Jason Heyward Auto

We're getting close to the end of my Save Second Base event. Keep the comments coming. This card concludes my 2014 reverse box which I was able to finish for $85 under cost.

As has been customary all month I will finish out with what we're trying to save. Kate Upton should model them off nicely again.

Feels like something magical is happening in Buctown

The Pirates kicked off the series with the Royals with a 4-2 victory.  Heads up baserunning again played a huge part in this ball game.  Rod Barajas was able to score from second on a single by Clint Barmes on a ball hit to left field.  Rod is huge guy and looks like a locomotive trying to get started when running the bases.  The throw had beaten Rod to the plate, but with cat like reflexes dodged the tag by Quintero, then crawled to homeplate to avoid a second tag. 

Another heads up play was when Jose Tabata got picked off first base with Pedro Alvarez on 3rd.  Tabata was able to keep the fielders distracted long enough in a rundown for Pedro to score. 

It looks like something magical is happening in Pittsburgh at the start of this summer as the Bucs keep winning series after series and opening with series wins.

I found this video on youtube today when checking out the comments section in bucsdugout.com
I highly encourage you to watch this video.  It's really well put together and will make you believe in the Bucs in 2012. 

The song was actually used a lot for promos during the early 90s when the Pirates were heading into the post season year after year thanks to their All-Star loaded lineups of Bonds, Van Slyke, Bonilla, Drabek.

What's amazing about this video is that it features Chris Resop's fist pump striking out Ryan Ludwick when he picked up his 2nd career save in last night's extra inning affair with the 1st place Reds.  Resop was the last available pitcher for the Pirates in a seesaw battle with the Reds.  The video also features Tabata's shotgun throw from right field to nail Joey Votto at home which proved to be a game saving run.

Since this is a baseball card blog first and foremost, here's an Andrew McCutchen dual auto with Royals CF Lorenzo Cain (currently on the DL) numbered 6/25.  It marks my 5th Cutch dual auto just minors auto.

To recap here's my other Cutch dual autos
 

 Cutch with Cole Hamels

Cutch with Gio Gonzalez

Cutch with Pirates 1st round draft pick Daniel Moskos

Cutch with Jason Heyward

LET'S GO BUCS!

WANT A FREE JASON HEYWARD AUTO? LET'S GO BUCS CONTEST!!!!

The Pirates have struggled in Atlanta since the Sid Bream slide game in the final game of the NLCS back in 1992.

Since that slide, the Pirates have failed to put together a winning record for a season.  It looked like things were going to change heading into last season.

Last year, the Pirates were off to a great start leading the NL Central at the All-Star break until a terrible call was made very early in the morning on July 27th in the bottom of the 19th inning in what has become known as the Jerry Meals game.  That game started the fall of the Pirates decline from the top of the NL Central.

Jerry Meals may have made the worse call in baseball history.  Way to go asshole!

As a result of the upcoming series versus the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta and my hatred of the stupid tomahawk chop I am sweetening the giveaways by giving away 3 JERSEY RELICS OF BRAVES GREATS.

 

Normal rules apply, if the Pirates win or split the 4 game series some lucky person gets free cards.
If you leave a comment and say Let's Go Bucs, Beat The Braves! prior to the 1st pitch of the series you get entered into the randomizer.
If the Braves are your favorite team and say Let's Go Bucs, Beat The Braves! you get entered twice (just let me know that the Braves are your favorite team).
Because pimping ain't easy, if you pimp the contest you get entered an additional time provided you leave a link to the pimpage in the comment section.

Here's the bonus though, if the Pirates sweep the series I am giving away this Andrew McCutchen/Jason Heyward dual auto rookie from my personal collection.  Yes, I hate the Braves that much that I am willing to part with a piece of my Cutch collection and give out a HUGE HIT.  I just recently won this McCutchen/Heyward dual auto on ebay but will happily give it away if the Pirates can sweep a series against the Braves in Atlanta.  The above card is numbered 20/25.

SO CHEER FOR THE PIRATES TO BEAT THE BRAVES IN ATLANTA!

SHIT! LET'S GO FOR A SWEEP!  

LET'S GO BUCS!!!!

As always, I'll end with a recent pickup from the bay of E.

Pedro Alvarez had a good day yesterday as he went yard twice.