McCutchen Monday: 2014 Topps Chrome SP Variation

Last week on McCutchen Monday, I showed off an Allen & Ginter insert that ran me 74 cents to purchase.  Today I'm going to show off an extremely rare Topps Chrome SP Photo Variant that ran me $37.

The above beauty runs 1 in every 5 cases of Chrome.  Multiply that by 25 players that got the variant treatment and you can figure out how rare this card is.  Other copies of this card have sold in the $75 range so I am VERY VERY VERY happy to have won it for half that price.

Thanks everyone for reading.  God Bless!!!!

McCutchen Monday: Translate this....

I am getting so frustrated seeing the so called shark tank not be able to hold the games tie or blow leads this year. It makes me want to say $%&# this. I feel the same way with this card back. I have no idea what this card says without looking at the English version.

It's just my latest unique Andrew McCutchen variant to grace the Treasure Room.  Hailing from 2011 Topps Lineage, this Venezuelan variant ran me .50 at a local mall card show.

McCutchen Monday: Sabremetric variant

Since Andrew McCutchen has become a national star, he is getting more and more variants in every one of Topps products.  We already have the Zoltan variant I showed off back in May.  In series 2, Topps released a sabremetric variant for the Series 1 card.

You can see the difference on the backs below.

It's nice to see Topps evolve with the times and including more of these analytical stats on the back of cards.
The front of the card features the same base image from Flagship Series 1.

Gerrit Cole Series 2 variant

Welcome Back Gerrit Cole!!!!

To honor the return of the young right hander, I'm going to show off a variant from Series 2.  It's the Futures Game variant.  Topps used some of the top players and their Futures game jersey variants from a few years ago for these Series 2 variants.

McCutchen Monday: Bring back the Z!

I've had this card since a few days after series 1 released back in February.  Why I never posted it is beyond me.  It's the 2014 photo variant for Andrew McCutchen.

The Pirates have started to experiment with different hand signals this year, but I really want to see them bring back the Zoltan.  Bring back the Z!!!!!!

2007 National Convention Exclusive: Roberto Clemente

I've been trying to add more Roberto Clemente to my collection lately.  He's one of the greatest ball players ever and I really need to up my PC of "The Great One".

I saw this 2007 National Exclusive Topps Heritage card for sale on ebay and won it with a best offer submission of $2.50.

Above is the back of the card.  It's made to look similar to a 1957 Topps card.

HAPPY ROBERTO CLEMENTE DAY EVERYONE

This is how you celebrate Gypsy Style

Last night the Bucs came back to beat the hated division rivals Brewers in a 12 inning affair.  There were a lot of bad breaks for the Pirates throughout the game, but karma started to turn things around and fix themselves when Jean Seguera threw a cutout relay throw to homeplate that was about 6 feet wide and high allowing Neil Walker to score from 1st on a double by Russel Martin.  That tied things up in the 8th.

In the bottom of the 12th inning, my favorite ball player Andrew McCutchen came up and roped a line drive homerun to right center for a walkoff blast.

2013 Topps Gypsy Queen Andrew McCutchen SSP Variant

I recently snagged this Andrew McCutchen SSP Celebration variant in 2013 Gypsy Queen for $30.  These come roughly 1 in 800 packs so the odds of coming across one is pretty rare.

Cutch makes the cover

I'm back with my second post in 2 days.  Playstation just announced the winner of MLB The Show 2013.  It's none other than the Pirates superstar centerfielder Andrew McCutchen.

To celebrate here's a card of Cutch looking quite dapper.

It's the variant from Updates and Highlights featuring Cutch at the All-Star game in Kansas City.

I'm so happy that the Bucs are getting some recognition mainly due to Cutch.  #BUCN 2013