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Saturday, March 17, 2018

Sweet Child O' Mine (Sadaharu Oh No!)

Happy St. Patrick's Day! May the luck o' the Irish be with you. But this post is about a different O.

I recently won an eBay auction for a Mike Reinbach card (which I ended up already having) from a seller in Japan, and figuring I'd take advantage of combined shipping, threw several bids on other cards he was selling, all of legendary slugger Sadaharu Oh. I was hoping to win one or two, but ended up with 5! Realistically I only need a couple in my collection, so feel free to make me a trade offer on any of these. I believe they're all from the 1975 Calbee set.






Sadaharu Oh hit 868 home runs! Very impressive. One of the all-time biggest names in Japanese baseball. I always thought it would be cool to one day have a card from his playing days, now ending up with a few. And if I'd stare too long I'd probably break down and cry.


While the song "Sweet Child O' Mine" wasn't written about him (as far as I know), he is mentioned in the Beastie Boys song "Hey Ladies": "I got more hits than Sadaharu Oh."



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5 comments:

  1. EPMarch 17, 2018 at 4:24 PM

    And in their song Sure Shot "I got mad hits like I was Rod Carew."

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  2. MattMarch 17, 2018 at 6:58 PM

    I have never heard of him sadly but pretty cool pickups

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  3. Johnnys Trading SpotMarch 17, 2018 at 8:40 PM

    Right up there with Josh Gibson

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  4. Nick VossbrinkMarch 18, 2018 at 9:47 AM

    These look like all part of the same series which, I'm guessing, commemorates his 700th home run. (I did a similar thing in ganging a bunch of 75–76 Calbees together a few months ago. https://njwv.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/first-calbees-巨人/)

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  5. FujiMarch 18, 2018 at 5:16 PM

    Sadaharu Oh and the Beastie Boys? Blog posts don't get much better than that.

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