Japan Baseball Media Guide in English

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2010 Japan Pro Baseball Fan Handbook and Media Guide

Published by Wayne Graczyk and JapanBall.com

2010 Japan Pro Baseball Fan Handbook and Media Guide
by Wayne Graczyk

The complete, updated, and only media guide to Japanese pro baseball in English.

This comprehensive reference, now in its 31st 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: 124 pages

International Orders. This page for shipping destinations OTHER than the United States or Japan.

Current Edition

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

2010 Edition - $16.95 for book, plus $4.00 international shipping surcharge above the usual $2.92 shipping and handling charge to total $23.87. 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 for book, plus $4.00 international shipping surcharge above the usual $2.92 shipping and handling charge to total $23.87. 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 for book, plus $4.00 international shipping surcharge above the usual $2.92 shipping and handling charge to total 21.87. 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 for book, plus $4.00 international shipping surcharge above the usual $2.92 shipping and handling charge to total $19.87. 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 for book, plus $4.00 international shipping surcharge above the usual $2.92 shipping and handling charge. 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 - $5.95 for book, plus $4.00 international shipping surcharge above the usual $2.92 shipping and handling charge. 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

2004 Edition - $8.95 for book, plus $4.00 international shipping surcharge above the usual shipping and handling charge. 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 for book, plus $4.00 international shipping surcharge above the usual shipping and handling charge. 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 for book, plus $4.00 international shipping surcharge above the usual shipping and handling charge. 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 for book, plus $4.00 international shipping surcharge above the usual shipping and handling charge. 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.