Card #108: Another Big Relic

I planned on getting back on track with posting on this blog 3 times a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday).  Since that commitment I have been doing a fairly good job with it.  I missed a Monday post last week and the previous week.  (Evidently Monday deadlines are tough for me)

I currently have over 300 Clemente cards in my collection so I should be good for showing off my old cards while still acquiring new cards.  I am hoping that in July I will have some free time to actually get caught up and update my haves list.

When it comes to Clemente I don't have much of the modern parallel cards.  There's literally hundreds of his cards produced each year.

The current total of Clemente cards produced according to TCDB is 4,969 cards.

In the year 2020 there has already been 77 cards produced.  In 2019 there was 365 cards produced.

I have plenty of options to continue this life long goal.

My first options are always cards that feature Clemente with McCutchen.  These two players are my two main PCs so if I can get a card featuring both them it is an automatic "I need that card."

Such was the case with this 2015 Topps Heritage High Numbers quad relic featuring Clemente, Stargell, Marte, and McCutchen.

Had Marte and McCutchen won a World Series for the franchise in the 2013-2015 stretch I could certainly see them both being long remembered in future tales of All-Time Great Pirates in the way that Wagner, Mazeroski, Clemente, Stargell, and the Waner Brothers are remembered.  McCutchen might still fall into that category despite not winning a Championship for the Steel City.

I showed off a similar card back in February 2019 when I posted this card.

I like that Topps used different photos for all the players involved between the quad relic and triple relics.

Card #66: Cutch, Pops, and the Great One

Yesterday on the MLB Network there was a few short clips about Willie Stargell and the impact he had on the game.  They ran these segments as part of Black History Month.

I realize I haven't shown as many of my Clemente hits on here as I do on Collecting Cutch, but this would be a good time to show off one of my favorites.

Topps Heritage is my favorite release now that Gypsy Queen has eliminated their miniature cards.  This card features some of the most beloved players to ever wear a Pirates uniform.

Card #15 & 16: Steel

My latest relic card might look familiar,  but in fact it's not.

Because of eBay's 10% bucks program plus a holiday bonus check I had some extra money to chase after this card.

Numbered to 36 copies and featuring 3 of the greatest Pirates of All-time (Yes Cutch belongs on that list) is a Triple Threads card with relics of Willie Stargell, Andrew McCutchen, and Roberto Clemente.

I've previously shown the /27 parallel on Collecting Cutch.

Card #4: Clubhouse Collection Dual Relic

I had shown many dual relic cards of Clemente with Cutch on my Collecting Cutch blog.

Here's the most recent I showed off.

From 2017 Heritage is a dual relic Clubhouse Collection numbered 62/68.

I wish the backs would have more information about the players.