McCutchen Mailday #59: Printing Plate #51 added to the collection

My 59th new Cutch added to the PC this year is actually my 51st printing plate of the perenial MVP candidate.

This 2014 Mini Ext #358 gives me half of the printing plate run for the super short print mini. I have previously shown off the black plate last year.

McCutchen Mailday #380-387: Sick Sick Patches!!!

I got in 8 packages today loaded with some sick amazing patches of my main PC player. I also added 2 more 1/1 printing plates.

This concludes all the McCutchen cards I was expecting to receive by year's end. I set out with a goal to add 100 new Cutch cards, but in the end, it ended up being nearly 4 times that. 

Unfortunately, my scanner isn't working so I had to take a picture with my phone. I will provide actual scans next year once I can get the scanner working again.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy new year. My girlfriend and I are living above a pub now so we can save up for a house. It's a little noisy, but at least we should never get in trouble driving from a bar.

I will post a recap of how I did with my 2015 goals tomorrow, but it was a successful year for my cardboard collection.

McCutchen Mailday #185 - 187: Let's Sing this one Out!!!!

On the 185th Cutch Mailday, I had to give this to meeeeeee

3 Rangin Outfielders

2 Cutch Relics

and a Plate from Ope-ning Day

My quest for 100 new Cutch cards to be added to the PC in 2015 will be surpassed by double.

McCutchen Mailday #159: Another 50% Plate Completion

I'm not sure why, but the post I scheduled for today posted yesterday.  Check it out as it features a gorgeous Cutch Museum autograph /10. 

I recently showed off 12 new Printing Plates that I added to my Cutch collection in the Quest for 100 new Cutch cards add to my PC in 2015.  Clearly I kicked that goal's ass!!!!

Having previously won the Magenta plate, I thought it was appropriate to add the Cyan plate.

McCutchen Mailday #156: 75% Complete 1/1 Rainbow!!!

It is incredibly difficult to put a complete set of printing plates together. Trust me, I've had a few that are 50% complete and I thought that was a pretty cool task of itself.
2015 Andrew McCutchen Topps Archives (Magenta and Yellow)
2015 Morneau, Cutch, Harrison League Leaders (Yellow and Cyan)
2013 Garret Jones Gypsy Queen (Cyan and Magenta)
2012 Luis Herredia Bowman (Black and Yellow)
2011 Tony Sanchez Bowman Top 100 Prospects (Cyan and Yellow)
2010 Andrew McCutchen Topps Triple Threads Unity AUTO/RELIC (Cyan and Black)

I also had grabbed the 2012 Andrew McCutchen Cloth Sticker Archives printing plates (magenta and cyan).  At the time, I grabbed both those plates for $46.  Now, it's costing me about the same to add the black plate to the collection.  This is the first time in 3 years that the black has surfaced so I wasn't going to get too worked over the price of the card.  I was winning it!!!!

Now only the yellow remains.

Had to be a Deadshot, didn't ya....

Growing up in the 80s, I was subjected to a lot of Billy Joel from my mother.  One song that constantly played in her cassette deck of her Mustang (aka the Roach Mobile) was Big Shot.  Her birthday is coming up soon and every year, I subject myself to listen to Billy Joel and Journey since I don't get to see her very much anymore . 

Last month, I noted that I wanted to get back into my comic collecting roots by grabbing some cardboard of characters I enjoy today.  Both Arrow and The Flash on CW have become my weekly addictions when there is new episodes to watch. 

Both series feature a lot of cool cameo by some of the DCU best comic book villains, but one of my absolute favorites is the character, Deadshot.

In the TV show, Arrow, Floyd "Deadshot" Lawton is played by the brillain actor Michael Rowe.  Deadshot will be featured in next year's Suicide Squad by the Fresh Prince, Will Smith.  I grabbed a printing plate of the man who never misses for $15 from the new DC Comics Super Villains cardset.

McCutchen Mailday #126-137: 12 NEW PRINTING PLATES!!!!

Told you yesterday that today was going to be a big one.

I normally spend about $50 for a 1/1 printing plate of Cutch.  Sometimes depending on if I like the card a lot, I will try for more.  Recently a large lot of 1/1s of McCutchen became available and I pounced on the chance to own them for around $40 a pop.

Presenting to you...12 new Andrew McCutchen printing plates

Here they are individually.

2012 Gypsy Queen mini Black Printing Plate

2011 Bowman Chrome Yellow Printing Plate

2011 Topps Triple Threads Magenta Plate

2013 Topps Tribute Cyan Plate

2014 Allen & Ginter Black Printing Plate

2014 Bowman Platinum Magenta Plate

2014 Gypsy Queen Black Printing Plate

2014 Topps Finest Cyan Printing Plate

2014 Bowman Yellow Printing Plate

2013 Topps Triple Threads Cyan Plate

2012 Archives Yellow Printing Plate

2013 Archives Yellow Printing Plate

This brings me to 25 new 1/1s added to the Cutch PC this year.  That might seem a little insane, but I'm not even close to being done yet.

McCutchen Mailday #106 & 107: 2 More Printing Plates (1 is an error!!!)

I just might be insane as I am continuing to add more and more sick Andrew McCutchen cards to my PC as the year enters the dog days of August.  I've already well passed the goal of adding 100 new Cutch cards to the PC by year's end.

Here's two more 1/1 printing plates (there's more coming too though...)

Everything looks normal from the front, right?

Well...why don't you check out the back of the yellow printing plate and see if you can find the error.

First one to notice it and leave a comment will receive a free care package.

McCutchen Mailday 98, 99, and 100!!!!!: All 1/1s All Archives!!!!

Last week I showed off a near complete rainbow of 2015 Topps League Leaders.  That was cool and all, but now I am going to show off my nearly complete rainbow of 1/1s from 2015 Topps Archives.

I was lucky enough to acquire two of the 4 printing plates along with the extremely rare 1/1 black border last month.

Here's the cards seperately

Beautiful, right?

Well...I figured if you're going to show off a milestone 100th new Cutch of the year, why not do it in style.

To remember some of the 1/1s of Cutch I have added this year, here's a recap
#90-97 2015 Topps Printing Plates League Leaders

#85: Letter "C" from Cutch's Jersey in 2015 Five Star

#73: Laundry Tag from 2015 Museum

#52: Letter "E" from Cutch's All-Star jersey in 2014 Topps In the Name

#47: Letter "N" from Cutch's All-Star jersey in 2015 Topps In the Name

#46: Original Sketch by Chris Henderson from Leaf Legends of Baseball Artist Proof

#12: Red Paper 2012 Bowman  (damaged by post office)

McCutchen Mailday #90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 A NEAR RAINBOW!!!!!

In my Quest to add 100 new Andrew McCutchen cards to the PC, I knew I wanted to grab some parallels that I never had acquired before.  I never expected to be reaching the 100 card goal so early in the year and definitely didn't think that this would be my 7th and 8th 1/1s.

Did you see the 2 new 1/1s added to my collection in the scan above?
Need a better closeup?

I have already shown off 

#85: Letter "C" from Cutch's Jersey in 2015 Five Star

#73: Laundry Tag from 2015 Museum

#52: Letter "E" from Cutch's All-Star jersey in 2014 Topps In the Name

#47: Letter "N" from Cutch's All-Star jersey in 2015 Topps In the Name

#46: Original Sketch by Chris Henderson from Leaf Legends of Baseball Artist Proof

#12: Red Paper 2012 Bowman  (damaged by post office)

I am nearing my goal and actually have a bunch more cards due to arrive soon.  I can't wait to show them all off.  Some of these are absolutely sick!!!!

Like many of you I was a big fan of the silver frame parallels

Here's the rest of the near rainbow

My first 1/1 AJ

When the Pirates acquired AJ early in 2012 I was extremely happy. I attended his first game in a Buccos uniform and I remember the crowd all screaming "Noooooo" when AJ squared around to sacrifice bunt. He instantly became a fan favorite.

This year will be AJ's final season and it couldn't end better than for AJ to make All-Star team in his last year. Hopefully he can add a 3rd World Series ring too.

I know I am very late to the party but I would like to start up a PC of AJ. If anyone has some cards of AJ Burnett they would like to trade me please hit me up via email or leave a comment below.

For $22 I added my first 1/1 printing plate. Hopefully I can add more to my PC.

Morton on the Mound: 1/1 Printing Plate 2014 Topps Mini

Charlie Morton is on the mound today and you know what that means...

Another installment of Morton on the Mound.

Today's card ties in with the rest of the week's high end, super rare cards.  It's a 1/1 yellow printing plate from 2014 Topps Mini.

It goes perfectly with the 2014 Topps Yellow Printing Plate I showed off last year in July (also seen below)

Charlie Morton SuperCollection Keeps GROWING!!!

The self proclaimed world's greatest Charlie Morton collection continues to grow.  When I wrapped up 2014, I had acquired every non 1/1 of Charlie Morton except for one card.  That one card is the 2012 Topps Factory Orange Parallel numbered /190.  I still have several minis to show off from 2014, but due to Charlie getting injured at the end of the season and running only pink parallels in October I never got a chance to show many of them off.  I will continue to show those off as the 2015 season begins to happen.

One of my ongoing goals is to try and grab as many 1/1s of Charlie that I can.  Even though the year is young, I have already grabbed a couple.

This is the first 1/1 of Charlie I am showing off since July 2014 when I showed off 2 Charlie Morton 1 of 1s (a 2014 yellow plate and the gold embedded card).

Hailing from 2008 Bowman Chrome Draft Picks and Prospects is the black printing plate 1/1.  It ran me $16.58 delivered and is my 5th printing plate and my 12th 1/1.

What do you guys think of my Morton collection?

IMPRESSIVE OR INSANE?!!???!!!!

Jose Bautista rookie printing plate

I've been adding some nice Jose Bautista cards to my collection recently including a 2007 Upper Deck Cyan printing plate.

This 1/1 printing plate ran me $28 and is my first printing plate of the former Bucco from his Pirates days.  Hopefully I can add a few more by year's end.

"The Greatest Day" STARRING RUSSELL MARTIN!!!

The best words a baseball fan can hear "Pitchers and Catchers report today"

Russell Martin, despite having only a short term part of the Pirates history, may be easily one of the top 5 catchers the organization has ever known.  Manny Sanguillen and Jason Kendall will obviously be above him and a lot of fans have fond memories of Tony Pena and Mike LaVaillere, but in a very short time (2 seasons), Russ helped to reunite an entire city with their love of baseball.

I'm going to miss not seeing him be the backstop for the black and gold this year.  I purchased the above printing plate earlier in the year for under the price of a blaster.

It goes well with my Tony Sanchez black printing plate I showed in January.

Dammit it's a Doumit: 1/1 I wear a First Base Glove and Catcher's Mask Printing Plate edition

January is an expensive month of highlighting new cards.  Why do you ask?  Well, cause quite simply it's featuring a lot of 1/1s. Already this week I showed off printing plates for Cutch and Tony Sanchez.

2005 Bowman 1/1 Magenta Printing Plate 

I've been wanting a Ryan Doumit 1/1 for a long time.  For a $30 best offer I was able to obtain this excellent 1/1 for my collection.  Best of all is that this card perfectly shows how I feel about Ryan Doumit.  He was a catcher, but in the card he's wearing a baseball cap, 1st baseman's glove, and a catcher's mask.  This shows why he was so tough to watch defensively.  One thing I loved about Doumit though was his clutch hitting especially in the House of Horrors, Miller Park.

Tony Tuesday: It's Black & White!!!!

This week will feature a lot of metal. Last year one of my favorite musicians, Wayne Static of the band Static-X, passed away and I have recently been listening to a lot of Static-X.  I remember when I was in a metal/hardcore band back in the late 90s having my hair stand up identical to his before Static-X came on the scene.

I thought today would be a good day to show off some of my own metal that I've added to my collection.  It's a black printing plate to Tony Sanchez' 2014 Topps Update card.  It's my 5th printing plate of the former 1st round pick.

Oh and because metal is fun...here's a video of Static X

McCutchen Monday: Turkey Red Printing Plate

It's time for my latest 1/1 Andrew McCutchen.  This is a 2014 Topps Turkey Red printing plate that I purchased late last year.  I forget the price I paid for it, but think it was in the $50 range.

2014 Topps Turkey Red Magenta Printing Plate

I know that it's been awhile since I showed off a Cutch plate on the blog, but didn't realize that the last Andrew McCutchen plate I purchased for a baseball card was my 500th post (Dec 2013) showing off the black printing plate from Cutch's 2005 Rookie Auto.  Back in January of 2014 I showed off the 4 printing plates from his Beckett magazine cover.

I think I will need to add several more 1/1s of Cutch to my collection to make up for my failures in 2014.

Tony Tuesday: Cyan Printing Plate 1/1

My latest Tony Sanchez is another 1 of 1 printing plate from 2011 Bowman.  It marks my 4th printing plate of the former first rounder.

Cross off another 1/1 from the list

Charlie Morton is pitching today, you know what that means...

2014 Topps Yellow Printing Plate

It's time for another Morton update

I've had this Charlie Morton 2014 Topps Printing Plate for awhile.  I grabbed it when Series 1 was released and have been sitting on posting it for awhile.  Charlie will be taking the hill against the Reds tonight.  Charlie has historically struggled against the redlegs, but in 2011 threw two complete games against them so it should be interesting to see how things turn out at Great American Ballpark.

With Votto, Philips, and likely Chapman all out for tonight's game, I think the Bucs got a great shot at tying up the series 1-1 which brings us back to this 1/1 Morton.