The Cobra Strikes

These MLB Network feature documentaries can be so emotional.

It is a good reminder that we are all human and no matter how great of an athlete you once were, Father Time eventually catches up.  I am grateful for the opportunity to have seen Parker before his Parkinson's got bad.

God Bless You Mr. Parker!!!

Way back in 2013 I showed off a bunch of my autographs and relics of Dave Parker on my old blog Piratestreasureroom.  I jave since doubled that number.

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.

Teach Me How to APBA

No, the title of this post is not some new hiphop dance moove sweeping the nation by storm.  Instead it's about a card game that I recently discovered existed, but seems like something I would love to get involved with.

APBA is a cardgame that as far as I can tell challenges participants to play as a team from one era vs a team from another era.  Want to know who could be the Murder's Row Yankees?  Want to pit them against the 1990 Reds Nasty Boys bullpen?  Do it!

I picked up a teamset of the 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates for $3 and have absolutely no clue what I am looking at.

This is the player card.

This is the back.

Here are some cards with players nicknames on them
Jared was only a nickname?  I never knew that

I honestly have never heard Francisco Cervelli called Gazoo before.  #themoreyouknow

Anyone know how to play this game?
Where can I get other team sets?  I would love to grab the Pirates team sets for 2009 to 2015 so I can add the Cutch cards.