✹The PERENNIAL Shohei Ohtani Thread✹

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by Trueblue

I can get behind that

On a side note, imagine having an Aaron Judge or Bobby Jr. being plucked out of MLB and moving to an elite alien league where games are being played while you're sleeping. Not only that, but you never stop following Aaron/Bobby and stay up late/get up early just to watch them play live. That's Japan.

well said.

and i agree that Baseball is more popular in Japan at this time.

i now have the UPMOST respect for players in NBP
especially those that come to america to play in the MLB

heck i even bought a Black Yoshi after he finished out game 7

[ThoseBackPages]

now i dont know if Murakami will "make it" in the MLB
but i do know better now to just dismiss him as another
NBPer coming over to america

[spuds1961]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

now i dont know if Murakami will "make it" in the MLB
but i do know better now to just dismiss him as another
NBPer coming over to america

Did that once won’t happen again. The players and competition from Japan seems to get better every year.

[Trueblue]

It's a great time to be a baseball fan.

WBC next. Another form of baseball competition that the US can no longer write off!

[fabiani12333]

Originally Posted by Trueblue

The talent gap is closing, yes, but it is a very different brand of baseball. MLB is also now the destination for many talented J-league players. Nomo/Ichiro, and now Sho blasted that door wide open. The stigma is changing but it's not necessarily gaining parity with MLB.

Are we forgetting Ohtani's childhood hero, Hideki Matsui? 2009 WS MVP.

[JPWisco]

Originally Posted by Trueblue

I can get behind that

On a side note, imagine having an Aaron Judge or Bobby Jr. being plucked out of MLB and moving to an elite alien league where games are being played while you're sleeping. Not only that, but you never stop following Aaron/Bobby and stay up late/get up early just to watch them play live. That's Japan.

It is certainly poetic that the once-in-a-century player is from Japan.

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

now i dont know if Murakami will "make it" in the MLB
but i do know better now to just dismiss him as another
NBPer coming over to america

Yup, foolish to dismiss him. Murakami's downside has definitely overtaken the narrative on him in recent weeks, to a somewhat silly degree. He's shaping up to be the first Japanese star who is actually underhyped coming over to MLB. In-Zone Contact is his biggest blemish, and it's not much worse than some dude named Shohei Ohtani when he came over. "Anonymous scouts" were at that time calling Ohtani a "high school hitter."

Murakami is .270/.951 in a pitcher friendly league where the average player is something like a replacement level 40 man roster guy. We've got that and the eye test. Well, his defense sucks ass but no one cares about defense.

No guarantees with Murakami, but I'd say his upside is "Japanese Matt Olson" minus the gold gloves ha.

[GabrielCards]

Originally Posted by Trueblue

Got excited from the October hype and added back a junior Gildtani - stuck in customs purgatory till today. My favorite set <3.

Mmmmm - just gorgeous! Congrats - great card.

[Chris P]

Won this a couple weeks ago, had to go through Ebay Authentication before coming in today. Happy to add this to my collection!

[hammertime]

That's a big one! Congrats!

[Chris P]

Originally Posted by hammertime

That's a big one! Congrats!

Thanks! Getting harder and harder to obtain Ohtani rookies!

[ctau00]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

so you didnt do any of it then? hahaha

I sort of did. I pulled all of his RCs out of set binders and they will now go into an Ohtani exclusive top loader binder.

[Rs17]

Originally Posted by Chris P

Won this a couple weeks ago, had to go through Ebay Authentication before coming in today. Happy to add this to my collection!

Love that card. Congrats!


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[seanrs1]

Bought this card from COMC. I guess it's my big off season pick up.



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[Chris P]

Originally Posted by Rs17

Love that card. Congrats!


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Thank you!

[Trueblue]

Chrome # and TTY! Some good stuff

[ctau00]

Originally Posted by seanrs1

Bought this card from COMC. I guess it's my big off season pick up.



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Nice. What release did this come from?

[awz50]

Originally Posted by seanrs1

Bought this card from COMC. I guess it's my big off season pick up.



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Never seen that one before

[seanrs1]

Originally Posted by ctau00

Nice. What release did this come from?

It's the topps transcendent vip party released in 2019. I believe it's a 50 card set with each numbered to 50.

[ThoseBackPages]

LOVE IT $ean!

[ctau00]

Originally Posted by seanrs1

It's the topps transcendent vip party released in 2019. I believe it's a 50 card set with each numbered to 50.

Ahh, that's right. Explains the 2014 design but why would it have the RC logo if it's from 2019?

[ThoseBackPages]

Originally Posted by ctau00

Ahh, that's right. Explains the 2014 design but why would it have the RC logo if it's from 2019?

because just like Frank's Red Hot, Topps puts that s**t on everything!

[Trueblue]

Originally Posted by ctau00

Ahh, that's right. Explains the 2014 design but why would it have the RC logo if it's from 2019?

There's a legitimate reason for this one.

This set originated from the Fall 2018 Topps Transcendent Japan Edition set which included guaranteed autos (framed autos, one of fifty 1/1 autos), a 50 card framed set (Sho/Ichiro) and an invite to the meet/greet Shohei Ohtani. At the event to meet Shohei, which took place the following year, they handed out a 50 card set that is known as the Transcendent VIP Party 'Through The Years" set. This set is basically the non-autographed version of all the fifty 1/1 cards that came with each set. However, since this event took place in 2019, they had to label the set as a 2019 release even though it originated from 2018 Topps Transcendent Japan.

This is one of those situations where the year mismatch and rookie logo actually make sense.

[seanrs1]

Originally Posted by Trueblue

There's a legitimate reason for this one.

This set originated from the Fall 2018 Topps Transcendent Japan Edition set which included guaranteed autos (framed autos, one of fifty 1/1 autos), a 50 card framed set (Sho/Ichiro) and an invite to the meet/greet Shohei Ohtani. At the event to meet Shohei, which took place the following year, they handed out a 50 card set that is known as the Transcendent VIP Party 'Through The Years" set. This set is basically the non-autographed version of all the fifty 1/1 cards that came with each set. However, since this event took place in 2019, they had to label the set as a 2019 release even though it originated from 2018 Topps Transcendent Japan.

This is one of those situations where the year mismatch and rookie logo actually make sense.

Thanks for the info! In the past you could pick these cards up for reasonable prices and I did not pick up any because I thought it was a niche set. Bought this one because I liked the hitting photo and I liked the card. Still don't know what to think of these or their pricing.

[Trueblue]

The TTY cards used to be plentiful, and like most #d sho rookie cards, they now hardly ever surface and are listed at $1K+ prices or are beat up raw copies. With everything else going nuclear, it's hard to call these a bad buy at $300-500 in decent condition. The 1952 and 2018 version of this set (first and last) go for a much higher premium. 1975 is also in high demand.

Same goes for the Japan framed cards and autos.

[PLB9eight]

Originally Posted by Hellcat

That is a nice come up! I'm sorry I guess what I was saying is it's not his pro uniform which will always be the most desired.

Still wrong. Try again.


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