Falco Files: Somebody Saaaaave Me

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

Erica Durance

I recently discussed my early internet crushes of Catherine Bell and how I used to do Yahoo searches and fan page searches for her.  Well, Erica Durance can be added to the top of the list for "googling" after.

I was really into comic books from 1998 to 2007 and there was no better comic TV show than Smallville during that time.

Durance played a very key role on the show when she made her debut as Lois Lane, the reporter from Metropolis.

Durance graced many magazine covers and appeared at many conventions I attended during that time.

I even got the chance to meet her at a Wizard World convention,sadly I lost the program I had signed.

She is still connected to the Man of Steel franchise as she plays a role on CW's Supergirl.

She also starred in the Butterfly Effect 2 which takes the concept of The Butterfly Effect and shows how each event that takes place has a subsequent event happen because of it. 

In 2018, Cutch was traded for Bryan Reynolds, Kyle Crick, and international spending money. 

In 2021 Kyle Crick was released by the Pirates to acquire Dillon Peters.  The MLB trade rumors article is here. 

The transaction of Peters being acquired by the Pirates and releasing Kyle Crick continues a Butterfly Effect that started when Cutch was originally traded to San Francisco in 2018.

2018 Topps Chrome - [Base] - Pink Refractor #122 - Dillon Peters
Purchased for $0.40

Peters actually had a pretty good start to his Pirates career.  He started 6 games and went 1-2 with a 3.71ERA over nearly 27 innings.  He will likely be competing for a role in the back of the rotation next spring. 

This is a card I recently purchased off COMC that hasn't arrived yet because I hadn't  requested shipment.  I wanted to get this butterfly effect before another replacement butterfly effect happens and Dillon Peters leaves the Pirates for someone else, continuing the legacy of Kyle Crick (a middle reliever the Pirates received for their most beloved face of the franchise in nearly 3 decades).

If you're into Butterfly Effects in baseball I STRONGLY SUGGEST you watch Stark Raving Sports Butterfly Effects playlist here.  You can find videos about how Max Scherzer's near perfect game in 2015 was strongly influenced by a 2006 Mets car accident and how the Padres going "all in" for the 2015 season lead to a Dodgers 2020 World Series Championship. 

One of my favorite butterfly effects covered is how Torii Hunter robbing Barry Bonds at the All Star Game changed the history of baseball and lead to the Giants getting their 3rd Championship in 5 years. 

Have you watched any of the Butterfly Effect movies?

Were you aware of Stark Raving Sports youtube channel?

Did you watch Smallville when it was airing?