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U.S. fan uses trading cards as one way to stay on top of Japanese baseball

Dave McNeely's collection consists of thousands of cards, with many of them from Japanese baseball. | COURTESY OF DAVE MCNEELY

By Jason Coskrey

Aug 26, 2019

If you went out in search of a dedicated Japanese baseball card enthusiast, you might not think to look in Maryland.

The "Old Line State," however, is where you'd find Dave McNeely, a 54-year-old computer programmer who, by his estimate, has collected over 60,000 baseball cards.

McNeely has followed Japanese baseball for some time and is a fan of the Seibu Lions and Chunichi Dragons, though he watches more Lions games these days. He's also a big fan of baseball cards, with the majority of his collection being from the Japanese game.

U.S. fan uses trading cards as one way to stay on top of Japanese baseball

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