tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480658377503163749.post5057047461130998677..comments2024-03-28T08:23:39.263-04:00Comments on Japanese Baseball Cards: 2013 BBM Tigers LegendNPB Card Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480658377503163749.post-15459290360846113432013-06-25T21:06:45.854-04:002013-06-25T21:06:45.854-04:00This is actually the first time I think I've s...This is actually the first time I think I've seen a card for Blasingame labeled "Blazer".<br /><br />There's a couple others that come to mind off hand but they are all variants on the name "Jay Jay" for JJ Furmaniak, "JP" for Jeremy Powell and "Alex" for Alex Ochoa. <br /><br />I was just rereading Robert Whiting's first book "The Chrysanthemum And The Bat" last week and I think he talked about some of the late 1950's and early 1960's gaijin going by slightly different names but I can't find the section in the book just now. And they wouldn't necessarily show up on their cards like that.<br /> <br />There was also Harris McGalliard, the American playing in Japan in the 1930's under the name "Bucky Harris".NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480658377503163749.post-16013520555065482182013-06-25T19:30:58.036-04:002013-06-25T19:30:58.036-04:00Have to admit not being familiar with the whole Do...Have to admit not being familiar with the whole Don Blazer/Don Blasingame thing. Apart from Dingo/Dave Nilsson, are there any other examples of foreign players using other than their given names while playing in Japan (with corresponding cards)?<br /><br />Greg DunnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com