tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post4896815169014614749..comments2024-03-26T01:25:08.843-07:00Comments on Getting Back into Baseball Cards....in Japan: 1973 Calbee Fierce Fight Series is AwesomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-17154962352115643522020-07-08T18:41:32.366-07:002020-07-08T18:41:32.366-07:00oh cool. I have some of the Hawks-Giants series. ...oh cool. I have some of the Hawks-Giants series. I'm going to start collecting these I think....Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-51823417982605689352020-07-08T15:02:34.696-07:002020-07-08T15:02:34.696-07:00Yeah, this game had the best looking cards althoug...Yeah, this game had the best looking cards although I do like a couple of the cards for the game where the Hawks won the Pacific League playoffs against Hankyu.NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-1135771046278183532020-07-07T18:36:04.967-07:002020-07-07T18:36:04.967-07:00Yes, they framed them really well. Yes, they framed them really well. Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-56083637601384334152020-07-07T18:35:42.254-07:002020-07-07T18:35:42.254-07:00Thanks for the links, I had totally forgotten abou...Thanks for the links, I had totally forgotten about your (much better) post about this series!<br /><br />I have a few cards featuring other games in the series, but I kind of like the Hanshin-Dragons ones the best. Might be just the blue Dragons uniforms that make them stand out to me!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-19950734611948130922020-07-07T08:33:09.313-07:002020-07-07T08:33:09.313-07:00Love these action shots. They're zoomed out j...Love these action shots. They're zoomed out just right to give collectors an idea of what's going on in the play.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-47188103939115974172020-07-07T07:20:40.637-07:002020-07-07T07:20:40.637-07:00The Tigers went into the last two games of the 197...The Tigers went into the last two games of the 1973 season just needing to win one game to clinch their first Central League pennant since 1964 (and break the eight year pennant winning streak by the Giants). They lost this game to the Dragons and then got crushed by the Giants in their final game two days later 9-0.<br /><br />I did <a href="https://japanesebaseballcards.blogspot.com/2019/03/197374-calbee-exciting-game-series.html" rel="nofollow">a post</a> on the Calbee cards for this game and a couple others a while back although I didn't really understand the significance of the two Tigers games until I read <a href="http://www.thehanshintigers.com/2019/02/12/infamous-moment-9-riot-scares-away-giants/" rel="nofollow">this</a>.NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.com