1980 Calbee Large: A Scarce and Intriguing Set (Part 8)
I managed to find my first card in a while for this run, #30 Masashi Takenouchi for the Tigers. Fitting, since I was in Osaka. Actually, Takenouchi played most of his career for the Lions rather than the Tigers it uh, bears mentioning. It was one of just five total 1980 Calbees the shop had. Did I mention these things are scarce? #30 Masashi Takenouchi - Outfielder (Hanshin) Takenouchi had a penchant for being hit by pitches, leading the league 7 times in getting plunked. In Japanese, a hit-by-pitch is a bit confusingly known as a “dead ball.” The more stiff expression that shows up on stat lines is shikyu, literally dead-ball , but it is usually said as the English approximation “ deddo boru. ” This has nothing to do with the Dead Ball Era of baseball. #68 Jun Misawa - Pitcher (Chunichi) On the 17th against the Giants Misawa went all-out, striking out 11 in a dazzling complete game performance for his first win of ...