McCutchen Mailday #181, 182, and 183: Going Old School with new Flair

My latest trio of Cutch cards to the PC this year includes some vintage designs with a bit of fresh 21st century spin.  Featuring designs from 1966, 1983, and early 20th century designs these Topps Heritage Chome, Topps Archives Silver, and Allen & Ginter Box Topper fixed a need for my ongoing Cutch PC.  

I've previously shown off some other 2015 Topps Archives that I have acquired this year including the three 1/1s and base.  The silver border is /199

On the Heritage front I've shown the box topper, gum stain and photo variants, and even 3 Chrome parallels.  This chrome is 749/999

Sadly, I need a lot of Cutch's Allen & Ginter cards from 2015.  I will go search for some soon...

For now though, this 5x7 box topper will have to do. 

Football Sunday: LT Auto

Terrible signature

Good Athlete

McCutchen Mailday #179 & 180: A Pair of Gypsy Minis

For less than $7 delivered I was able to add two more Cutch minis to the collection as I continue to destroy the Quest for 100 goal.  If there is one part of my Cutch collection that needs to be increased, it's definitely the minis.  Despite having added 180 new Cutch cards to the collection only 2% of that have been these miniature cards.

Maybe I can track down a few of the Allen & Ginter parallels from yesteryears as the calendar turns to winter...

McCutchen Mailday #178: It's Happening!!!!!

I am going to build a rainbow!!!!

And I plan to complete it!!!

Andrew McCutchen is one of the representatives on this year's Topps Chrome Gallery of Greats.  It's clear to see how Cutch has become to be recognized as a Great in the game today. He has lead his team to the playoffs 3 consecutive years. He's made 5 consecutive All-Star appearances. He's one a Gold Glove and 3 Silver Sluggers. And he has won the MVP and had top 3 finishes twice.

Yes Cutch is a Great!
And that's why I want this to be my first ever completed rainbow.

A big part of this rainbow is on it's way, but here's the gold parallel numbered 35/50 of 2015 Topps Chrome Gallery of Greats.

I plan to add the other parallels of this to my PC before the year is up. 

You got a (Bob) Friend in me

Recently snagged this on card autograph of World Series Champion, Bob Friend

Couldn't beat it for the price of $5

McCutchen Mailday #172: It's Real It's Real

I've been wanting to add one of these since the product was released earlier in the year and I made my large Cutch collection purchase from someone selling a bunch of their PC.  When it comes to jersey relics, I like for them to fall in one of the following categories before I purchase it.

It's super cheap that I want to purchase it

It features the Jolly Roger logo

It features a nice black and yellow patch

It has the MLB authentication number on it.

The latter was the reason for buying this quad relic of the Bucs superstars.  While the nice bit of patch on Cutch is nice, the MLB authentication hologram for Gregory Polanco was the main reason I wanted this card.

So after getting it in my hands, I did what any other person would do, I researched what jersey I had of Gregory's.

Actually it's not a jersey at all

I have a piece of Gregory Polanco's pants used on June 28th against the New York Mets. 

Gregory was 0 for 5 that day with 2 strikeouts.  This game marked the return of Gerrit Cole from the DL and he pitched awful in the first two frames, allowing 5 runs on 5 hits, 2 walks, a wild pitch, and several stolen bases.  After the 3rd he started to settle down, but not before recording his 4th loss on the year. 

McCutchen Mailday #173-177: a plethora of parallels from 2011 & 2015

My Cutch collection is getting downright badass!!!!

Adding to the Quest for as many new Cutch cards to the PC in 2015 is a handful of parallels
2015 Stadium Club Black Label
2015 Gypsy Queen Bronze
2015 Donruss Silver Stat
2011 Bowman Blue Paper
2011 Tier One Blue