Hunting for more good racks

The picture below might lead you to believe it is October as everyone knows what I do for that month.

All pink cards.
All month long to raise awareness for Breast Cancer.

So is it already October?

Nope.  Not yet.  That is still a few months away.
Instead I am using the image above of the beautiful Olivia Taylor Dudley filtered to look like a deer to formerly announce:

I AM HUNTING FOR MORE GREAT RACK (PACK)S

Back in my early days of collecting I could get what was called a rack pack that featured at least one player picture on the front of the clear packaging so you knew what was inside.

Today, everything is factory sealed and the knowledge of knowing what players you are getting inside are tough to find.

Occasionally you will get retail exclusive parallels found for sets like Gypsy Queen or Allen & Ginter.

You may even get some promotional giveaways that are sealed with only 1 card showing on the top.

Much like the collectors of the 80s looking for sealed packs of their favorite stars showing I am looking for these kinds of packs that show off Andrew McCutchen on the front.

I had to do a lot of mangling of the cards to try and figure out who else may be in this pack as it is very tightly sealed.

The pack is a Topps giveaway for National Baseball Card Day in 2016.  It looks like Felix Hernandez was the card behind Cutch.

Do you go hunting for any sealed products that show a favorite player of yours on the outside?

On another note and similar to the opening picture, please give Bikinis For The Cure a follow on Twitter.

Let's end the Ninja or Pirates debate, shall we?

I realize I have been showing off A LOT of Giants cardboard on the blog lately as most of my recent Cutch pickups have been of the Giants variety (with a few Yankees here and there) .  What I hadn't noticed before though was that for some odd reason, Cutch looks like a Ninja posing for his Giants cards.

Check out the below images for proof

Strike that ninja pose, Cutch

Maybe it's just me missing him wearing the black and gold though.  Cutch is a Pirate. Not a Giant Ninja .

Although ninjas are sneaky and have a sense of honor about them.   Cutch was sneaky good for San Francisco after all.

Maybe Cutch has transformed into a ninja?

I mean he did finish with a higher WAR (almost twice what Bryce Harper was, to be honest)

WAR, what is it good for?
Absolutely nothing.

Cutch was only in San Francisco for a blink though...

Andrew will always be a Pirate to me.  Starting this month I will show off more of my Pirates Cutch cards I have buried deep in the treasure room that I never showed off.

Anyone else choose Cutch as a Pirate?

I'm not going to lie, my latest celebrity crush is Olivia Taylor Dudley.  I showed her off last year during my SaveSecondBase event.

I have been binge watching the **** out of The Magicians lately.

I am getting through a season in 3 days.  It is a show from the SyFy network, but is also currently on Netflix.

Like Olivia I prefer Pirates.

We agree on something.

Let's also agree that we should end with some more Olivia Taylor Dudley.

My October Pink Event is only 7 more months of anticipation away.

Study up on most likely to double first in the 2019 World Series (Contest Entry Not Valid Until Official Posting begins)

Can anyone dethrone Gavin?  He is trying to pull a Michael Jordan and threepeat.

This year will be the BIGGEST year yet.

You BUST believe it.

The prizes I have planned are mind RACKing.

Keep your eyes open for another contest mid March for a sweet prize

IRISH I could talk about it now, but it's a wee bit too soon

O, O, it's Magic

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!

Olivia Taylor Dudley

Dudley has been making lots of appearances on the comic book convention circuit

She is becoming known for a handful (no pun intended) of cult shows.

Her starring role in the TV series, The Magicians is where I best know of Olivia's role.  Check it out on Netflix.

It's awesome!

Not to be completely out down by mere magic tricks may I present to you TWO different backs from 2018 Optic.

You may be thinking this is a mere optic illusion, but alas...

It is just a nickname variant next to the standard base.  I previously showed off the base version of this card when I showcased Alexandra Daddario.