Hall Of Famer Tetsuharu Kawakami passed away at age 93 on Monday of this week but the story did not make the news until today. I did a
post on Kawakami a few years back on the occasion of his 90th birthday so I won't say much more here, just show some cards:
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| 1948 JCM 2 |
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| 1948 JCM 102 |
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| 2000 BBM 20th Century Best 9 #T-13 |
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| 2002 BBM Giants #G87 |
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| 2011 Epoch All Japan Baseball Foundation Managers #01 |
Hmm, that's odd - that 1948 JCM 2 card of him shows him batting right handed when he was a left hander. An uncorrected error card perhaps?
I found it interesting that both the Giants and the Eagles wore black ribbons on their uniforms in Game Four of the Nippon Series today in memory of Kawakami.
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