- One of my favorite cards in the Sakic collection. The dual photo on the front is great, perfect for a borderless card.
- This is another set that held its value over time. It was just a 225 card set, but still lists for $50. The Sakic itself is $1.50.
- Goals #94 and 95 for Joe were in the same game, a 4-4 tie with the Buffalo Sabres at Le Colisee in Quebec City, 2/12/91. Daren Puppa was the victim for those 2 goals.
- Robert
- I took a quick look at the Trading Card Database website because I knew that there were variations made of many of the cards in this set. This card isn't one of them. It was interesting to see that the autographed versions of McCutchen's cards in this set show him with a slightly different photo, from the shoulders up.
- Bio on the back: "Andrew did it all for Pittsburgh in 2011, leading the club in RBI, SBs, HRs, BBs, 2Bs, and Rs." If that doesn't scream team MVP, I don't know what does.
- I keep reading that Andrew was the 11th player taken in the 2005 draft, so I finally decided to look at the top 10. It's a pretty solid group...
- Justin Upton
- Alex Gordon
- Jeff Clement
- Ryan Zimmerman
- Ryan Braun
- Ricky Romero
- Troy Tulowitzki
- Wade Townsend (never made it to the majors)
- Mike Pelfrey
- Cameron Maybin
- Robert
- Love the photo on this card. It reminds me that Thome was a home run hitter and that swing produced 612 of them. The logo is not overbearing and his name is easy to read. All good things.
- Career homer #94 for Jim was his first of the 1997 season, a solo shot off of Oakland's Buddy Groom. The opening day blast extended the lead for the Indians to 9-7, which is how the game would end.
- Also, congratulations go out to Jim for getting a plaque added to the Phillies Wall of Fame today.
- Robert
- Now that the insanity of a move is largely done with, I can get back into the swing of things on this blog as well. Unfortunately I didn't post far enough in advance, and the 2 day gap is the largest so far on this blog. And hopefully the last.
- It's amazing how much a scan can point out all the flaws on the surface of a foil based card. Look at the dots and spots. If they were all numbered we could play connect the dots...
- This card was part of a 180 card insert set from UD that year. The Sakic runs for $3, and the most expensive card listed is the Gretzky (of course) which still has $10. There are currently 21 copies of this card on COMC, ranging in price from $2.24 down to $0.82.
- Robert
- This card commemorates the 3 HR game that Andrew had versus the Nationals on 8/1/2009. Not a bad way to double your career output.
- This is the 3rd horizontal card so far of Andrew on the blog. Looking through the current collection I have, there's only 3 more horizontal cards to show. I'm only in the 60's now right, so approximately 10% of my McCutchen collection is horizontal...
- I prefer the game used versions of this card, where the jersey is actually cut in the shape of home plate and replaces the logo on the left. The "base" inserts are a little boring to be honest.
- Robert
- Everyone loves the '71 Topps Design, and when it comes out in 2020 as the Topps Heritage design, I have a feeling that sales will be strong. The black borders are fantastic.
- This is one my favorite cards of Cutch, the photo of him just about to swing shows an intensity you don't see on many of his cards.
- I would love to get one of the '77 cloth patches cards from this release, maybe on the next COMC order I'll add one...
- Robert
- It almost looks as if Andrew was pulled off the beach for this photo. Those don't look like baseball pants, they look like shorts.
- Talk about exclusive, the base set is just 25 (!) cards. I guess the real chase for this release was all the autographs. Lots of prospects signed for this set. It's almost as if the autographs should have been the base set and cards like the McCutchen above should have been the inserts.
- Bio on the back: "McCutchen is a true multi-dimensional player and can be an effective hitter at just about any spot in the order for the Bucs." Well, Andrew hit 3rd for the team for the past few years, and when the Pirates moved him to 2nd in order this year, he just wasn't the same.
- Robert
- One of the best scans I've had for a card in a while. If I had any kind of complaint about the card, it would be that the border is too big. Otherwise the card is great.
- A fly ball for sure that Jim's watching, wonder if it's one that left the yard...
- '97 Leaf is two series of 200 cards each. The whole set lists for $40, with the only RC that's listed being of Brian Giles ($1.50).
- Robert
- Take my word for it, the foil is gold. I also never noticed that Joe's position of center is behind the foil. I guess I never really paid much attention to it.
- I was still in Canada at the time, and was able to send away for this set. The back is different from the cards that were inserted into packs. The bio mentions just about every other person on the Nords except for Joe. Wonder why?
- I guess that there must be a lot of these gold sets floating out there, because the 2 copies on COMC are both listed for under a buck. Cheap in my opinion.
- Robert
- Rushed: I'm in the middle of getting ready to move, so trying to put a bunch of posts together in a very short amount of time means I've rushed scans. That's why this card looks so dark when it's actually quite bright in hand.
- Not very many cards to chase from this set as far as Thome is concerned; the only other card I need is the gold stars version. No hurry for that right now...
- There's only 3 copies of this card currently on COMC as of this writing. They are listed from 75 cents to $1.24, which isn't too far off of what they are listed for in Beckett.
- Robert
