Alter Egos

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).

With New York Comic Con wrapping up over this past weekend, it seems appropriate to show off

Valerie Perez

If you have ever been to a big comic book convention, you have likely come across Valerie Perez and her incredible cosplay as Wonder Woman, Zatanna, or Paula Peril.

Valerie embraces the geek culture and all things pop culture as she travels from San Diego to New York to WonderCon and all the stops in between.

She has even been a special guest at Heroes Con and has had her likeness portrayed on many comic books.

The most common likeness is Paula Peril

which Valerie also acts as the main character in the feature length movies and episodes.

Paula Peril is an underground reporter that will go to any extreme to get the news, but also finds herself often getting put into rather distressed situations.

Many of the movies and episodes are available to stream on Amazon Prime

They harken back to some film noir style storylines.

So while Valerie Perez now has an alternate identity of Paula Peril, Andrew McCutchen has gotten an alter ego too.

During the 1st Spring Training 2020 (pre pandemic) a Philadelphia reporter referred to Andrew McCutchen as Larry McCutcheon (former NFL running back).  Andrew took it and made the article into an alter ego "Uncle Larry."

The back of this pink 2020 Spectra talks about Andrew's Uncle Larry debut

The card is numbered 10/75

Uncle Larry got an official card in this year's Project 70 by Chuck Styles and also received cards in 2021 Allen & Ginter.