Comments on: Collecting Ichiro

By: Al Golagnic

Al Golagnic — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:39:10 +0000

I have this card thanks to a nostalgic moment a few years ago that led to my purchasing a few packs at a time over the course of several weeks. I somehow doubt I could get anyone to give me $200-$250 for it, or even that I could have at any time since its production.

The crown jewel for me during that time was plucking a BJ Upton autographed rookie card. At the time, I estimated that by 2020, the card would have enough value to put a hypothetical child through college.

I’m glad that I didn’t stop contributing to my 401(k).

By: Typical Idiot Fan

Typical Idiot Fan — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:35:17 +0000

lol Japan!

By: theberle

theberle — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:48:33 +0000

The freakonomics guys just blogged about US celebs in Japan ads, and linked to Japander. Their take is that more and more US Celebs are showing up in US ads. I’m not sure what that means as far as Ichiro goes.

http://www.freakonomics.com/blog/2006/11/23/japander-much/

By: msb

msb — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:27:09 +0000

maybe you should have book club during the game …

By: Deanna

Deanna — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:11:14 +0000

That’d be a great idea, if book club hadn’t fizzled out due to nobody actually showing up. Everyone saying it’s a great idea is one thing, but I didn’t really feel like sitting around alone at Elliott Bay Book Company with everyone’s good intentions. I dunno if/when I’ll try to revive it.

I have a whole bunch of Japanese baseball cards, but they’re modern, so they look just like American baseball cards, really. I did surprise Kenji Johjima at fan fest last year by having an old one of him to sign, though…

Oh, I’m finally putting my Japan trip pictures online — I should be getting around to my Osaka set in a few days, including a whole bunch of the Ichiro NTT ads, which were really quite impressive.

By: joser

joser — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:44:53 +0000

Speaking of Japanese baseball cards, Sayonara Home Run! is out in paperback, and is a pretty interesting look at the history of this artform in Japan (and there, at least, it could qualify as that). I should probably drop into Marinerds and suggest Deanna add it to her bookclub list.

By: Steve T

Steve T — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:41:16 +0000

Now I finally know what “Yunker” is. They advertise it on the padded railing around Safeco behind the plate and by the dugouts.

By: msb

msb — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:43:20 +0000

there is a fine site, Japander, that covers the ad phenomemnon

By: dw

dw — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:55:02 +0000

Here’s the CM, though missing the Wild West commercial:
http://www.sato-seiyaku.co.jp/cmgallery/

By: mathew2007

mathew2007 — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:14:33 +0000

*Collecting Ichiro is not his official site. He could sue that web-site manager.
* We can’t see the CM anymore. Anyway I don’t think anybody believe the yunker brings such effect in the Wild West, which sound like the american version of geisha-ninja. It must be just a joking. But so long as he wears Mariners’ uniform in CM, quite a little money was brought to MLB and Mariners from the sponsers for the patent. That’s why M’s have a good fiscal balance every year.