Epic Moments in Pirates Cardboard History: The Catch

The Pirates have been playing much better baseball since Clint Hurdle took over as the team's manager in 2011.  He vowed to bring winning back to Pittsburgh when he took over and in a very short time he has transformed a team that lost 105 games in 2010 to a team that has a winning record since Hurdle took over.  He has gotten the best of his players to perform at levels beyond what is expected of them.

One moment that defined that level of performance occurred on September 27th 2012 when Travis Snider climbed the Citifield wall in New York as if he was Spider-Man to rob Mike Baxter of the Mets from a HomeRun.

That moment was captured on 2013 Topps Gypsy Queen Glove Stories.

I think I will try to make Epic Moments in Pirates Cardboard History a monthly feature as long as I have the cards for it.

Epic Moments in Pirates Cardboard History: September 14th A-Mays-Ing

Normally I would show off a football related card on Sundays during football season, but since the Steelers already got their asses kicked by the Ravens, I'm going to start a new feature called Epic Moments in Pirates Cardboard History.  When I come across cardboard of Pirates players that define a season, career, etc I will show them off....the first entry is none other than the self dubbed Tony Plush aka Nyjer Morgan

On this day in 2007, rookie Nyjer Morgan made an A-Mays-Ing catch that was reminiscent of Willie Mays.  The Bucs would go on to win the game 4-3 improving their record to 66-81.  The following night they would lose and go on to ensure their 15th straight losing season.  The above 2008 Topps Autograph ran me $2 delivered nearly a year ago.