tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post542445572281230175..comments2024-03-26T01:25:08.843-07:00Comments on Getting Back into Baseball Cards....in Japan: 1949 Kagome Kazuto Tsuruoka: a Happy Card with a Sad StoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-60157208755552962152020-05-14T06:44:04.562-07:002020-05-14T06:44:04.562-07:00Interesting back story and the design is interesti...Interesting back story and the design is interesting on this card. 4%, seems pretty high still and awesome that you know the answer!SumoMenkoManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17461389544030702085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-51691041441142690712020-05-06T19:24:29.307-07:002020-05-06T19:24:29.307-07:00Thanks again for it!
Yeah, his stats at first gla...Thanks again for it!<br /><br />Yeah, his stats at first glance don't look at all impressive by today's standards, but when you put them in their contemporary context (like him leading the league with 10 home runs one year) his dominance becomes a lot more apparent. Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-26745382713039059262020-05-06T18:48:51.331-07:002020-05-06T18:48:51.331-07:00Glad to send Mr. Tsuruoka home! Many of my cards ...Glad to send Mr. Tsuruoka home! Many of my cards I buy from sellers in Japan, but that one I did get here. <br /><br />That's a sad story all right; I knew that he changed his name because he got married, but I didn't know about Mrs. Yamamoto's untimely death.<br /><br />It's easy to miss what a great player he was before he started managing. In 1939 he had a .470 slugging percentage, which makes you think "yeah, that's pretty good". But the league as a whole had a slugging percentage of .288. In context he wasn't "pretty good", he was a monstrous power hitter. Fortunately (for him and for baseball fans) he didn't get to fly a kamikaze mission.Nickhttps://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=254800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-12206469730338315912020-05-06T18:18:12.336-07:002020-05-06T18:18:12.336-07:00Yes, I thought the same about those cards you gave...Yes, I thought the same about those cards you gave me on your visit last year and how you were basically repatriating them!<br /><br />His wife died in 1957 and according to his Japanese Wikipedia page he didn't legally change it back until the following year, so likely any cards until and including 1958 feature him as Yamashita.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-80430075630576138682020-05-06T18:16:48.649-07:002020-05-06T18:16:48.649-07:00I know the answer to that: 4%.
There was a Suprem...I know the answer to that: 4%.<br /><br />There was a Supreme Court case five years ago challenging the constitutionality of the law since it denies people the freedom to go by their maiden name if they want to. The fact that 96% of the time females chose the male name was part of the evidence. They lost the case, but at least thanks to them I know the answer to that specific question :)Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-586513433382264832020-05-06T07:44:43.083-07:002020-05-06T07:44:43.083-07:00Taking the wife's name? That's kinda cool...Taking the wife's name? That's kinda cool. I wonder what percentage of men do that in Japan?Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243926228844409495.post-70506230067759562362020-05-06T06:42:51.888-07:002020-05-06T06:42:51.888-07:00I have repatriated any number of baseball cards fr...I have repatriated any number of baseball cards from the US to Japan, both to you and Ryan.<br /><br />I never knew why Tsuroka went by Yamamoto for those years. Very interesting and very sad. I wonder when his name changed on baseball cards. The latest card I have from him when he was managing is a 1958 menko card and he's still "Yamamoto". He's "Tsuruoka" on his 1967 Kabaya-Leaf card (which I don't have). NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.com