I've been aware for a while that there are a number of NPB teams that issue baseball cards for each victory during the season but until recently I didn't have any. That's changed over the last month as I have picked up Victory cards for the Giants, Fighters and Lions. I think that I've seen a post over at
This Card Is Cool that had a Tigers Victory card but I can't find it now that I'm looking for it. I don't know if any team other than these four have done these cards.
Each card shows a photo (presumably from the actual game) of a star of the game (whether the player was the formal "Star Of The Game" for the post-game interview, etc is an open question). The back of the cards show a line score from the game and what I assume is a game summary (in Japanese obviously).
Here's a sample card from each set that I got cards from:
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| 2009 "Giants Winning Game" Card |
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| Back of 2009 "Giants Winning Game" Card |
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| 2010 "Giants Winning Game" Card |
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| 2010 "Giants Winning Game" Card |
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| 2011 Fighters Victory Card |
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| Back of 2011 Fighters Victory Card |
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| 2012 "Lions Winning Game" Card |
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| Back of 2012 "Lions Winning Game" Card |
I was happy to get this one particular Lions card because I actually watched
the end of that game.
I don't know a whole lot more about these other than what I have. The Giants have a
website where you can buy their cards (although I don't know if you can buy them from outside of Japan). They also have an
on-line gallery of their 2009-2011 cards. I found that the Fighters still have a
web page up about their 2010 set but I wasn't able to find anything else on their website about other years (although I could have easily missed it). Ryan had found
some "promo"(?) versions of the Lions cards at a flea market a while back.
From the webpages I mentioned, it looks like you can buy the Giants and the Fighters cards either by paying one price for a full season or buy them a month at a time. I'm not sure if there are any other ways - although I think Ryan implied that it might be possible to get them in vending machines, presumably at the ballpark.
3 comments:
Since my post I've learned that the promo cards are most likely given away to fan club members, season ticket holders and probably attendees of early-season functions. There are baseball cards in vending machines at some ballparks, but I believe those are different.
I don't recall if I had a Tigers Victory card, specifically, though I have come across some commemorative cards for various teams over the past three years. I just got a postcard for a throwback day for the Lions (along with some fan club cards), and a Swallows card from 2013 for and most likely given away at Miyamoto's final game.
Hi, You can see all Fighters Victory cards(2010-2012) at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12269835@N07/albums
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing.
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