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2010 Japan Pro Baseball Fan Handbook and Media Guide
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Published by Wayne Graczyk and JapanBall.com
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2010 Japan Pro Baseball Fan Handbook and Media Guide
by Wayne Graczyk |
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The complete,
updated, and only media guide to Japanese pro baseball in English.
This comprehensive reference, now in its 32nd year, includes such essential information as:
- League Directories
- Team Directories
- Minor League Information.
- Schedules
- Full Rosters, including salaries
- Player photos
- Detailed stadium information
- In-depth statistics
- Foreign player profiles
- and much more.
Endorsed by the Commissioner's Office, the Central and Pacific Leagues,
and the Japan Pro Baseball Players Union.
Paperback: 128 pages
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Current Edition
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2010 Edition - $16.95 plus $2.92 shipping Contains
all the information you've come to expect, plus details on the 75th anniversary
of the Hanshin Tigers, a new stadium in Okinawa, umpires making changes to
conform to international standards, American Marty Brown managing his second
Japanese team, in addition to a retrospective on outgoing manager Bobby
Valentine.
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Previous Editions
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2009 Edition - $16.95 plus $2.92 shipping An expanded color format features
recognition of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Yomiuri Giants as
Japan's first pro baseball team, information about the Mazda Stadium - new home
of the Hiroshima Carp and a look back at the 50-year career as a player, coach
and manager of all-time home run king Sadaharu Oh.
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2008 Edition - $14.95 plus $2.92 shipping Features cover photos of top Japanese
players and new foreign signees, complete team rosters with player salaries, plus an analysis of the Oakland A's - Boston Red Sox Major League
Baseball Season Opener at the Tokyo Dome.
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2007 Edition - $12.95 plus $2.92 shipping Features Japanese team American managers Bobby Valentine, Trey Hillman,
Marty Brown and Terry Collins, and profiles of more than 50 foreign players
contracted to play in Japan, plus results of the 2006 Major League All-Star
Japan tour and Konami Cup Asia Series."
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2006 Edition - $11.95 plus
$2.92 shipping Features Japanese team American managers
Bobby Valentine, Trey Hillman and Marty Brown, descriptions of the various areas
in Japan where baseball is played and how to get there, plus results of the
first Konami Cup Asia Series with teams from Japan, Taiwan, Korea and China. |
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2005 Edition - $9.95 plus
$2.92 shipping Features the
newly constituted Orix
Buffaloes resulting from the merger of the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes, the Rakuten Golden Eagles, the first new
team in half a century, as well as the first American general manager. |
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Collectors' Editions - Limited Availability |
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2004 Edition -
$8.95 plus $2.92 shipping Features
cover photo of Chiba Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine and insights into the
New York Yankees - Tampa Bay Devil Rays American League season openers at the
Tokyo Dome. |
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2003 Edition -
$8.95 plus $2.92 shipping
Features cover photo of Nippon Ham Fighters American manager Trey Hillman, news
of a tie-up between New York Yankees and Tokyo Giants, and photos of all foreign
players in Japan between 1950 and 2002. |
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2002 Edition -
$8.95 plus $2.92 shipping Contains
photos and statistics of all foreign players who played in Japan between 1950
and 2001. Features Hideki Matsui on the cover; his last year with the
Tokyo Giants before going to the New York Yankees. |
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Previous Editions. If
interested in earlier editions than those listed, please inquire by email at Info@JapanBall.com
or by using our Contact
Us page. Please note, however, that the following editions are
sold out: 2001, 2000, 1987, 1986, 1976. |
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