009 BBM Back To The 80's #108

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