Getting Back into Baseball Cards....in Japan

  I picked up a small lot of about 25 cards from the 1981 Calbee set the other day.  I hadn't noticed when I was bidding on them on Yaho...

  Being the father of two young kids has meant that most of my collecting since they were born has been done at night after they go to bed. ...

  I like the movie Mr. Baseball.  Its not a particularly great movie, but when you've got a very niche hobby (like following Japanese ba...

  I'm a bit late with this annual traditional post, but bags of 2022 Calbee chips are now in stores and I bought my first bag a couple o...

  I've been away from the blog for a few months.  Things have just been too busy for hobbies! In addition to that though, the sky-high p...

The above image I think nicely illustrates the reason why sports card makers in Japan never distributed cards in wax packs with gum. My rece...

  I had about a 6 month stretch in the latter half of 2021 where I stepped back from the hobby since work was so busy (I mentioned the reaso...