tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post2883982219387521275..comments2024-03-26T01:25:08.843-07:00Comments on Getting Back into Baseball Cards....in Japan: Fun Fact: The B-52s video for Roam has Sumo Menko in it! Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-81318211766450575542018-09-24T20:26:14.609-07:002018-09-24T20:26:14.609-07:00Nice detective work!!Nice detective work!!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-39429231640914552102018-09-23T07:13:50.162-07:002018-09-23T07:13:50.162-07:00I'm pretty sure they are from the BC-series of...I'm pretty sure they are from the BC-series of menko from the second half of the 1950s. It wouldn't take long to thumb through the sets and find the images. SumoMenkoManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461389544030702085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-8419755484093995452018-09-18T21:04:32.525-07:002018-09-18T21:04:32.525-07:00Yeah, I kind of wondered if they had been cropped ...Yeah, I kind of wondered if they had been cropped since I noticed that name cut off too. I thought that tracking them down might be an interesting side project for you (my knowledge of sumo menko is limited so I don't even know where to start!)Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-26627470759767357722018-09-18T21:03:08.144-07:002018-09-18T21:03:08.144-07:00Yeah, I hear it all the time too but I had no mem...Yeah, I hear it all the time too but I had no memory of the video until the other day and was kind of surprised by it!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-71086195765265713262018-09-11T20:55:24.630-07:002018-09-11T20:55:24.630-07:00Ha, it has been forever since I’ve heard that song...Ha, it has been forever since I’ve heard that song and probably the first, and last, time sumo menko have been featured in a music video. Those images are circular crops of larger cards. You can see Oikawa’s name is cut off. I’ve seen the images before but since I don’t have my collection with me here in Germany, I can’t pinpoint the exact set they come from. Looks like from around 1957 or 1958. So random, I’m still laughing! Thanks for sharing!SumoMenkoManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461389544030702085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-62126004924287508192018-09-11T20:21:12.922-07:002018-09-11T20:21:12.922-07:00Wow. Nice catch. Heard the song on the radio a f...Wow. Nice catch. Heard the song on the radio a few times this year, but haven't seen that video in years. If SumoMenkoMan can't identify them... you're going to be hard pressed to find someone who can.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.com