Here's a video with highlights of the game:
This is a baseball card blog of course, and I'd like to show off cards of the players involved in the game. Problem is, the earliest Korean cards that I have are from 1991 which kind of limits my options. The only Korean card I have from a player that I know was in this game is this 1994 Teleca card of Lee Man-soo:
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| 1994 Teleca #40 |
However, I do have a number of Japanese cards for someone who played in the game - MBC player/manager Baek In-Chan. Baek was born in Japanese-occupied China in 1943 but grew up in Seoul after the war ended. His performance as part of a touring Korean team in Japan in the early sixties brought him to the attention of Japanese teams and he eventually signed with the Toei Flyers in 1963 under the name "Jinten Haku". He played for 19 years in NPB for the Flyers/Fighters (1963-1974), the Lions (1975-76), the Orions (1977-80) and the Buffaloes (1981) before moving to the new league in 1982. After his one season with MBC he joined the Sammi Superstars as a player/coach in 1983 and retired after the 1984 season. He later managed the LG Twins (which was the name of the his original team after LG bought the team from MBC) from 1990-91, Samsung from 1996-97 (Lee Man-soo's last two seasons) and the Lotte Giants from 2002-03. Here's some cards of his:
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| 1967 Kabaya-Leaf #408 |
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| 1975/76/77 Calbee #349 |
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| 1979 TCMA #2 |
H/T Dan Kurtz for the linked article and video and the fact that today was the 40th Anniversary.
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