Play Ball (2025)

I'm continuing my Opening Day tradition of doing a post showing a baseball card from the last year that each of the 12 NPB teams won the Nippon Series which was inspired by (or stolen from) the series of posts that Night Owl Cards has been doing for a while now for MLB teams:

The last time the BAYSTARS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:

2024 Baystars Bento

The last time the TIGERS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:

2023 Topps 206 #107 Stadium Background Parallel

The last time the BUFFALOES won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:

2022 Calbee Series Three #181 (Yuma Mune)

The last time the SWALLOWS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:

2021 Epoch One #723

The last time the HAWKS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:

2020 BBM Hawks #H57

The last time the FIGHTERS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:

2016 Calbee All Stars #AS-06

The last time the EAGLES won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:

2023 BBM Eagles #E08 Foil Parallel

The last time the GIANTS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:

2012 BBM All Stars #A42

The last time the MARINES won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:

2010 BBM/Georgia Coffee #033

The last time the LIONS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:

2008 BBM Back To The 70's #119

The last time the DRAGONS won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:

2007 Calbee Series One #061

The last time the CARP won the Nippon Series, cards looked like this:

1984 Takara Carp #8 (Koji Yamamoto)

All 12 current NPB teams have won the Series at least once so there are no "Photo Not Found" teams.

Given that I've stopped buying new cards, I don't know what the future of these posts are.  I haven't decided if I'll retire it or use scans I grab from the web.  I probably won't make up my mind until next year.