Make like a tree and get out of here

I have been watching some of my favorite movies and TV shows now that I am home more.

Back to the Future is one of my favorite movies.

It took old Biff a long time to realize the saying was "Make like a tree...and leave"

This then got me thinking about the old Leaf cards from 1990 and how I wish I didn't invest into them so much as they are practically worthless now.

This 1990 Leaf Barry Bonds has an interesting fact on the back.

Barry Bonds was only the second Pirate to post 20/20 seasons.

There are a few active Pirates players that could potentially be 20/20 guys with Kevin Newman being the most obvious choice.

The most recent 20/20 guys are no longer on the Pirates thanks to trades that shipped them off to NL West teams in 2018 (McCutchen to Giants) and 2020 (Marte to Diamondbacks).

With news that NECA toys is producing a line of figures for the 35th Anniversary of the film and (wait for it....)

A LINE OF TOYS FOR THE ANIMATED SERIES THAT LASTED 26 EPISODES

I am going to show off 26 of my McCutchen cards with Starling Marte.

2014 Gypsy Queen Dual Button

2015 Museum High Number

2013 Museum

2016 Museum

2017

2016 Museum

 2015 Triple Threads

 2015 Triple Threads

2014 Panini Classics Triple Jersey

2017 Stadium Club Photo Variant featuring Cutch and Polanco celebrating after a win.

2016 Heritage Box Loader

2016 Heritage

 2014 Museum

 2015 Museum

 2013 Museum

2015 Topps Heritage

Here is the card with in person autographs inserted into a 2018 Archives Top Loader.


And here are some base cards of Starling Marte that mention Andrew McCutchen on the back (cardboard cameos)

2020 Topps Series 1

2013 Topps Series 1

2017 Topps Chrome

This Day In Cutchstory: June 28th

Elvis came to the building and then he left quickly.

If you read the back of this card, you will come to one of the following conclusions.
1)The Pirates didn't play many interleague games on the road between 2009 to June 2011
-OR-
2)The Pirates were a bad baseball team during that span.

If you chose number 1, I encourage you to look at the Pirates 2010 season.  Wow!!!! That seems so far in the distant past that they were relying on Ryan Church, Bobby Crosby, Andy Laroche, Paul Maholm, and Sean Gallagher.

When this card first became available it was Alex Presley's only certified autograph.  He was a rookie still in 2011, making his debut at the age of 24 the season prior as a September callup.

It was very fun watching him play his first few months in the league though because quite frankly the team wasn't very good.

To my knowledge this is the only pairing of Cutch and Presley on cardboard in autograph form.

Presley was a key piece of the trade that landed the Pirates Justin Morneau from the Twins in their magical 2013 post season.  Since being traded to the Twins he has also played for the Astros, Brewers, and Tigers.