1980 Calbee Large: A Scarce and Intriguing Set (Part 9)
Another post, another Tiger card added (#10). I now need 30 cards to complete the 1980 Calbee Large set: 9 from block 1, and 21 from block 2. Essentially, 30 cards that are about as scarce as ‘ 73 Block 2 bat-backs and almost double their number. I ’ ll be doing one more post after this one for this series, covering the last few cards I have. After that it will require me having at least 5 or so new ones in my possession to do a new post, so I don ’ t expect to do one anytime soon. So, please look forward to something new! #30 Masayuki Kakefu - Infielder (Hanshin) Kakefu, a long-time Hanshin third baseman, is one of four players to have been known as Mister Tigers — the others being Fumio Fujimura, Minoru Murayama, and Koichi Tabuchi. Interestingly, not all Messieurs Tigers have their numbers retired (Tabuchi and Kakefu), and not all number retirees were called Mister Tigers (Yoshio Yoshida). All four, however, are in the Hall of Fame after Kakefu finally got his call...