1980 Calbee Large: A Scarce and Intriguing Set (Part 7)
Part 7 of my 1980 Calbee Large survey. I gotta say, I have completely hit a wall collecting these. I ’ m about 2/3 of the way through set and they have just completely dried up on me. I ’ d venture to say the block 2 cards are even rarer than block 2 ‘ 73 bat-backs. Man, they are so stinkin ’ hard to come by! The fact that I have half the block 2 cards feels like a miracle. Anyway, on with it. You ’ ll probably notice that the blurbs on these cards often follow this pattern where they ’ ll take a player ’ s achievement from a recent game and then fit it into a larger career context. This is definitely an improvement from block 1, which largely features no player blurbs at all, but it still feels a bit rote. It ’ s hard to beat the longer, more pensive write-ups on the ‘ 73 set! By the way, since I won't be getting another post out within the next couple days, Happy New Year! #54 Hisashi Yamada - Pitcher (Hankyu) In the game against Nippon Ham on the 10th, The Ace got h...