Weekly Baseball, April 27, 1981 Issue [Hironori Ishige (Seibu) Cover: Akinobu Okada (Hanshin) & Isamu Kida (Nippon Ham) / Color Gravure: "Not Afraid of Jinxes?" / Toru Ogawa (Kintetsu) Back Cover Color Gravure: Batting Sequence Photos / Shigeru Makino (Giants Head Coach) Back Cover Color Gravure: Showing Off Piaget Watch / Kazumasa Kawano (Giants Shortstop) Center Color Gravure: The Big Shot Jump Throw / Takashi Takada's Refreshing Dialogue <Guest: Kiyoshi Nishimoto> "If We Win, Yuriko (Wife) Will Be Happy" - Yuriko's Doppelganger Helped Us Win / Face of the Week: Kenji Taniguchi (Giants) "Concorde" That Abandoned Numbers / Koichi Tabuchi Front Cover Gravure: "You're Still the Star" / Men Fighting Illness: Yoshihiko Takahashi (Hiroshima), Motoyasu Kinjo (Nankai), Michizo Takahashi (Chunichi) / Hiromi Makihara (Ofu High School) / Hajime Kato (Giants) & Keiji Asano (Giants) From the Sidelines to the Relief Ace / Masakazu Mitsui (Kintetsu) One Year After Suspension / Akinobu Mayumi (Hanshin) The Birth of a Speedy Home Run Hitter / Young Starting Ace: Shoji Sadaoka (Giants) / and more] This is a Weekly Baseball magazine from 43 years ago, and it shows signs of aging such as yellowing, scratches, stains, and wear. The top, bottom, and fore-edge of the book are sun-faded, and the pages overall have a sun-faded appearance. From a quick look, there is creasing on the cover and the top corners of the pages. (See photos 2-4) Other than that, although the pages are sun-faded, there are no page folds or writing, and it is perfectly readable. The front cover color gravure features Akinobu Okada, in his second year, and pitcher Isamu Kida. The back cover color gravure features batting sequence photos of Toru Ogawa of Kintetsu, and Giants head coach Makino is showing off his watch. Takashi Takada's refreshing dialogue features pitcher Kiyoshi Nishimoto, who candidly talks about the accident where his house was completely burned down in a gas explosion, and his wife Yuriko suffered burns over 65% of her body. Other features include pitcher Hiromi Makihara of Ofu High School, and Masakazu Mitsui of Kintetsu, who was suspended for a year due to an assault incident, and more. It's a very enjoyable read and a very nostalgic Showa-era Weekly Baseball magazine, so I highly recommend it. [No price reduction] [Lowest price for the same product on Mercari] [If paying at a convenience store, please be sure to write your payment schedule before purchasing] #WeeklyBaseball #AkinobuOkada #IsamuKida