The 2022 Nippon Series wrapped up today and the Orix Buffaloes defeated the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 5-4 to win the Series 4 games to 2. It was the first title for the franchise since 1996 when they were called the BlueWave.
BBM used to issue a box set for the Nippon Series from 1991 until 2012 that included all the players who appeared in the Series as well as cards for the the Series MVP, the "Fighting Spirit" award winner (kind of a "MVP for the losing team" award) and the three "Outstanding Player" award winners. Since BBM no longer publishes this set, I've been featuring those award winners in the first "Card Of The Week" post following the end of the Series since 2014 (since I didn't know they weren't going to do a set in 2013):
 |
| Series MVP Yutaro Sugimoto (2019 Calbee Series Two #C-07) |
 |
| "Fighting Spirit" Jose Osuna (2021 BBM Swallows #S51) |
 |
| "Outstanding Player" Sachiya Yamasaki (2022 BBM Buffaloes #MG1) |
 |
| "Outstanding Player" Masataka Yoshida (2019 Orix Team Set #34) |
 |
| "Outstanding Player" Yasutaka Shiomi (2022 Calbee "Clutch Hitter" #CL-01) |
No comments:
Post a Comment