tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28358508055177031212024-03-15T21:09:05.306-04:00Collecting CutchA Blog About My Journey To COLLECTING CUTCH.
Over 3,500 unique cards and nearly 300 1/1s of Andrew McCutchen
Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.comBlogger1651125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-44189688761909413512023-09-18T06:32:00.004-04:002023-09-18T07:03:31.304-04:00Is this thing still on?It has been nearly a year since my last post. Over the past year a lot has happened both personally and in terms of collecting. <div><br></div><div>For those of you that follow my ebay page, I have started to sell off some of my McCutchen collection. At last count before selling things off I had nealy 3,900 unique cards of Cutch (3,876 to be exact). </div><div><br></div><div>Andrew McCutchen will always be my favorite athlete. I really don't see that changing. I followed sports and trading cards until I was a teenager (mid 90s). I stayed out of the hobby and sports entertainment in general until 2005 when I attended a baseball game between the Pirates and Phillies. You can revisit my origin story <a href="http://collectingcutch.blogspot.com/2021/04/every-hero-needs-origin-story-heres-mine.html?m=1">here</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>So if Cutch is my favorite athlete and I self proclaimed to have built the largest Andrew McCutchen sports card collection (even getting the attention from Cutch himself by following me on Twitter), why on earth would I start to sell some of it off?</div><div><br></div><div>Financial reasons? Yup. I have had some difficulties over the past year due to health reasons. I damn near tore my achilles last year mere months after buying my first home and was out of work for nesrly 4 months. Because it wasn't a work related injury I couldn't return to work until I was able to perform all my job functions (I have a physically demanding job) so yeah...that sucked. Then I have had not 1, but 2 epic bouts with kidney stones that landed me in the hospital for nearly a week at a time. So between those two health related financial problems I started to unload some cards.</div><div><br></div><div>Pure hobby enjoyment? Yup, that is another reason why I have started to sell off some of the stuff. I never attended the National, but would attend small local sports and collectible shows and if I am being perfectly honest I never got much enjoyment of those shows. Often times I could find the cards I needed of Cutch on eBay for cheaper. I didn't collect much besides him in terms of the hobby.</div><div><br></div><div>Mental anguish with the collection? Yup. Trying to keep up with all of the new releases and the parallels... oh the parallels... was nearly a part time job. It was several hours a week to catalog what was coming in, still needed, uploading pics, etc to maintain the collection. It just wasn't fun. It wasn't stimulating anymore.</div><div><br></div><div>Change of scenery for what I am collecting? Yup. I just talked above about my lack of interest in seeking out Cutch cards locally and the frustration with maintaining a digital catalog with what I owned, but I have rediscovered a new collecting adrenaline rush and that is comic books. When I was out of work and unable to walk for nearly 4 months I spent a lot of time rereading my old trade paperbacks (graphic novels) and it reignited my love for the comic book medium. Same for when I was in the hospital for several days on multiple occasions with the kidney stones. I love the comic book medium. I have attended a few small local shows and attend a flea market every weekend seeking out stuff for rebuilding a collection of some of my favorite titles and it has been a lot of fun. Add to it the ease of diginltally cataloging the collection with apps like CLZ and Key Collector and the beauty of not having 27-50 different parallels for each new release every few weeks it is a lot of fun. Yes comic books have 1-5 variants each month, but I don't feel compelled to grab every variant the way I felt compelled to grab every parallel for Topps Flagship or Panini Prizm. It's weird in that I am content saying yes, I own Spawn 344 or Daredevil Volume 2 issue 5 cover A and thats good enough for me. I don't need the B covers or C covers or Virgin (logo less) variants. </div><div><br></div><div>Hobbies should be hobbies.</div><div>When they take up too much of your time, they become like jobs and I don't know about all of you, but I am content with having just one full time job. That's enough for me.</div><div><br></div><div>So where do I stand with the Cutch collection now? I have sold off probably 400 cards and some very big heavy hitters (2009 Rookie Card Bowman Chrome Superfractor 1/1 for example), but I'm ok with that. Many years ago I received a custom build display case that can hold 100 slabs or roughly 150 toploaders or some combination there of. My goal is to one day own just enough Cutch cards to fit in that custom case. I plan to include cards from every team he has been on so it will have basically a greatest hits of his career, but I know it will take a long time to resell what I have bought for the past 15 or so years. </div><div><br></div><div>With that said, if you are still reading this blog, please leave a comment below and I will show off some of the cards I have sold over the past year and talk about the dozen or so cards I have gotten over the past 12 months. Yes...I did buy some cards over the past year, but it wasn't many at all. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><br></div><div>He got his 200th stolen base and 1,000 RBI this year.</div><div>As of the 1,000 career RBI he was then missing some milestones by just a few marks</div><div>56 hits shy of 2,000</div><div>9 doubles shy of 400</div><div>13 HR shy of 300</div><div>24 walks shy of 1,000</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I know that many people have come to check out my blog on a daily basis each October, but as with my collecting of Cutch cards I am truly burned out from it. I may do a few posts, but it won't be the same as years past and due to financial struggles still residing from my torn achilles earlier this year I will not be able to make a donation based on comments left. I also won't be able to do any contests.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry guys!</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you to those still reading the blog.</div><div><br></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-58312142007885215582022-09-06T07:08:00.000-04:002022-09-06T07:08:30.433-04:001 MONTH SOBER!!!For the first time since 2009 I went 30 days without purchasing an Andrew McCutchen baseball card. I've gone stretches of 10-14 days before, but I have never gone a full month. This may sound like a first world problem, but I actually did become addicted to adding cardboard of the former MVP. <div><br></div><div>Last year was the least amount of card purchases I made of Cutch in over a decade of "CollectingCutch".</div><div><br></div><div>Then this year happened and my purchases are even less (partially because he hasn't been in many products this year so far). <br><div><br></div><div>I used to search eBay 3-6 times a day while also looking at other after market card places like COMC, blowout, mercari, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc on a daily basis. </div><div><br></div><div>Now I check out my Cutch searches maybe once or twice a week. </div><div><br></div><div>Collecting cardboard can certainly be addicting and fun, but with Cutch's career coming to a twilight I'm just not as emotionally invested in it as I once was. Having him join a division rival on a one year deal where the Brewers likely won't make the playoffs isn't helping. </div><div><br></div><div>Here is the very last Andrew Mccutchen baseball card I received in the mail. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Now I can say that it has also been over a month since I last received an Andrew McCutchen card in the mail. </div><div><br></div><div><i>What is the longest stretch you've gone without adding a card to the PC?</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Have you overcome any addictions and been proud after the first month?</i></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-88730118859414050792022-08-12T03:00:00.000-04:002022-08-12T03:00:42.552-04:00Plunder The LoxI was caught completely off guard when AJ of The Lost Collector hit me up with a message saying "I have something coming your way".<div><br></div><div>Being the supercollector that I am, it is rare for items regarding Cutch to escape me being aware of their existence ESPECIALLY when it comes to cardboard. 2020 saw me start to limit the number of new Cutch cards to the collection, but I am still adding hundreds of new cards each year.</div><div><br></div><div>Where it gets tricky regarding my Cutch collection is his appearance in print media and stadium giveaways (excluding bobbleheads of which I have over 20). </div><div><br></div><div>Included in the many stadium giveaways there are a bunch of T-shirts that Cutch has left his mark on and this is where I could improve the collection the most.</div><div><br></div><div>Well, AJ hooked me up with one of the best Sportscenter commercials of all time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/446uAS8TIC0" width="320" youtube-src-id="446uAS8TIC0"></iframe></div><br><div><br></div><div>Plunder The Lox.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><i>Anyone know who the blonde is in the commercial? She could be a good candidate for my October event.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>What were some of your favorite This is Sportscenter commercials?</i></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-81151687079619312452022-07-30T09:42:00.000-04:002022-07-30T10:10:42.873-04:00I'll be back<div>Happy 75th Birthday to Arnold Schwarzenegger!</div><div><br></div>The most famous line from Arnold's career has to be "I'll be back" from the Terminator franchise. <div><br></div><div>Terminator is one of those rare movies where the sequel may actually be better than the original, however the more recent sequels will never live up to the original Terminator or it's sequel T2:Judgement Day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohbhssdmjqL402x2fDxLj6Mo0Ckve0MaiczecWrMnQlxMxchsbzHHOWEmCuDT3auADcLolEHkre48CexmS26DJiJpz80b-m5Ci_vAw_aCLpbs8xjwzYvrk_Z-bBZmSeff1k8cadYZsZz5TAUTpn-X2ybi3QxDE3tiGl_JB4vmZXdopOHCdTOE9RmI9w/s500/giphy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="500" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgohbhssdmjqL402x2fDxLj6Mo0Ckve0MaiczecWrMnQlxMxchsbzHHOWEmCuDT3auADcLolEHkre48CexmS26DJiJpz80b-m5Ci_vAw_aCLpbs8xjwzYvrk_Z-bBZmSeff1k8cadYZsZz5TAUTpn-X2ybi3QxDE3tiGl_JB4vmZXdopOHCdTOE9RmI9w/s320/giphy.gif" width="320"></a></div><br><div><br></div><div>Topps has featured Cutch in his Pirates gear a lot in recent years despite being a current Phillie or Brewer. This is odd for me because unlike other stars of the game that have been traded from their original teams (Goldschmidt, Arenado, Baez, Bryant, Lindor, Stanton, Yelich, Miguel Cabrera, Bryce Harper) those active players aren't getting featured in insert sets as Diamondbacks, Rockies, Cubs, Indians, and Marlins unless the insert set is discussing their debuts. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>The most recent example was including Cutch in the 2022 Series 2 1987 All Star set as a member of the Pirates. While he will likely always be remembered as a member of the Pirates (unless he hits a playoff series ending HR with the Brewers this year) he hasn't played for the Pirates since 2017. Yes he made all 5 All Star Games as a Pirate, but then why is Javier Baez featured as an All Star with the Mets (his "current team" when the cards were produced? Javy wasn't a member of the Mets when he made an All Star game. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Paul Goldschmidt is featured as a Cardinal in the 2022 1987 All Star Game set because that is his current team, but he never made an All Star game as a member of the Cardinals (until this year which wasn't known at the time of production and distribution). The same can be said for last year's NL MVP, Bryce Harper, who never made an All Star appearance since joining the Phillies until this season, which again wasn't known at time of production. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Above are my Bowman Platinum silver ice parallels of Cutch 2016-2019. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><i>What are some other great Arnold one liners you'd like to see?</i></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-87210720256950742262022-07-26T09:48:00.000-04:002022-07-26T09:48:54.126-04:00It's Naht a ToomaContinuing the theme of showing cards that relate to famous Arnold Schwarzenegger movie quotes comes a suggestion from AJ of The Lost Collector. <div><br></div><div>The former California governor and star of many of the most iconic action movies of the 80s and 90s will be turning 75 this week. </div><div><br></div><div>AJ's suggestion of "It's Not a Tumor" comes from the film <i>Kindergarten Cop.</i></div><div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>I will be continuing this Arnie theme all week. I have a personal favorite tomorrow for it's pure ridiculousness. I will also feature at least two more from your suggestions. </div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><br></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-69241797081164144392022-07-25T04:56:00.000-04:002022-07-25T04:56:10.705-04:00Stick around<div>On July 30th, just a few days away, Arnold Schwarzenegger will be 75 years old.</div><div><br></div><div>My plan is to count down using some of Arnold's famous and corny punny lines from all his movies. If there's a quote you'd like to see, leave it below and I will try to find a corresponding card or item in my Cutch collection to spotlight. </div><div><div><br></div><div>Predator is in my mind, the ultimate man movie. It just screams I am rough and rugged and will battle to the death. And not to be biased because it's one of my top 10 movies all time, but it's my favorite Arnold film so I'm using it to kick off this event. </div><div><br></div><div>Today's quote to kick off Arnie week is </div><div><br></div><div>Stick Around</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaM_ac0p33lP-PrBpx95YUgE2TOtVmcQuup_BFF6RZbsFdBcNSo0KlxvElKxsSe4xgP1Uu2_-PJ6tNuCLik7-Gk6ED7mJ2OoRjfQbszD8wguOOenTgKoy0k7PXpdlWWgOLMUBd8KUd5kW_ogyQoWPxXomAuGtKea2ZVkr7m9v4mH6OfCS_rFM2eEoGw/s640/predator-stick-around.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaM_ac0p33lP-PrBpx95YUgE2TOtVmcQuup_BFF6RZbsFdBcNSo0KlxvElKxsSe4xgP1Uu2_-PJ6tNuCLik7-Gk6ED7mJ2OoRjfQbszD8wguOOenTgKoy0k7PXpdlWWgOLMUBd8KUd5kW_ogyQoWPxXomAuGtKea2ZVkr7m9v4mH6OfCS_rFM2eEoGw/s320/predator-stick-around.gif" width="320"></a></div><br><div><br></div><div>My card of choice is the 2012 Topps Archives 1977 Cloth Sticker.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>So an autographed version and a booklet version went for $305ea. Why would someone pay almost 15 times that? </div><div><br></div><div>What followed after seeing the item was a comical interaction I had with the seller where I had to convince the eBay user with only 15 feedback that his card was only worth $300 at best. I even asked him if he put the decimal in the wrong spot, thinking he tried listing it as a $450 buy it now or best offer instead of $4,500. I won't put the entire conversation on here, but let's just say it gave me some very serious "I'm new to the hobby vibes" especially when using terms like it's a 1/1 so there's no comps and it's first off the line.</div><div><br></div><div>Panini uses First off Line terminology, not Topps.</div><div>Even if it is a 1/1 there are always "comps" you can use even if you don't want to believe them. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Take these Javier Baez and Cody Bellinger Nike Swoosh cards from the same set. They don't include autographs like the Devers and Buxington also pictured on this screenshot. Both the Cody and Javy finished under $250. </div><div><br></div><div>After some back and forth he told me he couldn't accept less than 800 for it. I told him I'm not going anywhere near that price as I had two better examples of Nike Swoosh logos in my collection that I only paid $305 for. At best I would be around $225-$250.</div><div><br></div><div>Well...</div><div>He lowered his price today to $1,250 and sent me an offer for $325.</div><div><br></div><div>I didn't even respond back to him when he sent that offer. I just hit decline offer.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't have time to repeat myself or for silly games. </div><div><br></div><div>Now that I have such a massive collection of Cutch I am really cutting back on trying to acquire every 1/1 that shows up. It's just that simple. </div><div><br></div><div><i>What funny eBay experiences have you had?</i></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-37432858848953313382022-07-14T09:15:00.000-04:002022-07-14T09:15:42.993-04:00Serial History: A No-No and No.400 chop suey style<div><br /></div><div>I always love to use serial numbers as an inspiration for posts especially when I have writer's block.</div><div><br /></div><div>This 2022 Topps Heritage card is serially numbered 7/15 and is based on the 1973 design<br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>7/15/1973</div><div>Let's look at some important things that happened that day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nolan Ryan threw his 2nd career no hitter.</div><div>You can hear the radio call on YouTube <a href="https://youtu.be/dpEIwmA3_pM">here</a>. The best part of this story is that Norm Cash with 2 outs in the 9th went to bat with a table leg before being told to use a real bat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WEboSkPUgUo" width="320" youtube-src-id="WEboSkPUgUo"></iframe></div>It's my understanding that there's not a full video available if the entire game online. <br /><div><br /></div><div>Willie McCovey became the 15th player in MLB history to hit 400 career homeruns. He would eventually go on to hit 521 over his 22 year career. I couldn't find video of his 400th career, but <a href="https://youtu.be/VA61w06e480">here's</a> a few HR highlights video of Stretch.</div><div><br /></div><div>The drummer for the metal band <i>System of a Down, </i>John Dolyman was born. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Batman by Jim Lee on the other side</div><div>Jim is a legendary comic artist who drew one of the best Batman stories ever created (Batman: Hush) and also the highest selling comic book of all time (X-Men #1) and helped form Image Comics with his creator owned series WildC.A.T.S</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br /></div><div>All three of these things occuring on July 15th, 1973 and how there's no video of them in entirety got me thinking of what other pre 2022 items have been lost due to not having the cloud and digital formats more readily available. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>Since we live in an era where everything is forever forged in a digital footprint, what are some things you wish we had images or video of? Let's keep it to only things after your birth year. I'm sure it would be fun to imagine Instagram in the early 1900s, but let's be realistic. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CSvFpBOe8eY" width="320" youtube-src-id="CSvFpBOe8eY"></iframe></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-86999203391983713932022-07-13T14:54:00.000-04:002022-07-13T14:54:12.734-04:00It's here, The Big One!I can't believe that with over 239,000 orders ahead of mine a few weeks ago that it's here already. <div><br></div><div>You may recall I mentioned that I requested shipping for my COMC order for everything that's been in my account since the end of 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>Well...</div><div><br></div><div>It's here, the big one</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>This is going to be fun. I believe there's about 90 new Cutch cards along with a bunch of Jerome Bettis, Troy Polamalu, and Kris Letang PC cards along with some randoms I barely remember why I got them. </div><div><br></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-55807343636682935352022-07-12T20:27:00.000-04:002022-07-12T20:27:39.397-04:00Buried MuseumsI went through a box of relic cards yesterday just to refresh my memory on some of the relics I have from 2017 and found this massive patch that I never showed off before.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>It could be argued that Cutch was more deserving of being named to the 2017 All Star Game than Josh Harrison as you can see in the comparison below.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><br></div><div><i>What are some of your favorite cards featuring an athlete that never played an actual game for the franchise?</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>What former All Stars have played together on different teams that you're a fan of?</i></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-82692457762143607202022-07-08T19:07:00.000-04:002022-07-08T19:07:24.916-04:00The Artist Who Never Gets CreditedI got a chance to learn a few things from photographer Dustin Bradford last week and I'm not sure how much he wants me to reveal, but it was fascinating to learn a bit about the Topps photography process.<div><br></div><div>Dustin is a photographer who works out of Colorado and has photographed a bunch of cards that occur at Coors Field every year. His Instagram is loaded with many cards that he has photograohed along with some of his personal collection. You can view his Instagram by clicking <a href="https://instagram.com/drb4130collectibles?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=">here</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>He saw a card of Cutch I had posted from the July 4 2018 game where Cutch was a member of the Giants and they played the Rockies and noted that the photo used was one that he had shot. I asked him if there were other cards of Cutch that have been produced that he may have shot. </div><div><br></div><div>Well, as it turns out two cards in 2021 were shot by Dustin.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>The 1992 Topps design found in 2021 Topps Update as an insert card features an image of Cutch at Coors Field. You can view the original image at Getty Images <a href="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/philadelphia-phillies-center-fielder-andrew-mccutchen-bats-news-photo/1232551349">here</a>. Cutch went 0 for 4 at the plate in a 12-2 Phillies loss. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>The 2021 Holiday Relic also features an image of Cutch at Coors Field. The snowman didn't make it into the lineup that day so that got generated in later. </div><div><br></div><div>I asked Dustin if he could sign the pair of cards he photographed and he kindly obliged. These are only the 2nd and 3rd autographs he has signed, the first being a Ronald Acuna Jr HR card. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for honoring my wacky request Dustin. For those that want to see his photography please <a href="https://instagram.com/drb4130collectibles?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=">visit his Instagram</a> and check out all the awesome images that his eye and skill has transformed into a baseball card.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Have you ever thought about the original images used for baseball cards? </i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>What are some of your favorite images captured on baseball cards? </i></div><div>Mine is the Kevin Mitchell 1987 Topps</div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-68760970109529067412022-07-07T15:43:00.000-04:002022-07-07T15:43:44.304-04:00Where's the Happy Face?<div><br></div><div>It looks like Randy Arozarena and Austin Meadows recently had fake autographs used for Topps Definitive, a VERY HIGH END release ($2500 per box)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1524675">Here's a link to the post</a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>He was becoming one of the young stars of the game by showing an ability to hit for high average (all his full seasons were .280+) while also leading the league in steals in 3 of his 4 full seasons. </div><div><br></div><div>Injuries took their toll on Ellsbury in 2010 and he was limited to only 18 games. </div><div><br></div><div>Ellsbury had a breakout season with the Red Sox in 2011 where he finished second in MVP voting along with winning the Comeback Player of the Year.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Cutch would play 25 regular season games with the Yankees September 2018 and help the team get to 100 wins. In that month long sample he had an .892 OPS and a 145 OPS+ </div><div><br></div><div>When Cutch left NY for free agency in Philadelphia his #26 was assigned to DJ LeMahieu who has worn it since the 2019 season and has become a fan favorite among Yankees fans. </div><div><br></div><div>Since Jacoby's #22 uniform became available after his 2019 release, two other players have worn the number not available to Andrew McCutchen. They are Jordy Mercer and Greg Allen. </div><div><br></div><div><i>What athletes look different wearing a number they're not usually wearing?</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Do you think if Jacoby could have stayed healthy, he would have been in discussion for being a great of the 2010s?</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-61223745575970154642022-07-05T14:49:00.000-04:002022-07-05T14:49:14.931-04:00Delays, delays, and more delaysWe have seen many delays occur over the past few years due to the COVID 19 pandemic that struck in 2020. <div><br></div><div>When the pandemic initially hit there were delays with nearly everything. Panini even made a toilet paper parallel in 2021 Optic to aknowledge the craziness that occurred. <div><br></div><div>We continue to see shipping delays occur two years later. </div><div><br></div><div>In the past few months of 2022 we have seen Topps finally distribute two products originally intended for 2021.</div><div><br></div><div>Up first is the 2021 Big League Baseball</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>This product was originally scheduled prior to the All Star Break 2021, but kept getting delayed until it finally came out in the late winter months of 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>I've collected most of this rainbow by getting the base, rainbow foil, blue, and orange. There is a black parallel /15 that I just won an auction for coming my way eventually. </div><div><br></div><div>It is odd to see 2022 cards feature Cutch in a Phillies uniform and I've discussed my disdain for that already. I am a sucker for these kid friendly products like Big League Baseball though. I will definitely try to get the 1/1 red foil and the /25 blue foil.</div><div><br></div><div>2021 Topps Chrome Platinum Anniversary is another recent product released that had an original street date prior to the end of 2021.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Former Miguel Cabrera and hobby shop owner, JT of TripleCrown24 sold me these two cards. Visit his eBay store <a href="https://linktr.ee/itstriplecrown">here</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>This set is loaded with many parallels with lots of shiny refractors to collect. The set features current and former stars on the 1952 set. It is a 700 card set and features 14 different parallels to chase. When the set was initially released it had 33 parallels announced. </div><div><br></div><div><i>Have you purchased cards of either of these set releases this year?</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>What non cardboard shipping delays are you aware of still going on?</i></div><div><br></div></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-34456162062470993822022-07-04T11:48:00.001-04:002022-07-04T11:48:20.419-04:00Baby, you're a firework...I don't like pop music, but this time every single year I hear a song sung by Katy Perry and am reminded of how beautiful America can be, or at least how beautiful Katy Perry is. Lol! <div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Katy Perry is the only one I know of that could pull off a look like this<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Regardless, she makes the American flag look fantastic.</div><div><br></div><div>One of her most popular songs is <i>Firework </i>and it plays constantly during this time of year. Personally, I'm more of a Springstein fan with <i>Born in the U.S.A.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>Here's a card to celebrate fireworks</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Earlier this year I picked up this 2021 Five Star 1/1 Nike Swoosh logo with on card autograph. </div><div><br></div><div>If you follow me on Twitter you've seen this with my MLB Logoman of the same design. The laundry tag is available on eBay, but it seems the seller isn't willing to budge on his $500 asking price. </div><div><br></div><div>I haven't bought any of the new Nike jerseys that debuted in 2020. All mine that I wear around are still the Majestic jerseys.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Have you have bought any jerseys with the Nike logo yet? If so, do they feel different than the Majestic ones produced?</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Besides Michael Jordan, who else do you associate with the Nike brand?</i></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-41140010130639278242022-07-01T17:48:00.000-04:002022-07-01T17:48:51.283-04:00You like metal?I've been showing off a bunch of Allen & Ginter cards lately and this will be my last A&G post for awhile.<div><br><div>I thought it would be fun to show off all my metal cards from Allen & Ginter<br><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>And here is the base of which I own all 3 of the print run.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>I've talked about being a metalhead on here a few times sighting bands like Vision of Disorder (V.O.D.) and Pantera being two of my favorite bands of all time. <div><br></div><div>I am not up with bands post 2005 though. I don't really have the time now to listen to music other than driving home from work on occasion. </div></div><div><br></div><div>Having been in a teenage metal band, I think the sounds of guitars shredding, double bass pedal drumming, and deep bass lines will always be in my blood. </div><div><br></div><div><i>Do you listen to any metal bands? </i></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-79728206118157421752022-06-30T13:08:00.000-04:002022-06-30T13:08:48.582-04:00WOOD you believe I forgot a 1/1?A few days ago I showed off my wood minis of Cutch from 2015, 2016, and 2017. <div><br></div><div>I forgot to show off my 2019 though.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>The 2018 A&G wood minis never surfaced except for a few of the "extended" sp set. Cutch was included in that set and I was negotiating to get it shortly after the release day, but when it was revealed none of the base set wood minis made their way into the set, the seller pulled the item and I have never seen it again. </div><div><br></div><div><i>Do you collect cards of your favorite players in other uniforms besides your favorite teams?</i></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835850805517703121.post-4850949440061263672022-06-29T19:00:00.000-04:002022-06-30T00:47:15.402-04:00239,659?I've talked on here about not purchasing many cards over the past year (at least in comparison to previous years) because of moving. Now that things have settled down I finally requested shipment for my COMC inventory over the past two years.<div><br></div><div>Of course as soon as I submitted my order for shipping, the next day a /10 clear acetate League Leaders popped up.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Over the course of that time, Topps has made a few errors. In recent years we have seen players have a rookie cup logo in addition to a rookie card logo on the same card because Topps has chosen to release the player's rookie card after the player's actual rookie season. We saw it happen in 2020 with Yordan Alvarez, 2021 with Alec Bohm (although the year 2020 was a strange year for distribution, player debuts, shortened seasons, etc due to the worldwide pandemic), and 2022 with Wander Franco. </div><div><br></div><div>As much as people get upset (myself included) for Topps not releasing a rookie card during a player's rookie season we have seen this happen many times in the past including HOF guys like Willie Mccovey and Eddie Murray. Their Rookie Cup cards aknowleding the tremendous performance as a rookie got placed on their cards for their true 2nd year in the big leagues, but they are considered rookies because they didn't get a rookie card when they were actually rookies.</div><div><br></div><div>Many of us believe that in the earlier 2010s Topps seemed better at applying the correct RC logos on players and those good enough to make the Rookie Cup award get their 2nd year card to adorn the Rookie Cup. I'm going to prove that theory wrong too.</div><div><br></div><div>With the Pirates deep in nearly two decades of losing seasons, Andrew McCutchen's debut in 2009 gave the fans hope of better things to come. Cutch won the Baseball America Rookie of Year, finished in 3rd for Baseball Writers NL ROY, and was announced as a Topps Rookie Cup winner for his debut season in 2009.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>2016 Topps Triple Threads featured images of Cutch at the 2015 All Star Game</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>This is an original art card by Brian Kong and was used to produce the Museum Canvas Collection reprints from this original artwork. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>2013 had photo variants of the top stars sporting their sunglasses. The most famous is the Yu Darvish card featuring a pair of sunglasses that should be sent back in time.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>2012 had a photo variant of Cutch at the All Star Game</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>2011 Tier One had an autograph with Adam Jones where Cutch is sporting shades atop his cap.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>2005 Bowman Heritage saw him sport a pair of shades on his cap for the base, mini, and mahogany parallels. It is strange That the photo variant doesn't feature sunglasses on the cap as it was likely from the same photo shoot.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>It also saw the 2005 Bowman Heritage Signs of Greatness autographs to feature the sunglasses on the hat.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>2005 Topps Chrome saw Cutch wearing the shades atop his head.</div><div><br></div><div><i>Do you have any sunglasses cards to show off? We could do a blog bat around if so.</i></div><div><br></div>Collecting Cutchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066493614914957891noreply@blogger.com6