⚽ ⚽ What Is Football? ⚽ ⚽

Each year during the month of October, I show off only pink (and shades of pink like magenta, peach, etc) to help raise awareness of Breast Cancer, a leading cause of death for females in the United States.  

Due to my own financial situation this year I will not be able to make a donation for each (meaningful, non spam) comment left by those that follow the blog.  Once things settle down on the home front though I will be looking to make a donation in 2022 based on the comments left during this year's event.  Hopefully together we can help at least one woman get a much needed mammogram.  Early detection is key!!!

If you want to make your own private donation please visit the National Breast Cancer Foundation.  There is a donate button on the main page and it only takes a minute of your time.  Every little bit helps.

I have focused primarily on cards that only feature Andrew McCutchen on the card, but in recent years have also featured cards with a cameo appearance (either being seen on the card or as a name cameo on the back of the card).  In 2019, I created Falco Files which discussed players that replaced (Shane Falco Replacements movie reference) on an active roster, number worn, or trade.  I will also be showing some Cutch's Crew cards that show pink cards of players that have played with Cutch on multiple teams. I will continue to utilize these styles of posts as we celebrate the 5th Collecting Cutch Save Second Base event (I am no longer counting my first run on the Pirates Treasure Room I did back in 2014).

I am always looking for new ways to incorporate new celebrities into the event so today I am presenting

Emma Louise Jones

She made world news in early January when she announced on Twitter she was sent an unsolicited **** pic just hours into the third lockdown in Europe due to COVID-19.  

She has amassed a strong social media following for her.  It may be due to her football (soccer) knowledge or it may be due to how incredibly beautiful she is.

Despite what Google says about her, she is not a professional football player.

Which she made well aware via a tweet in 2020 when she attempted to kick some soccer ⚽ balls into targets.  You can watch the video here.

She is quite comfortable not being an athlete and just being a TV personality.

She has interviewed some of the world's greatest football players over her career.

The back of this 2021 Topps Inception magenta parallel (limited to 99 copies) discusses McCutchen's early high school success of being a football player

Of course in the United States, football means something radically different than the rest of the world.

If you want to learn the reason that America calls it soccer and not football can be found in an article here.  

Blame Great Britain

Do you watch soccer?

What is your favorite American Football team?  

#TBT: The Final Thoughts?

For the past couple weeks I have shown off some of the Throwback Thursday sets that Andrew McCutchen appeared in.  In the three sets he appeared in, only one was a set that wasn't originally a baseball design.  

My thoughts on Topps reusing past designs have been discussed many times before.  I would love to add a Cutch card to my collection for each year from 1952-2021.  Topps has botched this opportunity as they continue to repeat Cutch many times over for some designs and not using him in others. 

My favorite of the three cards Cutch appeared in for the 2016 #TBT online exclusive set is the 1957 football design featuring Andrew McCutchen and Roberto Clemente.

The set that preceded this football design theme was 90210 (Topps would use it again a year later).

The set that followed the 1957 Football design was 1982 Topps (a design Cutch still hasn't been represented in)

That #TBT set only features Cal Ripken Jr. and looks at his career using the 1982 Highlights design.

There are so many fun nonsports Topps designs over the years.  I've already discussed my ideas for using the Dick Tracy Wanted stickers and 1990 TMNT movie cards for future #TBT card designs. 

How about the 1991 Addams Family?

Release it around Halloween and have it feature players wearing masks in the clubhouse or on field.

You could even go with players dressing up for themed road trips

I know I would find a Giancarlo Stanton as a pharaoh a fun card to add to my collection.

It could join this 2019 Topps Update Cole Tucker SP photo variant.