2021 BBM 2nd Version Show Man Insert Set

In 2019, BBM issued a "Franchise Builder" insert set with the 2nd Version set that kinda-sorta showed off all twelve primary NPB ballparks.  There were 12 cards (one for each team of course) and each card featured the image of a player superimposed over a panorama of his home ballpark.  The ballparks weren't identified by name, however, and the cards didn't have any additional information about them but it was still the first time since 1992 that BBM made an attempt to showcase the NPB ballparks.

Two years later, BBM returned to this theme with another 12 card insert set in the 2021 2nd Version set.  This time it was called "Show Man" but again it featured a player's image superimposed over a panorama of his home ballpark.  I had resisted picking it up but I ended up buying the Shota Imanaga card on Ebay right before I left for Japan so I decided to look for the rest while I was on the trip.  If I remember right, I got them all at Quad Sports and they weren't particularly cheap.  I got the entire 2019 set for 1200 yen but I think I spent about 400 yen each for the 11 cards I got in Japan.

Here's all 12 cards:

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A couple comments:

- Masataka Yoshida and Tetsuto Yamada are the only players to appear in both sets.  

- I really don't understand why you'd pick a photo of the Eagles' ballpark that doesn't show the ferris wheel, the park's most iconic landmark.

- Not all of the ballpark photos are while games were going on but the ones that were reflect the low crowds from the second year of the pandemic.  The one that really stands out is the Koji Chikamoto card showing the empty stands at Koshien during a night game.