My OTHER Opening Day tradition each year is posting about the oldest BBM set that has a card of an active NPB player. For the second year in a row, that set is the 2001 one due to the inclusion of Hiroyuki Nakajima, who is now with the Dragons. Keep in mind, of course, that "active" is a relative term.
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| 2001 BBM #426 |
There is one player still active from the 2000 BBM set but he's not playing in NPB. 42 year old Munenori Kawasaki is on the roster of the Tochigi Golden Braves of the independent Baseball Challenge League. With the retirement of Itsuki Shoda last year, Kawasaki is the last active player who was drafted in the 20th century (Hawks 1999 4th round).
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| 2000 BBM #291 |
1 comment:
Very cool. I wonder what is the oldest Topps set with an active MLB player in it. I'm guessing it would have been whatever Nelson Cruz's first Topps card up until he retired a few days ago.
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