McCutchen Mailday #2: It's Clear This Card is Rare

Getting back on track with another Andrew McCutchen pickup directly on the heels of yesterday's Strata pickup is this 2014 Topps Update Clear Acetate numbered 9/10. 

I've talked about these cards a few times since their release in 2014.  I even have 3 of the 10 Charlie Mortons from that series.

Topps Update is always good for capturing the All-Star game and this image of Cutch relaxing during batting practice is one of my favorite All-Star cards of Cutch.  I've picked up a few of the parallels already from this card, but may continue to attempt to build the rainbow.

I showed the back of the card because the front doesn't scan very well to pick up the acetate appearance.

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. 

Football Sunday: Big Ben Signature Moves

Today is the game!!!
The Steelers must Win!
The Jets must lose!!!!

Big Ben might be one of the most underrated quarterbacks of this generation.  Many people just don't give him enough credit for getting the Steelers to 3 Super Bowls (and winning 2).  He has put up unbelievable numbers the past few seasons. 

In the past few years, the Steelers have been wearing these "Bumblebee" or "Prison" uniforms as part of their throwback alternate jersey each year.  They only wore them once this year and in that game, Big Ben got injured.

One of my goals this year will be to add an autograph of the Killer Bees (Big Ben, Bell, Brown, Bryant) wearing these uniforms.  Ben is always an expensive auto to chase because he doesn't sign nearly as often as the other Black n Yellow team mates.  For those of you that don't know about Signature Moves from Immaculate, go check it out.  There are some incredible cards to be had.  I'd love to add an Aaron Rodgers discount double check championship belt to the PC even though I'm not a Packers fan.

2016 Collecting Goals

2015 was another incredible year for my collection.

I added 3 Charlie Morton 1/1s along with all the color parallels to his 2015 Topps Series 1 card.

I added nearly 400 Andrew McCutchen cards to the PC including over 30 1/1s

I added several Hall of Fame autographs to the PC including my first Max Carey, an amazing Willie Stargell auto/bat booklet from National Treasures, and a slew of Steelers Hall of Famers enshrined in Canton, Ohio.  Amongst the football hall of famers are Bradshaw, Bettis, Ham, Blount, Harris, and Greene.

I completed the 1962 and 1968 team sets

I reverse boxed a case of National Treasures and a box of 2015 Topps Museum

One goal that I miserably failed at was to add a certified autograph of every player who appeared in the 2013 Wild Card Game.  This goal will continue into 2016.

My 2016 Collecting Goals will be a little less expensive to fulfill

I would like to complete another 2 team sets from my Topps Flagship sets.
Team sets for 2016 Topps, Allen & Ginter, Gypsy Queen, Stadium Club, Heritage, and Donruss will also be a must.

100 new Andrew McCutchen cards from 2016 releases

Complete another rainbow of Cutch

Get some of my favorite non baseball players autographs for the Pacers and Penguins
Reggie Miller, the Davis Brothers, Chris Mullin, Rik Smits, Jermaine O'Neal
Sidney Crosby, Jaromir Jagr, Olli Maatta

continue adding Charlie Morton cards as they appear

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.

Just a pair of random relics as the year draws near the end

2015 is coming to an end and I have drastically cut down on my cardboard spending during December.  All said though, i managed to grab some incredible cards this year including nearly 40 1/1s of Cutch, several handsfull of Charlie Morton cards, and even some nice vintage i needed.

Here's a smattering of random relics I picked up recently. It's nothing special, but I do like the unique batting practice cap of Jason Kendall.