2000 Future Bee Power League UL box break (pack 5)

"HEEEEEEEEEEYYYY KIIIIIIIDDDDSSSSS!!!"

This week, Binky wants you to match the players to their names!



George Arias - Takanori Suzuki - Takahiro Saeki - Makoto Kaneko - Tsutomu Iwamoto - Akio Shimizu

2000 Epoch Pro Baseball stickers box break (pack 4)

Pack four takes the floor:



Not a bad way to start the pack! First sticky backed decal is none other than Mr. Homerun himself, Sadaharu Oh! Very fitting that he is #001 in the set as he had a license to kill NPB pitching for 20 years. Here we see Mr. Oh as the manager of the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and looking none too pleased at being in this photo.

Next up is one Toshihiro Noguchi (possibly one of many, who knows?).

Shinya Miyamoto

Tomohiro Nioka

Yasunori Ohshima, manager of the Nippon Ham Fighters. (or in butchered English, courtesy of Google Translate)

George Arias was another American import who had a powerful 5 year run with the Orix BlueWave and Hanshin Tigers, before hanging it up with the Yomiuri Giants.

Tatsuya Ide

And that popular Aussie, Dave Nilsson, who was registered in NPB as "Dingo" (which was presumably easier for the Japanese to say than "Dave Nilsson".

Finally, the "insert" was yet another puzzle piece. This time a chunk of the Seibu Lions championship dog-pile.

This pack also turned up the first double in the form of Shinji Sasaoka.