I just found Dome playing as a Dragon in a old baseball cartoon magazine (2003).... he hit a hard...

I just found Dome playing as a Dragon in a old baseball cartoon magazine (2003).... he hit a hard line-drive and that hit Sapporo Mets' old pitcher's chin....

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Very cool!

I love that it looks like Kosuke is wearing the uniform that looks similar to the Los Angeles Dodgers jersey, the one that was used in the movie “Mr. Baseball.”

I’ve never seen a picture of him in that one. I wish I could find a jersey for sale that looked like that. I’d buy it in a heartbeat!

Thanks for sharing, dragonsfanatic!

"Whoever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" - Frank Chance

by STLCubFan on Jul 7, 2008 2:19 PM CDT reply actions

That's the Dragons jersey that Dome wore in Japan.

The Yakyu Shop, based in New York, sells these and other NPB items.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Jul 8, 2008 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions

Yakyu shop

This is always too funny to me ;-)

I'm bleeding Dragons Blue.

by dragonsfanatic on Jul 8, 2008 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions

I actually don’t like that movie – it is too much exaggerating some bad part of Japanese baseball, and skew some values of Dragons… Ken Takakura is one of my favorite actor but he did not need to show up in that movie.

I'm bleeding Dragons Blue.

by dragonsfanatic on Jul 8, 2008 8:13 AM CDT reply actions

Didn't mean to bring up bad memories

I was sure that movie wasn’t an accurate depiction of Japanese baseball, or the Dragons in particular, but before Nomo, it was one of the few reference points the average American had when it came to NPB.

Heck, any movie about an American ballplayer in Japan directed by a guy from Australia has to be a little off, right?

"Whoever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" - Frank Chance

by STLCubFan on Jul 8, 2008 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions