As promised (threatened?) the other day, here's my post for the roster of the Samurai Japan team for this year's World Baseball Classic. Hard to believe the tournament finally starts in two days (well, it actually starts tomorrow, East Coast US time but Thursday in Japan. Of course, it's WEDNESDAY in Japan as I type this so I guess it really does start tomorrow...). It's even harder to believe that two weeks from right now is the final.
I picked Samurai Japan cards for the players whenever possible. There were only five players who I didn't have a Samurai Japan card for and I would have for a couple of them if I'd continued getting cards last year. I also wanted to highlight Samurai Japan cards for events other than the World Baseball Classic but there the only national team cards I had for one player (Taisei Makihara) were from the 2023 tournament so I had to go with that.
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| 2024 Topps Now Samurai Japan #25 |
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| 2024 Topps Now Samurai Japan #7 |
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| 2019 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes "Rack Pack" Japan Collegiate Team #8 |
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| 2024 Topps Now Samurai Japan Global Games Team Set #8 Yumeto Kanemaru |
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| 2017 BBM 2nd Version #428 (Secret Version) |
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| 2024 Topps Now Samurai Japan #35 |
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| 2022 Topps Now Samurai Japan #014 |
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| 2024 Topps Now Samurai Japan #29 |
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| 2024 Topps Now Samurai Japan #20 |
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| 2023 Topps Japan Edition WBC Team #WBC-24 |
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| 2023 Calbee Hawks #SH-35 |
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| 2024 Topps Now Samurai Japan Global Games Team Set #4 Hiroya Miyagi |
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| 2023 Topps Now Samurai Japan #3 |
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| 2022 Topps Now Samurai Japan #003 |
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| 2016 Calbee Samurai Japan #SJ-20 |
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| 2017 Calbee Samurai Japan #SJ-06 |
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| 2019 Calbee Samurai Japan #SJ-27 Kazuma Okamoto |
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| 2022 Topps Now Samurai Japan Team Set #SJ-4 |
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| 2024 Topps Stadium Club NPB #34 |
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| 2023 Topps Now Samurai Japan #8 |
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| 2020 Calbee Samurai Japan #25 Ukyo Shuto |
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| 2024 Epoch NPB #175 |
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| 2016 Calbee Samurai Japan #SJ-03 |
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| 2023 Topps Now Samurai Japan Asian Professional Baseball Championship Team Set #SJ-3 Chihiro Sumida |
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| 2020 Calbee Samurai Japan #SJ-09 Seiya Suzuki |
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| 2024 Topps Now Samurai Japan #30 |
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| 2024 Topps Now Samurai Japan Global Games Team Set #6 Atsuki Taneichi |
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| 2020 BBM 2nd Version #454 (Secret Version) |
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| 2019 Calbee Samurai Japan #SJ-19 Yoshinobu Yamamoto |
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| 2019 Calbee Samurai Japan Special Box Set #M-8 Masataka Yoshida |
I was kind of surprised when looking back through my old posts to discover that I had not done posts for the 2009 and 2013 WBC rosters. I didn't start doing it until the 2017 tournament. This will probably be the last time I do it (at least with cards that I actually own) as I'm sure the 2029 team will have young players who I won't have any cards for.
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