3 Cards (Vol 50)

So after my trip to Japan I brought back a big stack of cards. There were so many cards in that stack that I had no idea where to start when blogging about them. So instead of condensing them all into a big post (which most of you will only read a quarter of), I decided to blog about them at a rate of three cards at a time. Maybe some of them will make for interesting material, maybe they won't. Let's find out.

Card #1

Leading off is my first ever J. League card.
The J. League is basically the Japanese Professional Football (soccer) League. Or Japan's version of MLS. My understanding of soccer and the J. League is woefully dismal but as far as I can tell there are two key divisions, J1 and J2. J1 is the better division to be in because it means you're good and you have a shot at winning it all. J2 is the worse division to be in because it means you're not even in the top 18. Even though I'm not much of a soccer guy I have wanted a Nagoya Grampus card in my collection for a while.

I managed to make it happen with this Naoshi Nakamura autograph numbered 15 of 20. Nakamura was a midfielder who spent his entire career with the Nagoya Grampus from 2001 to 2014. Unfortunately he was never much of a superstar outside of Nagoya (he only played in a friendly game for Team Japan once at that), but he was a consistent performer for the club for a very long time and I'm glad to have him be the subject of the first Grampus card in my collection.

Card #2

Next up is an Unparalleled rookie card of Giants rookie QB, Daniel Jones.

Poor Jones. Dude's getting a ton of heat and unnecessary shit for what is ultimately Dave Gettleman's gaffes. Maybe Jones really is the answer to how the Giants plan to survive in the post-Eli Manning era, but that doesn't change how he's definitely not the answer for how the Giants survive in the post-Odell Beckham Jr. era, which is right fucking now and not 2-3 years from now.

Also, obligatory "lmao Daniel Jones and Eli Manning are the same person!" meme/pic.

Card #3

Finishing off is SHINO, the only Dragons cheerleader card I picked up. Because all of these were overpriced in Nagoya (no shit).

The back of the card starts that miss SHINO is a Aries, they hail from Gifu (which is Dragons, and Giants, territory), she stands at 155 cm (which is 5'0853"), she's a freshman cheerleader, her favorite foods are ajillo/raw ham and mint chocolate (all of which are delicious), and that her special abilities include shopping/baton twirling and waking up early.

The message at the end is her basically saying that she's going to put her all into her performances so that the audience can smile and cheer. Also that she hopes this is the year for the Dragons.

And that was another edition of three cards.

As always thanks for stopping by and take care :).