Lunch Box Hero!!!!

Earlier in the month, I showed off a pair of Topps SegaCardGen cards released in Japan of Jason Grilli and Garrett Jones respectively.  I mentioned that I grabbed a few of the 2013 cards from the same seller and with the recent hot streak that Travis Snider aka LunchBox has had with Andrew McCutchen being out now would be a good time to show off one of my few Travis Snider's Pirates cards. Even with McCutchen being back in the lineup tonight, Lunch Box will be staying in the OF to give Gregory Polanco a day off.

I wish that these cards were produced in 2014.  They're fun unique items that are tough to chase down.

We all complain about Topps using the same images on multiple products.  They do it on their overseas products as well.  Looking through your basecards for the image I am referencing?  You won't find it.  The image of Snider holding up the Zoltan symbol was a 2013 Topps Team Set exclusive variant.

I showed it off here last September.  I included the picture of the variant below.

McCutchen Monday: Bring back the Z!

I've had this card since a few days after series 1 released back in February.  Why I never posted it is beyond me.  It's the 2014 photo variant for Andrew McCutchen.

The Pirates have started to experiment with different hand signals this year, but I really want to see them bring back the Zoltan.  Bring back the Z!!!!!!

Zoltan!

For those that don't know the Zoltan! sign, it's from the movie "Dude, Where's My Car?"  One night at the Pirates clubhouse, the team was watching the ridiculous movie and after a Rod Barajas homerun with the Z symbol coming home, it just kinda stuck.  Well, to further implement that the Pirates are the team of destiny this year, the Steelers have just signed a punter named Zoltan Mesko.  Pittsburgh is going to go nuts!!!!!

Since the Zoltan craze started for the Pirates last year Topps has had a few releases showing the Zoltan symbol being used.

The first was Josh Harrison's Topps card from last year.

While it is exciting to remember Josh's walkoff, it's incredibly depressing to remember that he had no idea how to make a Z.  No Mr. Harrison, that is an S. Not a Z.  This is why you had to go back and forth between the minors and majors last year.  Learn the symbol, then you can come back up and play with the big boys.

2013 Topps Museum Collection Momentous Material 8/50

The first card from this year to feature the Z is a Topps Museum Andrew McCutchen jumbo jersey relic.  The same image of Cutch is also shared on a booklet with Starling Marte from the Museum collection.  So far no other releases have shown the "Z"

2013 Topps Pirates Team Issued Travis Snider 

The 3rd card that I became aware of using the Z was the Pirates Team Set version of Travis Snider.

Time to get back to using the Zoltan

The Pirates are most likely going to lose the series against the Orioles.  They're down 7-1 in the 9th inning, but as long as there's 3 outs left to play, there's hope.

ZOLTAN!!!

WTF? Am I talking about?  It's the sign the Pirates were using when they were raking their opponents with stellar clutch hitting, top play defense, and incredible pitching.  Not to mention smart baserunning.

LET'S GO BUCS!!!!

ZOLTAN!!!

Let's right the ship and get back to winning