Green Supreme Coffee

I just missed getting this card in time for my March failed Go Green Month.

With Opening Day tomorrow, many Pirates fans are hoping that former Top Prospect Gregory Polanco can take a big step forward and have a breakout season this year.

I will be in Pittsburgh rooting on the Bucs as they take on the rival Cardinals.

Let's Go Bucs!!!!

McCutchen Mailday #61: Big Time Addition to the PC

The Pirates have several alumni that are widely recognized as being some of the All Time Greats (Honus Wagner, Roberto Clemente, and Willie Stargell). When you look at the game today, Cutch could join that list one day.

I've seen several different versions that combined Cutch in Heritage Clubhouse Collection before, but getting Cutch with Clemente and Stargell is the best of the versions available.  No disrespect to Wagner, Kiner, and Mazeroski but this group of ballplayers is the Trinity to me.

Speaking of Trinity, I saw Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice this week. I have mixed feelings on it. I love the idea of bringing the DC Comics Trinity together, but to me it just seems forced unlike what Marvel is doing with their Avengers stories.

McCutchen Mailday #60: Rookie Cup Manufactured Patch

I have won this card twice on eBay before and both times I failed to actually receive it. One time, the seller noticed after I won it that it was damaged by being covered in coffee as he was packaging it and spilled his morning beverage on it. He offered a full refund. The second time, I had received a different manufactured patch of Cutch in the mail and the seller said I could keep that card and offered me a full refund. I was happy with both sellers being honest regarding the card, but

This time though, I acquired it! And I Love It!!!

Ke'Bryan Update

A few new additions to the Ke'Bryan Hayes PC

I really need to start adding more Bowman, but these Team USA cards are just so nice looking.

My latest Hall of Fame & Tobacco Card Acquisition

The Pirates have 37 Alumni who played at least one game with the Pittsburgh Pirates in the Hall of Fame.  Of that group, only 11 were inducted into the Hall having played more games with Pittsburgh than any other franchise that individual had played for.

Recent inductees like Bert Blyleven and Goose Gossage had wonderful careers, but likely won't be remembered a generation from now as being on the Pirates.

The Pirates were a powerhouse in the early 1900s being lead by the greatest shortstop of All-Time, Honus Wagner, and leftfielder, Fred Clarke.

My ultimate goal is to add autographs of Hall of Famers, Roberto Clemente and Honus Wagner, but adding Fred Clarke was a major score to my collection.

This 2015 Historic Autographs includes a cut auto of the 1909 World Series Champion along with an original t206 Piedmont trading card.

Clarke finished his career with over 2,600 hits, a career batting average of .312 and an on base percentage of .386 while swiping 509 bags.  His best season may have come in his final season before joining the Pirates back in 1899 when he hit .340, stole 49 bags, and only struck out 18 times in 681 plate appearances.  He became the player manager his first year with the Bucs in 1900.

I was having a conversation with my brother the other day and what I find most fascinating about adding these incredible cut autographs to the collection is that guys like Fred Clarke had passed away before Carlos Correa's father was even born.  Wrap your head around that for perspective.  Fred Clarke was born before electricity really took off with Thomas Edison's inventions.

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 #57 & 58: Some Donruss Invasions

Donruss has been fantastic in the past few years, offering collectors a number of cool Statline parallels to try and chase in addition to some fun insert sets and nicely designed relics.

I grabbed two parallels to start the 2016 Donruss collection.

The black parallel is numbered to 199 and the pink Donruss Diamond Kings isn't numbered.