Captain Marvel and Captain Cutch

Yesterday I treated myself to seeing Captain Marvel while the Miss was at work and I was enjoying a day off.

For those unfamiliar, Captain Marvel is the 21st movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  The bulk of the movie takes place during the mid 90s (1995 to be specific).  While I won't reveal any specific details or spoilers, but there is a major event in the film that takes place in 1989.

Coincidently, the film's star actress, Brie Larson, was born in the year 1989.  She was perfectly cast by the way in case you haven't seen it.

Last year I spotlighted Brie when I was showing off the pink designed backs of a 1989 style insert I own of Cutch.  You can revisit that post here to see Brie Larson in all her hotness.

In addition to the Chrome Superfractor 1/1 I showed off in that post with Captain Marvel's Brie Larson, I have another pretty awesome card using the 1989 design.

This 2014 Die Cut Mini has a nice patch from an away game Pirates uniform.  The card is numbered to only 25 copies on the front and shows Cutch posing like a Steel City Superhero.

The back of the card features the traditional look of a 1989 Topps card.  Black borders and a pink/magenta back taking up the majority of the card.  The only year showing is Cutch's MVP 2013 SEASON accompanied with his career totals through his 2013 season.  There is a writeup about how Cutch tried out for the varsity team as a 13 year old because the middle school he attended was so small it combined with the neighboring high school.  At such a young age, Cutch became his own Captain Marvel as he was the team's starting shortstop and lead the county in hitting.


As promised I am digging deep into my collection to find some cards that I haven't shown off yet featuring Cutch in his Pirates gear.

Captain Marvel is Back!

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Visit the official site here.

Breast Cancer will be detected in one of eight women in the US each year.

It is the second leading cause of cancer death among women each year.

On average every 2 minutes a woman will be diagnosed with breast cancer and every 13 minutes one person will die from breast cancer.
There are currently 33 million breast cancer survivors in the USA.

It's important to support the research for cancer.  Breast Cancer is often associated with the color pink so I will be showing off some pink Cutch cards.

In addition, you can expect to see some boobs with each post.  Who doesn't love boobs?

So let's start with what we're hoping to save!

Brie Larson

The Super actress will be a HUGE part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the next few years.

Her character, Captain Marvel, was summoned at the end of the latest Avengers movie.

But she has also helped saved people in other films she has been in.

In the suspense psycho thriller "Room", Larson plays the role of a young woman who was kidnapped and forced to captivity.  She raises her son and after over a decade confined to a single room in a shed she devises a plan to save herself and her son from the captor that took her when she was just a teenager.  It is an imcredible performance in the film by Larson.

In the upcoming film Captain Marvel we already know that the film takes place in the 90s.

Of course this would be hard for Larson to correctly portray and she was born in 1989.

Topps used the 1989 design several times in 2014 and 2015 for their Archives release and also as a mini insert set.  The set was also given a chrome version...which lead to Superfractors.

I love the pink and black backs of the 1989 set.   I remember opening up so many packs from 1989 and reading those backs over and over again.

(This is just the regular base back.  I chose to show this as the scan made it difficult to read the text through the BGS case)

Steelers got an important game today.  They need to Avenge their embarassing tie with the Cleveland Browns from Week 1.

HERE WE GO STEELERS!!! HERE WE GO!!!