I wonder how readily bats, etc, used in the Japanese League are available, to collectors in that country, or through sources in Japan.

I've read a couple of books - You Gotta Have Wa being the best - that suggest that Baseball in Japan, to a much greater extent than in America, is practically a national religion. I can only imagine that "relics" of that sport are in great demand and fetch high prices from Japanese collectors.

I think that many of us have favorite players who either have spent time in Japanese Baseball, or are there now, and we'd love to get our hands on a bat, a jersey, anything.

Anyone have any experience or expertise in this area of game-used collecting?