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TOKYO — Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon knew there was a Pokemon Center near the team hotel in Tokyo, but he wanted to do more digging.
To expand his collection — which already includes a binder of a couple hundred of “the hits,” about 20 PSA-graded slabs and 1,000 to 2,000 bulk cards sitting on his nightstand —Taillon wants to visit a local hobby shop. Some Pokemon cards are only released in Japan, and the art can differ from American cards.