Pennant Race! Collecting and Translating 1974 Calbee Series 1 (Part 8)
Part 8 of my 1974 Calbee Series 1 project. You can see the archive, which contains all the cards I have translated thus far, here . In my last post I mentioned that in 1974, Yakult had changed their name from the Atoms to the Swallows — a fact that card #45 attests to. To that point, cards #46 and #47 here reveal an intriguing uni mystery: looking closely, you can see the players are wearing Atoms jerseys with Swallows caps! The sleeve patch on card #47 shows atoms clearly legible, but even without this, you can make out that these are not the pinstriped Swallows uniforms that debuted that year. Since I don ’ t think the hats/helmets are photoshopped, I guess simply that the team ’ s new hats had been made and they were still waiting on the jerseys? #46 Wakamatsu - Outfielder (Yakult) In terms of average, Wakamatsu rivals Oh. The rock of the line-up, he ’ s shooting for four consecutive years hitting .300. He may even double his home run total. [ Baseball Museum ] Wakamatsu...