15 July 2017

I Bought a Piece of Munenori Kawasaki's Ball on Buyee

Late last month I posted about a single wrestling card that I bought from Japan using the Buyee purchasing service. I hinted that I had also bought a single baseball card through Buyee, and today I am going to post about that card.


This is a Munenori Kawasaki baseball relic card from 2008 BBM Touch the Game. I was originally going to post about my Munenori Kawasaki collection for Collecting Cutch's Top 10 contest, but I realized that I didn't actually have ten decent Kawasaki cards to post about. I went looking on Yahoo! Auctions through Buyee and found this one, but by the time I got this card and a few from COMC it was too late and I went with R.A. Dickey for my contest entry instead. I don't know much about this set, but it's a cool card with a bit of baseball embedded in it. I don't think the baseball is game-used or anything, but who knows?


The card features Kawasaki as a member of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. It is serially-numbered # 189 / 300, so it's not particularly rare, but you're probably also not going to find a whole bunch of them lying around. Even though I didn't get this card in time to post about it for the contest, I was happy to add a unique relic card to my Munenori Kawasaki collection. After spending most of last year with the Cubs' AAA team, Kawasaki is back in Japan this season as a member of the Hawks. I don't imagine we'll see him in Major League Baseball again.

8 comments:

  1. Never have heard of that set, but it is pretty cool!

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    1. I'd never heard of it, either, but this was the coolest card that popped up when I searched for Kawasaki.

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  2. That's an awesome card. Even though the contest is over, I would love to see your collection.

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    1. Agreed - and any Munenori card is a good card! Also, baseball relics are something I'm surprised we don't see more of.

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    2. I second Tony Burbs! More cards of Mune!

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    3. I didn't mean to hype up my PC that much. Like I said in the post, I've barely got ten cards of him in my collection. I'll see what I can put together, though.

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  3. I miss Kawasaki. He brought a lot of positive energy to the stadium. I picked up a signed (supposedly game used) minor league ball last year on the cheap. It's one of my favorite items on display in my office.

    http://sanjosefuji.blogspot.com/2016/10/rubbing-my-ball.html

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    1. I also love the energy that he brings to the game.

      That baseball is a pretty cool collectible. I always look at autographed baseballs, but I've never picked one up.

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