The Yomiuri Giants in Vero Beach, Florida
Today’s entry is a bit of a companion piece to our friend Dave aka NPB Card Guy’s recent write-up on a run of cards from 1974-75 Calbee covering the Yomiuri Giants’ spring training camp in Vero Beach, Florida. The cards, #693-714, are from the ‘75 half of Calbee’s dual-year sophomore set. It’s worth noting that these cards do not compose a complete series or “block” in their own right, but are a part of Series 13. For more information and photos of all 22 cards, check out Dave’s post here . I thought I had more from this run, but the three I have at least are particularly nice ones. Here are translations for cards #693, 695, and 702. Opening Series The Giants Under the Skies of Vero Beach Dodgertown From March 3rd-17th, the Giants had spring training camp in Vero Beach. After a long journey of 13,000km from Tokyo, the team made their grand entrance at Vero Beach ’ s Dodgertown early the next morning in good spirits. A worthy dawn for a new era of Giants baseball. A great i...