- I've never been a big fan of inserts, but this photo of Cutch in the on deck circle with a great view of the Clemente wall is fantastic.
- This was part of my latest COMC order. The group of cards I picked up for Cutch will bring me over 100.
- Bio on the back: "In 2015, sales of his jersey on MLB.com Shop ranked 10th among all players." Not bad for a small market star...
- Robert
- Surprisingly, both the refractor and pink refractor versions of this card weren't added to the Trading Card Database. I took care of both of those today. The site is just under 78,000 scans below 2 million.
- I like the pink refractor. The color is not overpowering, but there's enough of it there to let you know of the difference.
- The big killer for player collectors is the number of different types of refractors from this set. I count 11 of them, just for the base. More than a page worth is a bit of overkill.
- Robert
- In hand, you get the shiny. On the scan, not so much. Past releases for Topps Chrome the scans on refractor cards came out much better than this one did. Not sure why...
- Bio on the back: "He was the first Pirates player since Roberto Clemente from 1960-67 to be invited to the MLB All-Star Game five straight times." Andrew is the face of the Pirates, no doubt about it. Trading him would be a mistake in my opinion.
- Career home run #64 was hit 6/23/2012 off of Detroit's Max Scherzer. It was a 3 run shot that broke a scoreless tie in the 4th. The Pirates would go on to win 4-1 behind Brad Lincoln's 6 innings of 2 hit pitching.
- Robert
