- Sleeveless jerseys will always have a place in my heart. If the Pirates could have found a way to put some gold/yellow in there, these would have been perfect.
- I guess the code on the back isn't good anymore, as the toppstown.com website is no more.
- Career home run #92 was hit 7/13/2013 against the Mets David Aardsma. The solo shot tied the game at 2-2, and the Pirates would go on to win 4-2 with reliever Justin Wilson getting his 4th win of the season.
- Robert
- Boy this card takes me back a few years. The sleeveless jerseys that the Pirates sported a few years ago looked great. I'd love to see teams start using them again.
- I had a couple of these 2020 cards a few years ago; I'd forgotten the weird feel of the front of the card.
- Bio on the back: "Along the road to 2020, it would surprise no one if he challenged the Pirates single decade records for outfielders of 177 HRs and 862 RBIs set by Roberto Clemente in the 60's." Andrew already has 191 HRs this decade. A couple of good seasons and his 671 RBI will pass Clemente.
- Robert
- Thank you to Kin at the I feel like a collector again blog for this card, which he sent as part of a very generous trade package.
- Bio on the back: How's this for a comparison? Wagner joins the Pirates in 1900, the franchise hadn't finished higher than 6th in 11 of the previous 13 seasons. The Pirates won three straight NL titles from 1901-03. McCutchen joined the Pirates in 2009, and not too long thereafter they started making the postseason. Not quite as successful as Honus, but a good comparison indeed.
- It's also interesting to see how the colors have changed over the years for the Bucs, with the early unis having the red lettering and the blue caps. Today we all know Pittsburgh as the black and gold steel town.
- Robert
- Same photo on this card as was on the National Chicle card that I showed a few weeks ago.
- I only remember gold rookie cups on cards. I can't say that I remember the silver ones, especially on this set. Was I just not paying close enough attention?
- The bio on the back has some very complementary words from teammate Ross Ohlendorf. Pirates fans, doesn't it seem like an eternity since Ohlendorf was a Pirate?
-Robert
