It took almost two months, but I've finally finished dealing with the cards Ryan sent me back at the end of July. All the cards have been ingested into my database, posted about and put away. Which means I can finally deal with some cards that other people have been kind enough to send to me in the meantime.
My friend Jason (aka "JK's Card Shoppe" on Ebay) sent me two envelopes full of cards in the last couple months. Jason knows that I really enjoy BBM's "secret" versions - these are short printed photo variants that BBM includes in their flagship sets (as well as their Rookie Edition sets but those are actually kind of boring). BBM generally has pretty good photography in their flagship sets but the "secret" version photos are usually even better.
He sent me the first envelope in early August and it contained seven cards. He included both the original and the "secret" version of a pair of cards from the 2022 BBM Fusion set. This first card celebrates Takayuki Kishi getting a win against all 12 NPB teams during his career:
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| 2022 BBM Fusion #54 |
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| 2022 BBM Fusion #54 "secret" version |
The second card commemorates Ren Mukunoki taking a no-hitter into the ninth inning:
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| 2022 BBM Fusion #71 |
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| 2022 BBM Fusion #71 "secret" version |
Jason also threw in this card of Masato Morishita because he knows that I'm a fan of Morishita's (I saw him pitch for Meiji University in 2019) and of cards showing pitchers batting:
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| 2022 BBM Fusion #14 |
I should point out that the Morishita card is NOT a "secret" version. But these last two cards from the envelope are:
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| 2023 BBM 1st Version #175 "secret" version |
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| 2024 BBM 1st Version #283 "secret" version |
The second envelope from Jason came this past week. It contained six cards - five of which were "secret" versions from the past few years:
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| 2020 BBM 2nd Version #493 "secret" version |
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2020 BBM 2nd Version #454 "secret" version
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2021 BBM 2nd Version #362 "secret" version
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| 2023 BBM 1st Version #048 "secret" version |
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| 2023 BBM 1st Version #008 "secret" version |
A couple comments:
- Nishi's card shows him getting congratulated after hitting a home run on Opening Day in 2020 (which was delayed until June 20th due to COVID). This was commemorated on an Epoch One card too.
- Neo's card is actually an "ultra secret" version which is more rare type of photo variation.
The final card in the envelope was this facsimile signature card of Shota Suekane:
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| 2022 BBM 2nd Version #443 |
Thanks for the cards, Jason, and I apologize for taking so long to write about them!
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