Baseball Magazine Sha (BBM) has been the gold standard of Japanese baseball cards since 1991. The 2023 1st Version release features complete 12-team NPB coverage, spotlighting international icons Roki Sasaki, triple-crown hero Munetaka Murakami, and 3-time Sawamura award winner Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Breakdown of card configurations, short prints, and inserts for this release:
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2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball
Team leader and elite strikeout artist for the Fighters.
2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball
Featured card #035 from the 2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball collection.
2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball
Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger and WBC gold medal hero.
2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball
Featured card #108 from the 2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball collection.
2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball
Featured card #144 from the 2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball collection.
2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball
Card #181 Chiba Lotte Marines. Global baseball pitching phenomenon.
2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball
Featured card #216 from the 2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball collection.
2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball
Featured card #252 from the 2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball collection.
2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball
Featured card #288 from the 2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball collection.
2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball
Orix Buffaloes championship card before his MLB move to the Dodgers.
2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball
Featured card #360 from the 2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball collection.
2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball
Featured card #396 from the 2023 BBM 1st Version NPB Japanese Baseball collection.
BBM 1st Version focuses on the main active roster and top veterans at the beginning of the NPB season, while 2nd Version includes mid-season call-ups, traded players, and update subsets.
BBM print runs are significantly lower than American flagship products, making clean ungraded copies harder to locate outside Japan.
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