A Fresh Faced Former Fish

The Philadelphia Phillies announced today that they are bringing up their top hitting prospect and MLB's #31 overall prospect, Alec Bohm, to make his debut today.

Bohm was the Phillies first round selection in the 2018 MLB Draft, when he was selected 3rd overall.

I only have a trio of Alec Bohm cards which I picked up at a local mall card show last year in a dime box.  

I typically don't look into dime boxes too much because they often require more work in searching than I have interest in.

This seller had his dime boxes grouped by year though and I was searching looking for some Pirates goodness to add to my collection.  

This card stood out because of the pink bat, which I was thinking "Hey that could be cool for an October post"

But when I saw more Bohm cards, "I was like what's the worse that happens? I give them to Brad? It's only a dime."

So I purchased all three

And coincidently, Alec Bohm, a former Clearwater Thresher is getting the call up for his MLB debut in the middle of Shark Week.

Coincidence?

I think not.  

With the Pirates season being a complete joke, I'm really pulling for the Phillies to make a good run into September and make a push for the playoffs.  Let's hope the other former sharks (Threshers) on the team can rally around Bohm.

Bring on a Shark Attack!

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Today we have another Falco Files segment.  For those that forget a Falco File is when a player replaces Andrew McCutchen (either by trade, jersey number, added to active roster after McCutchen left, etc.)

Cassie Scerbo will be today's subject.

Sometimes she is credited as Cassandra Scerbo

She changes her hair color almost as often as she changes the way she is credited.

One of her earliest roles she was a blonde "guardian angel" in which she died and had to make the most unpopular girl at school become prom queen.  The movie was Teen Spirit and it came out in 2011.

She has recently appeared in the Netflix original Horror Thriller, Truth or Dare

It follows the game we all played as kids, but brings it to epic levels.

Some of the things they have to do to "survive the game" are head turning.

Speaking of head turning...

One of her most memorable roles is playing the character Nova from the Sharknado franchise

If you watched all the Sharknado movies for reasons not just involving Ms. Scerbo I think we just became best friends.  I love those kinds of movies.

Of course seeing Cassie/Cassandra show up in leather bikinis helps

Nova! The Shark Killer!!!!

The Phillies have a minor league team in Clearwater called the Threshers.  A thresher is a type of shark.

This magenta back is from 2018 Topps Heritage Minors of the player who replaced Cutch on the Phillies roster, Adam Haseley

Unfortunately as Cutch was beginning to enter his historically best month to hit, Cutch was injured and out for the season.

Adam Haseley replaced Cutch on the Phillies roster.

Halloween is just a few days away and while Cassie looks amazing dressed up as Wonder Woman she also looks great as a cheerleader which you can check her out on ABC's Grand Hotel.

She plays a recurring role as a Miami cheerleader, a role she is very used to from her days of Bring It On 2.

My favorite football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, will be facing off against the winless Miami Dolphins.

Here We Go Steelers! Here We Go!

Are you down with SCC?

Ever since I made that post about DMX and the limited number of rap songs I like, I have found myself listening to more of the popular rap songs from my youth.

Sport Card Collector aka SCC got me thinking of the OPP.

My brain works in the most bizarre ways.

Matt sent me an unexpected PWE featuring 2 Ke'Bryan Hayes 2018 Heritage Minors cards along with a 2018 Topps Update base and 2018 Topps Archives base of my main PC, Andrew McCutchen.

I am hoping to see Ke'Bryan get a call up in the 2019 season.  He's our top position prospect heading into the season.