Asian Baseball History and Culture is Our Passion
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How to Follow Asian Professional Baseball
So how can English speakers follow Asian baseball? There are now numerous ways to track professional baseball in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan even if you don’t read the native languages. Let’s look at each country in turn.
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The Japanese Baseball Card Industry. Video of the January 28, Zoom talk with Tatsuo Shinke, CEO of MINT Sports Cards in Japan
On January 28, 2026, Tatsu Shinke, the CEO of Mint Sports Cards, joined SABR’s Asian Baseball and Baseball Card Research Committees to talk about the sports card industry in Japan. You can now watch the talk on Youtube.
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Japan’s Favorite Players: No. 18 Warren Cromartie
A recent poll for a TV special saw more than 50,000 people in Japan vote for their favorite retired baseball players. 20 players emerged from a pool of 9,000. Today, Thomas Love Seagull focus on #18 Warren Cromartie
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Good Optics: The 1955 Yankees Tour of Japan
Every Monday morning we will post an article from SABR’s award-winning books Nichibei Yakyu: Volumes I and II. Each will present a different chapter in the long history of US-Japan baseball relations. This week Roberta Newman highlights the New York Yankees 1955 tour of Japan.
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An Introduction To NPB Baseball Cards
This great introduction to current Japanese baseball cards was published on SABR’s Baseball Card Research Committee’s Blog earlier this week,. We have decided to repost it here as background for our zoom chat with Tatsuo Shinke the CEO of Mint Sport Cards to be held on Wednesday, January 28 at 8:30 pm EST. Please see…
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Carp Tales: Marty Brown
In this episode of Carp Tales, Marty Brown talks about his time as a player and manager with the Hiroshima Carp
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Japan’s Favorite Players: No. 19, Yoshinobu Takahashi
A recent poll for a TV special saw more than 50,000 people in Japan vote for their favorite retired baseball players. 20 players emerged from a pool of 9,000. Today, Thomas Love Seagull focus on #19 Yoshinobu Takahashi
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The 1953 Eddie Lopat All-Stars’ Tour of Japan
by C. Paul Rogers III Every Monday morning we will post an article from SABR’s award-winning books Nichibei Yakyu: Volumes I and II. Each will present a different chapter in the long history of US-Japan baseball relations. This week C. Paul Rogers III tells us about the 1953 Major League All-Stars visit to Japan. Eddie Lopat…
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From Dongdaemun Alleyways to the KBO Official Ball: The Present of Korean Baseball Brands
by Tae-in Chun Dongdaemun, the Beginning of Korean Baseball BrandsThe roots of Korea’s baseball equipment industry began in the alleyways surrounding Dongdaemun Stadium in Seoul. In the early 1970s, sporting goods shops that had been scattered throughout Jongno and Euljiro gradually gathered around the stadium, naturally forming a commercial district. Here, every task needed for…
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Japan’s Favorite Former Ballplayers: #20 Alex Ramirez
A recent poll for a TV special saw more than 50,000 people in Japan vote for their favorite retired baseball players. 20 players emerged from a pool of 9,000. Today, Thomas Love Seagull focus on #20 Alex Ramírez
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