tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480658377503163749.post8898799183911940671..comments2024-03-28T08:23:39.263-04:00Comments on Japanese Baseball Cards: Recent Japanese Hideo Nomo Card?NPB Card Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480658377503163749.post-48883435615803153852021-08-03T21:51:31.636-04:002021-08-03T21:51:31.636-04:00He is still considered a huge superstar and he was...He is still considered a huge superstar and he was inducted into the Hall Of Fame on the first ballot, only the third player ever to do so (besides Victor Starffin and Sadaharu Oh). I really don't know if he's not allowing cards of himself or if the card companies (really BBM or Epoch at this point) don't want to include him - perhaps for fear of offending NPB. Keep in mind that Nomo embarrassed NPB by exploiting a loophole that allowed him to become an international free agent by voluntarily "retiring".NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480658377503163749.post-1317863475767136182021-08-03T16:10:42.953-04:002021-08-03T16:10:42.953-04:00Surprised BBM hasn't produced any Nomo tribute...Surprised BBM hasn't produced any Nomo tribute sets over the years. Isn't he considered a huge superstar among Japanese baseball fans? Or were people upset that he chose to cross the Pacific and plan in the MLB?Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480658377503163749.post-72299455324817281642021-08-03T07:19:41.583-04:002021-08-03T07:19:41.583-04:00The seller did offer me 10% off :-)The seller did offer me 10% off :-)NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480658377503163749.post-78911363123025898572021-08-03T00:53:51.895-04:002021-08-03T00:53:51.895-04:00Interesting. It does look like it was something d...Interesting. It does look like it was something distributed at that event rather than packs. 600$ is a hard pas!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.com