tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post5982015516416715926..comments2023-12-11T03:37:10.895-08:00Comments on This Card Is Cool - My Life in Baseball Cards: Hats Off To MeRyan Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-41269195194849560902021-03-11T06:38:06.540-08:002021-03-11T06:38:06.540-08:00No, these are thin bromide-style cards. If it wasn...No, these are thin bromide-style cards. If it wasn't for the cardstock, I would think they were just photos. They're photo-sized, too, about 4x6 inches.Ryan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-84850342196327620172021-03-04T10:42:17.897-08:002021-03-04T10:42:17.897-08:00I suspect anything from the JBL years would be pre...I suspect anything from the JBL years would be pretty rare. <br /><br />Meant to ask before - are those cards laminated like a lot of the other team issued stadium souvenir cards from the 1980's that I've seen?NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-24105857432090337592021-03-03T07:51:38.295-08:002021-03-03T07:51:38.295-08:00Yeah, it looks legit. It's a great find if it&...Yeah, it looks legit. It's a great find if it's real! I'm surprised I didn't have to fight for it.Ryan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-28224145745479215742021-03-03T07:50:55.428-08:002021-03-03T07:50:55.428-08:00Thanks to needing his card, and getting this hat a...Thanks to needing his card, and getting this hat and photos, I've learned a bit about him. He is kind of interesting, and I am a Rickey Henderson fan.<br /><br />I've updated my notes. I think I grabbed the original information from the Wikipedia timeline toward the bottom of the English NPB page or something, and that thing was incredibly difficult to decipher. I'm pretty sure I saw a more easily understandable timeline somewhere, and if not, I think I might create one anyway. And the Whales thing should have set off some sort of alarm in my head, because I knew they were more recent than 1992... but I was trusting my notes.<br /><br />I thought about some of those ancient teams. I really doubt it's possible, at all. Are there any souvenirs from that era?Ryan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-18069515524126464332021-03-03T07:44:35.021-08:002021-03-03T07:44:35.021-08:00It sounds like a good series, doesn't it... (t...It sounds like a good series, doesn't it... (time to jot that down for later...)<br /><br />And whether the signature is real or not, I got a good price on the hat. And it does look cool!Ryan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-56823528352456192262021-02-25T17:28:43.454-08:002021-02-25T17:28:43.454-08:00Wow, 1000 Yen for a Fukumoto signed hat? Fantasti...Wow, 1000 Yen for a Fukumoto signed hat? Fantastic find! I just perused some Fukumoto signed stuff on Yahoo Auctions and that definitely looks like his signature. <br /><br />Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-18341147723147853032021-02-25T17:27:24.021-08:002021-02-25T17:27:24.021-08:00Nice! Fukumoto is a favorite of mine. Funny that...Nice! Fukumoto is a favorite of mine. Funny that your first two items are essentially from the same team - Orix bought the Braves from Hankyu after the 1988 season.<br /><br />Some corrections because I can't help myself: Whales went to 1992, Orions went to 1991, BlueWave started in 1991.<br /><br />If you wanted to add some more impossible tasks you could add the defunct JBL teams from the pre-NPB era like the Eagles and the Senators.NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-13622605974332582792021-02-25T07:44:05.299-08:002021-02-25T07:44:05.299-08:00Cool hat... especially for the price. And souveni...Cool hat... especially for the price. And souvenirs from each NPB team sounds like it'd make an interesting blog series.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.com