Glowing Community Effort

We are just over than week away from completing the 4th Annual Save Second Base event.

Donate today! to help with a cure.

Alison Brie is today's subject and this is going to be a fun one.

Since last year's event ended I have wanted to find a way to show off the gorgeous and funny Alison Brie mainly for the above gif.

She has a lot of great gifs and is a true gift to female comedic actresses.

Brie stars in two of my favorite binge shows to watch: Glow and Community (gifs above are from Community)

Glow follows the story of the Glorious Ladies Of Wrestling.  It takes place in the 80s and is absolutely fantastic.

Alison Brie plays the character Ruth who creates a character Zoya the Destroyer.  Her best friend, Debbie (played by the beautiful blonde Betty Gilpin will also make an appearance for the SaveSecondBaseEvent) and her begin to feud as Ruth had an affair with Debbie's husband.

Brie is labeled as the villain of the show and she shines in that role.

Stay tuned in a future post for Betty Gilpin.

Community is a totally different show as it follows a group of people attending a fictional Community College.

It is a very funny TV show that can be seen on Hulu.

Alison's character, Annie, is the perfect mix of adorable and sexy.

There is a bit of anger in Annie too.

At times she also appears sweet and helpful

This 2014 Topps Heritage Logo Swap variant features a pink border.

The "logo swap" variant actually represents the original design used for the 1965 Topps better as seen in the images below.

The back discusses Cutch's work in the community.

Cutch would go on to win the Roberto Clemente award in 2015.

With the World Series kicking off last night it is only a matter a days until we find out who the 2019 Roberto Clemente Award winner is.

Who best served the Community?

On another note, the first double was hit yesterday. Brett Alan correctly guessed Yuli Gurriel would hit the first double and in the bottom of the 1st he laced a double to put the Astros on top 1-2.

Gavin has been dethroned.
There's a new winner for the Save Second Base Contest!

Go celebrate Brett

Some More Gypsy Queen Parallels

I joined a player break for six cases of 2019 Gypsy Queen.  In addition to a very large stack of base, I also got a Logo Swap and a short print autograph (which I will show off later in the year).

Below are some of my other Gypsy Queen parallels for Cutch's base card I have accumulated thus far.

Logo Swap, Green Retail, Base

The Green Retail was purchased on eBay for $2 delivered.

Clemente vs Cutch Heritage comparison Pt 1

Over the years, Topps has used Heritage to bring the current stars of the game on designs from the past.

Cutch has appeared using the same numbering as Pirates Legend Roberto Clemente a handful of times.

I want to preface these segments and state that I do not believe that a single season of Cutch can take away from the greatness of Roberto Clemente's life or his baseball career.

Each of these Heritage comparisons will take a look at a card of Cutch and compare it to the design's original numbered card.

I am going to start with the 2014 Heritage release because of all the parallels I have.
The 2014 Heritage card release is based on the 1965 design.

Cutch's 2014 Heritage card is numbered 160 the same as Pirates Legend and Hall of Famer, Roberto Clemente.

To pay homage to the original Clemente Topps even made a super short print error variant to recognize the misspelling of Pittsburgh (Pittsburfh) on the back.

As will be customary for these Heritage Comparisons I will take a look at the standard counting stats typically found on the back of a baseball card for the players previous year.

Slash Lines
Clemente in 1964 went .339/.388/.484 for an .872 OPS
Cutch in 2013 went .317/.404/.508 for .952 OPS
Advantage Cutch

Plate Discipline
Clemente had a 1.70 K:BB rate (87:51) during his 2nd batting title run in 1964
Cutch's MVP season showed one of his best career rates when he had 1.29 K:BB (101:78)
Advantage Cutch

Extra Base Hits (XBH)
Clemente had 40 doubles, 7 triples, and 12 HR in 1964
Cutch had 38 doubles, 5 triples, and 21 round trippers
59 v 64
Slight advantage Cutch

Runs Scored and Runs Batted In
Runs scored and RBI are based on who hits in front of you and who hits behind you.
Clemente scored 95 runs and drove in 87 in 1964.
Cutch scored 97 runs and knocked in 84.
It was almost a draw (182 v 181), but a
very slight Advantage goes to Clemente

Hardware and awards
Clemente won his 2nd Batting Title, 4th straight Gold Glove, and was elected an All-Star
Cutch won the MVP award, his 2nd straight Silver Slugger, and was elected an All-Star
Advantage Cutch


I hope you enjoyed the comparisons made based on the Heritage and original design numbering.  I will continue to do these segments if there is enough interest in them.

Now I will show off the parallels I have for all my 2014 Heritage cards.

First up are the black retail exclusive border with the black chrome /65 border below it.

Now from top row Base & Logo Variation
Middle Row Chrome & Purple Chrome
Bottom Row WalMart Blue & Pittsburfh back

The only variations I need are Superfractor 1/1, Gold Chrome /5, Refractor Chrome /565, and Topps Vault Blank Back 1/1,

Please let meknow what you think of these segments.  Are they are a cool and fun idea to look at cardboard?