When Prince Fielder retired last summer due to a herniated disk in his neck, I immediately thought of former Hanshin Tigers outfielder Norihiro Akahoshi.
Akahoshi had been forced to retire in 2009 after suffering a similar neck injury.
BBM did a box set dedicated to Akahoshi in early 2010 called "Red Star 53". There's a lot of great photos in the set (which you can see at
Jambalaya) but one of my favorites is this one of him in Sydney, Australia:
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| 2010 BBM Red Star 53 #07 |
The back of the card indicates that the photo was taken in 2003. I think the Tigers did a trip to Australia in November or December of that year in celebration of their Central League pennant that season.
Twenty years ago Wednesday I was in Sydney myself and took a similar picture of the Opera House:
2 comments:
That is a gorgeous card! You don't see the Sydney Opera House show up on baseball cards too often, eh?
Not even on Australian baseball cards!
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