1st Contest Winner Announced

Yesterday ended my 1st contest for my October Save Second Base Event.  We had 5 people join the contest and discuss which John Travolta movie was their favorite and remember his late wife, Kelly Preston, who passed away a few months ago because of losing her battle to breast cancer.

I entered the 5 names into the randomizer

And the name on top was AJ from The Lost Collector

Congrats for winning the first contest of this year's event.  More contests Will be announced in the next week as we get closer to the big event in October.

I thought I would use this as an open forum for who you may wish to see me tie in for this year's event and try to connect to a baseball card.  

Some of my favorites from year's past have been from the suggestions made by readers like you.  I know that I have a list ready to go and even have some posts slated for certain days, but I really want your suggestions.

Just Shoot Me a comment below who you want to see this year

The First Save Second Base Prize Revealed

We are nearing October so that means we will be doing the yearly Save Second Base event I do each year.  Much of the concept for the past few years will remain the same, pink (and it's shades) baseball cards will be shown all month long while I highlight a celebrity that can somehow relate to that card.

This year I am going to kickstart things with a beautiful celebrity (and amazing human) that loss her life to breast cancer this year.

Kelly Preston died back in July due to complications resulting from the breast cancer she was diagnosed with only two years prior.

She began her acting career in 1980 on an episode of Hawaii Five-O

She would later star in the 1985 film Mischief

She married John Travolta

Her last Instagram post was a tribute to her husband saying that she and their children love him.  

What a remarkable woman, taken way too soon.

To win the card at the end of this post pimp this contest and say what John Travolta movie is your favorite (there are plenty to choose from).  

I thought about what mine would be (Punisher, Pulp Fiction, Face/Off), but it ultimately came down to Grease.  Grease is such a fun movie with plenty of adult humor, catchy sing alongs, great quotes, and and a memorable cast.  

I guess it helps that my high school girlfriend reminds me a lot of Olivia Newton-John.  Newton-John, famous for her singing and acting, has also battled breast cancer and has had three major battles with it.  

Because Grease is my favorite, I am going to offer up a card that is based on the year that Grease took place to kick off the Save Second Base event.

This Topps Project 2020 drawn by Ermsy is based on Bob Gibson's 1959 rookie card.  Ermsy was an artist that I considered buying all the project 2020 cards for, but the Trout continues to be one of the most expensive cards the set has produced so I cancelled that plan.  

If you want a chance to win this card, leave a comment below with a link to your blog post talking about a John Travolta movie you liked and mention that John's beautiful wife lost her battle with breast cancer and that we all must work to raise awareness for a cure.  I will randomize the entrants on September 21st so you only have 1 week to get those posts ready!