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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 
  • 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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  • International Orders - for destinations OTHER than the United States or Japan, please click here.

Current Edition

     
Pre-Order now for 2010 Edition.  Immediate shipping upon publication in early April.
     

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.

Previous Editions

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.

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.

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."
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. 
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. 

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.
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.
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.
2001 Edition - $8.95 plus $2.92 shipping  25th Anniversary Edition.  Cover photos of Hideki Matsui (then with the Tokyo Giants) and Kazuo Matsui (then with the Seibu Lions).
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.
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