Card Of The Week June 24

Inter-league play wrapped up last week and the Swallows were the surprise inter-league "Champions".  It was the first time a Central League team had the best record during inter-league since the Giants did it in 2014.  Oddly enough, however, the Swallows did not have the Inter-league MVP.  That honor went the Masataka Yoshida of the Orix Buffaloes, who finished just a half game behind the Swallows in the inter-league standings.  Yoshida batted .397 during inter-league with 3 home runs and 10 RBIs.  He reached base in every one of the 18 games against the Central League teams.  Here's his card from the new Epoch NPB set from this year (#134):

I got the Epoch NPB set last week and I'll be writing about it soon.