#capson your heart variant

The 2017 Topps Opening Day release had one of the best insert sets in a long time when they had the game's elite players shown during the National Anthem.

Of course I had to add the Andrew McCutchen to my collection.  

I love the image of Cutch and think this is a great insert set.  I gave 3 problems with the inserts though.

1)They don't feature the player's name on front, only the team

2)They are extremely rare for a budget set, often falling one per case.

3)The backs of the cards (excluding the numbering) have the same writeup and stats as the regular Topps/Opening Day release.  

The third issue I have might be the most frustrating for me.  You created a great looking set on the front and numbered them differently to distinguish that they are NOT photo variants.  Wouldn't it have been cooler if Topps did some research on the player about pregame rituals or if he had anybody he pays tribute to while the National Anthem is being sung.  Cutch's card back could have talked about his mom singing the National Anthem before the 2013 "Blackout" Wild Card Game and how he went 2 for 3 in the game.  That would have been much better than just a standard "reprint the same back" approach. 

Opening Day!!! #capson (or off)

Today is one of my favorite days of the year.

OPENING DAY!!!

The Pirates season won't begin until tomorrow when they face one of the League's bests teams, the Boston Red Sox.  Many early predictions for the 2017 season have the Red Sox as the American League Pennant Winners.  It won't be easy for the Pirates to start their season as they'll be facing last year's AL Cy Young Winner Rick Porcello and newly acquired Chris Sale to start the season.

To celebrate the start of the 2017 Season, I wanted to show off my Photo Variant from 2017 Opening Day.  MLB is doing a major marketing push for the #capson on Social Media today.
Cutch must not have gotten the memo.

I am looking for the base and foil of the 2017 Opening Day series.  If you have them, hit me up for a trade.