McCutchen Mailday #82 & 83: The Book of Cutch and a dirty shirt

The same seller that provided me with a handful of amazing cards in my collection this year also had these two cards available for sale and the basic relic was a throw-in.  I'm always happy to add Cutch relics to the PC especially this year as my Quest for 100 new Cutch cards is nearing the completion mark already into June.

A pair of El Coffee

Just got a pair of autographed Gregory Polanco cards in the mail today.  Nothing too exciting though.

Both are stickered autographs.

McCutchen Mailday #81: Just a Parallel

Short on time so it's just a quick addition of my 81st entry into adding 100 new Cutch cards to the PC this year.

SICK SICK SICK!!!! MAJOR MOJO!! GREGORY POLANCO TEAM PATCH

A few weeks ago, I showed off an insane Gerrit Cole PC addition and today I am doing the same with another young core member of the Pirates team, Gregory Polanco.

Polanco has a beautiful swing at the plate and there is no doubt in my mind that he will blossom into a key piece of the Pirates future as they battle for the division year after year.  He's been struggling against lefties in the majors thus far in his career and it wasn't until Joey Gallo's promotion that I realized something.  Most lefties don't have crazy platoon splits until they reach the majors and that's because in the minors there aren't any dominating left handed pitchers.  If you're a dominant lefty in the minors, you quickly ascend to the majors faster than any other player type.

This will likely be my last addition of Gregory Polanco to my second 2014 National Treasures reverse box as I have already shown off 3 other beautiful cards of the former top prospect.

While I love the patch to this Polanco more than the Cole I showed, it brings me such great disappointment that this patch was 

used at an event and not a game.

At least Panini was willing to admit that.

McCutchen Mailday #80: A Box Topper of sorts

My Quest for 100 new Andrew McCutchen cards has brought in some really amazing additions to the collection.  It's also forced me to seek out some more unique cards of Cutch to my collection that I normally wouldn't be searching for.  Such was the case with this 2015 Heritage Punchboard of Cutch and Hall of Famer Al Kaline.

I'm not sure of the connection between Cutch and Kaline, but I was VERY tempted to play the game on this $20 punchboard.  Many of these sell in the $20-$40 range and I was fortunate to grab one on the lower side of $20.

My Maz Collection grows again

My latest addition to my Bill Mazeroski is a two card lot.  One card is an autograph of the Hall of Fame Second Baseman and World Series Hero, the other is just a base Topps card.  Both cards use the same photo though.

Here's the autograph card from 2008 UD Premier numbered 15/25.

The other card is from 2014 World Series Heroes.

Besides Clemente and the guys from the deadball era (Waner, Wagner, Traynor) the Pirates Hall of Famers autos can be had fairly cheaply. Maz and Kiner autos often go for around $20

Anxiously awaiting Stadium Club

Last year's Stadium Club was phenomenal.  The photography was great and the on card autographs were some great names.

I am really hoping that Jun Ho Kang or Josh Harrison get a Stadium Club auto this year.

I grabbed this auto of potential All-Star Starling Marte for $7 delivered earlier in the year. Starling made a game saving catch yesterday that got the Bucs back in the Win column after being swept in Washington.