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Today is a day for giving thanks.

Obviously there are some things that I am thankful for that go without saying.

I am thankful for my health.

I am thankful for my family and friends health.

I am thankful for all that God has blessed me with this year.

There are of course some less obvious things that I am thankful for

I am thankful that very very soon I will have a place to properly display my Cutch Cave.

I am thankful that my commute to work each day will save me 2 hours daily once I move.

I am thankful for Topps releasing autograph cards with turkeys on them because turkeys are awesome.

I am thankful for all the food I am going to consume today.

I am thankful for Ghostbusters: Afterlife finally being released which I will be watching tomorrow.

What are some unique things you are thankful for?

Falco Files: The Man

Sorry for all the delays with this year's event.  We are continuing to move forward with the purchase of the house.  I can't wait to show you all the new Cutch cave basement once we finally settle in next month. 

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

Rebecca Quin

She is best known as her WWE personality, Becky Lynch and is the current WWE Raw Women title holder

She was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1987 and began wrestling professionally in 2002 as a teenager. 

She has become one of the most popular female wrestlers in the history of professional wrestling.

In 2021 she married fellow WWE superstar Seth Rollins who she has a child with

Becky Lynch has a nickname of The Man that she got in 2018 thanks to a feud with The Queen, Charlotte Flair.

Bryan Reynolds, acquired in the 2018 Andrew McCutchen trade, has become the best player on the Pirates.  Elected to his first All Star Game in 2021, he was the first Pirate to start an All Star Game since Andrew McCutchen in 2015.

He was named a finalist for a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger. 

This 2020 Topps Finest The Man insert is a callback to the 1998 Topps Finest set featuring a neon pink The Man logo on front

It features an Andrew McCutchen name cameo on the back in addition to that bright pink border on side

Do you have a favorite wrestler (past or present)?

Who is "The Man" on your favorite baseball team currently?

Falco Files: Let the Games Begin

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

Emilia Clarke

She has recently agreed to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as part of the Secret Invasion storyline.  Speculative guesses around the internet include her playing the lead character Jessica Drew aka Spider-Woman.

She has been a staple in many Sci-Fi franchises

playing the role of Sarah Connor in Terminator: Genisys

and Qi'ra from the Star Wars film Solo

She has also appeared in the romantic holiday comedy, Last Christmas

She of course is best known for her role as Daenarys Targaryn in the HBO show Game of Thrones.

Last year actor Ryan Reynolds trolled Emilia Clarke that he is the most well known celebrity born on this day.

I wonder if Ryan had done anything yesterday to repeat the feat this year as Emilia celebrated her 35th birthday

If you did the math right, you'd know that Emilia was born in 1986 

This is the pink velocity autograph of Bryan Reynolds (no relation to Ryan) using the 1986 Donruss design

Bryan was the key part of the Andrew McCutchen trade with San Francisco in 2018.

Did you watch Game of Thrones?

Are you a Ryan (or Bryan) Reynolds fan?

Falco Files: Break Stuff

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

Jennifer Swift

Jennifer Swift, no relation to Taylor, is someone I had intended on showing off back in 2019, but never got around to it.

She is predominantly known for her modeling career which has included TapOut

and Maxim

I became aware of her when she appeared in the Limp Bizkit Gold Cobra music video.

You can follow her on Instagram here.

Limp Bizkit was one of my favorite bands in the late 90s, early 2000s. 

I can't confirm who the girl from the Limp Bizkit video, Break Stuff, is but she was a favorite of mine growing up.

I remember waiting for MTV's TRL (Total Request Live) to show off Break Stuff so I could record the video on my VCR and rewatch it over and over on my VHS tapes.  Break Stuff was such an iconic song for someone coming out of their angst teens.  Ah, the good ol days.

If stuff is broken don't be afraid to call Geico.  The Geico sign is featured on this DJ LeMahieu 2019 Update Pink card.

DJ took over the #26 jersey when he signed a multi year deal with the New York Yankees prior to the 2019 season.  The number was previously worn by Andrew McCutchen for his month long stay in Bronx pinstripes.

As you can see from the past 30 years, the number hasn't exactly had legendary status for Yankees players.

Fred Durst, lead singer of the band Limp Bizkit, is a Yankees fan and would often wear a red Yankees cap on stage and in the band's music videos.

I bet all Yankees fans were hoping for a different result Tuesday as without DJ LeMahieu the Yankees offense couldn't do much outside of Rizzo, Judge, Stanton.  DJ has a way of extending a lineup in addition to playing really good defense. 

Were you a fan of Limp Bizkit?

If so what are some of your favorite songs?

 

Falco Files: Stoned!

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

Isla Fisher

She first got on my radar when she played a "stoner girlfriend" of Shaggy in the movie Scooby Doo 2.  Oddly enough her name was Mary Jane. Shaggy loved the name if I remember correctly.

As I stated earlier I am ALWAYS trying to think of ways to include the readers in participating in the event.  

The idea for this post has been nearly two years in the making thanks to Johnny's Trading Spot

Fisher also starred in Confessions of a Shopaholic

I think we can all relate to that in some fashion (no pun intended).

She played the "crazy" sister in the Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson comedy Wedding Crashers

One of my favorite movie franchises which Fisher started, but ultimately left was Now You See Me.  

Fisher left the franchise when it was revealed that she almost died while filming.

One of her more recent movies was playing the character Minnie in the 2019 film, The Beach Bum, opposite Matthew McConaughy.  The film focus on the character Moondog (played by McConaughy) who is a stoner, but it also has a cameo of famed smoker, Snoop Dogg.

A part of my CollectingCutch collection is a mini collection of replacement players that have replaced Cutch either on a roster (trade, injury) or jersey number. 

Bryan Reynolds was traded to the Pirates as part of a package that sent Andrew McCutchen to the San Francisco Giants. 

He received a rookie cup card for his performance in 2019 and made the starting lineup in this year's All Star Game.

Bryan Reynolds debuted on 4/20 as revealed on the back of this 2019 Chronicles Spectra Pink Insert.  

420 is slang for getting high off marijuana.  Having never even tried smoking, I had no idea about the origin for this slang.  So I researched it and found this article.

CollectingCutch just isn't a blog for baseball cards and babes, it's a blog for research I never thought I would want to do.

Do you have any suggestions for who could appear this year?

Behold the power of a green dragon

We are living in a hobby collecting world of parallels and variants.  Topps and Panini are trying to outpace each other by coming up with new and different parallels to chase after.

In 2020 Panini introduced Dragon Scale parallels (red and green color variants) in their Optic release.

Dragon scales?

We have seen green dragons appear in entertainment before.  The eternal dragon in Dragon Ball Z is green.

The original Green Power Ranger summons a Dragonzord

In the Marvel Universe, Fing Fang Foom is a giant green dragon creature that likes to cause chaos for the Marvel heroes.

But why a green dragon scale for baseball cards?

Why not? Is the best answer I can come up with.

Dragon scales parallels are awesome looking. If I were an Oakland A's fan, I would be sure to chase something like this parallel.

What are your thoughts on this parallel?

Who is your most memorable dragon (doesn't have to be green)?