McCutchen Mailday #46 & 47: MORE STRATA???? I'm up to 12 now

Sure, as if I didn't have enough, I have added more Strata cards of Cutch to the PC.

These are some decent looking patches, but nothing too fancy.

This brings me to 12 Strata cards of Cutch now!
12!!!!!

McCutchen Mailday #40 & 41: Two More Stratas

I seriously fell in love with Topps Strata this year especially since my favorite player, Andrew McCutchen was featured in it.

Here's my two latest Cutch cards from Strata.

McCutchen Mailday #30: My 8th Cutch Strata Patch

My Cutch Strata collection has gotten another prime patch added to the PC with my recent /25 pickup.

This marks my 8th overall Cutch Strata and my 3rd patch /25.  Only 22 more to track down and win. 

McCutchen Mailday #23, 24, and 25: 3 More Strata Cards (All Parallels)

Today was a good mailday as I received 3 new Andrew McCutchen 2015 Strata cards.  This will likely be the last bunch of Strata cards I add for a while because I am focusing on some of the higher end stuff coming out of National Treasures.

This brings me to 7 total Strata cards in the collection which between the /25, /50, and /75 is only 3.5% of the patch print run.  I would love to increase that total, but considering that many of these go for $40 - $90 a pop it will be extremely difficult.

McCutchen Mailday #11 - 21: Lots of low numbers, rainbows, and an another Strata

I have over 1,000 unique Andrew McCutchen cards.  Of all those, I have started many rainbows, but have only completed two officially.

My recent purchases which ALL arrived on the same day contained a lot of needs for my Prizm, Bowman, and Topps rainbows. 

It felt like Christmas opening all those packages.  There was so many cards that my girlfriend was actually calling me Jimmy Fallon based on the movie Fever Pitch.  "Wow Jimmy, looks like you got some more cards in the mail today" is one of her favorite phrases when I have big maildays like this.

Some of the key cards were
 /5 press proof of Studio 13
/10 Father's Day Element
/25 Prizm 2014
/60 Prizm 2015
/75 Bowman 2014

McCutchen Mailday #1: My first Cutch card received in 2016

Picking up right where I left off in 2015, I am continuing to add cards to my Andrew McCutchen PC.  Last year, I added 388 new unique cards of Cutch to the PC. 

That's over 1 new Cutch card a day!!!!!!

We are four days into the New Year, so it looks like I will have some ground to make up if I am going to keep that pace.  Rest assured though, 2016 will feature some nice cards of Cutch added in the early weeks as I am currently working out a deal to purchase a large lot of game used relics.

Continuing with the Strata cards I ended 2015 with, I grabbed another black/50 of Cutch.
This makes my 4th unique Strata added (with more on the way).  This particular card looks to be part of the "B" and "U" in PITTSBURGH worn on the front of the grey road jerseys.  This is also confirmed by the sticker indicating the Pirates were playing in St. Louis. 

McCutchen Maiday #388: Happy New Year Y'all!

I didn't have time yesterday to show this off, but I managed to get in another Andrew McCutchen card as the year came to a close.  Here is the final Andrew McCutchen card from 2015.  This card arrived 4 days before expected delivery. 

In addition to that, I managed to get my scanner fixed so I am reshowing the cards I posted on Wednesday.

2015 was the most successful year in my cardboard collecting days.  I'm really looking forward to see what I can come up with in 2016 as my Cutch collection grows even more and I continue to knock off vintage needs.

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.

Strata Redemption received!

What a crazy 24 hours it has been for Pirates fans!

Early Sunday morning, the Pirates came back in 14 innings to beat the Cardinals thanks to a walkoff 2 run homer by Andrew McCutchen.

24 hours later, the Pirates staged a 2 out rally to plate 3 runs in the bottom of the 10th. Sophomore right fielder delivered the walkoff on the first pitch he saw off Cardinals closer, Trevor Rosenthal.

This is just a badass card and its my latest Gregory Polanco autograph.

I didn't want to remove it from it's protective home so it didn't scan very well. The 2014 Topps Strata features a massive jumbo patch and on card autograph.