Hello Friends! Recently I got a message from someone on TCDB asking to send my address because they had a card I talked about before. (1997 Scoreboard Sizzlers) I got the package today and there were three of them, plus a bonus.
When we were talking, it was specifially about this one, the Joe Carter Magic Moments. The Sprague and Timlin were added surprises in there. What I was not prepared for, honestly, was that these ones are more box topper sized than the regular card sized the Nixon I have is.. They're still welcomed and will find a place in my collection. I may just need to get some sleeves used to hold paper for these suckers.
There was a small hitchhiker in the package as well. I'm not quite sure the year, as I'm not versed in these cards at all.. But I can say I now own a Vintage Japanese baseball card.
The player is Eishiro Yoshie. He was born in Canada in 1922 to Japanese immigrant parents. From what I can gather, he moved to Japan when he parents sent him to live with aunts and uncles. He was raised there and played baseball.
Seeing that he was not born in Japan, he was not eligible to be drafted into the War, but did have intelligence agents watching him to ensure he wasn't a spy of any kind.
He played professional baseball in Japan for three seasons, 1948-1950.
In 1948, he played for the Kyuei Flyers. He threw 338.1 innings that year, pitching in 48 games, starting 35. 29 complete games.
In 1949, he played for the Tokyu Flyers. (So, the Dalei Motion Picture Company bought half the Tokyu Flyers team in 1947, making Kyuei. After the season, Dalei pulled out of the partnership, so the team reverted back to Tokyu)
In 1950, he played for the Yomimuri Giants in the newly formed Japanese Central League. The Giants had to hall of fame calibre pitchers already, so he didn't pitch much. 14 games that season. 60 innings.
Afterward, he kind of disappeared. He played in some Industrial leagues until 1953 then completely fell off the map. From what I can find (which is honestly not much unless I want to pay for membership to the Canadian Baseball Network) he eventually made his way back to the British Columbia area where he passed away in 1986.
Thank you Richard for the awesome cards!
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ReplyDeleteHey Mike, glad you got everything. I'm surprised it arrived so quickly (but no complaints!). I'm intrigued to hear that the Sizzlers I sent are larger than the ones you have. I had no idea there were 'variations'. As for that Eishiro Yoshie, I *believe* it's a 1948 Action Baseball Menko, but to be honest, I'm super new to collecting him, and still learning Japanese baseball cards.
ReplyDeleteThat Yoshie card is sweet! Glad he wasn't drafted to fight in the war. If he had, he probably wouldn't have ended up playing professional baseball and ended up with this card.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great story about a Western-born Japanese player in WWII and how he was treated.
ReplyDeleteVery cool vintage card!
ReplyDeleteNice! I'm still looking for a few of the sizzlers myself. If you ever come across extras of the Alomar ones or Halladay let me know! I haven't seen any regular card sized ones, would be interested in knowing more. I know there was a promo poster but unlikely the Nixon was cut out of that
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