So news is out there that Cutch is out for the season with a torn ACL. I think as a fan of his and baseball in general this is worse than when he was traded. At least I could still watch my favorite player (albeit for another team) throughout the season. News of him losing four months of a season and potentially a playoff run with the Phillies is crushing.
I still plan on Collecting Cutch and have some big cards coming up on the blog soon. I don't see myself starting new PC players or stopping my collection, but I got to,thinking about some guys I would consider collecting if I was so invested in Collecting Cutch.
All my other true player collections I have are all Pittsburgh related guys. I don't super collect them the way I do Cutch, but I do have over 80% of Charlie Morton's cards, nearly 300 Roberto Clemente cards, and over 2500 unique Andrew McCutchen cards. I also have over 200 Gerrit Cole cards of which 70 are autographs.
So here is a list of other players I would consider starting PCs of that have ZERO Pittsburgh influence.
Up first is a guy I already have a PC of that many people don't know about. I loved watching Reggie Miller single handily go up against the Knicks in the mid 90s. He is my favorite player of all-time on the court. I have just over 100 cards of his and would love to add some more. I don't have an autograph yet so that would be the featured card I would want.
Gary Sheffield
A lot of people don't care for him too much because of his off field and media problems over the years, but I remember trying to be a 12 year old with that batting stance. It didn't work for me because I didn't have the strength like him to twist that bat over my head, but he has had a lot of cool cards over the years. As a third baseman and centerfielder in Little League Sheff was a guy I really want to be like while playing baseball.
Nolan Arenado
This dude is the second best player in the game behind only Mike Trout. Wish I had gotten more cards of him when he was cheaper.
Justin Upton
When you steal a homerun from my favorite player, you grab my attention.
Daredevil
DD is one of my favorite comic characters. I used to have a complete run of the Frank Miller era along with the entire run of Volume 2 until it went back to it's original numbering at issue 500. I loved the Netflix series and have toyed with the idea of buying a box of Season 1 to rip in hopes of building a base set and getting an autograph.
Basketball/Miller would be cool because of all the awesome late '90s inserts.
ReplyDeleteReggie Miller... interesting! That Jambalaya sure is cool, I'd like to own one of those non-sport version's someday, I'd just have to figure out who though.
ReplyDeleteThat Jambalaya insert of DD is awesome! I remember basketball collectors going crazy over them back in the 90's
ReplyDeleteGary Sheffield. I should be able to help you there
ReplyDeleteAll are solid choices. I'm a fan of Arenado's. Miller wasn't a guy I rooted for while he played but have really come to like him since he retired.
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