Card #100: The Force is Strong With This One

Today is National Star Wars Day

One of my favorite Yoda quotes is
"The Force is Strong With This One"

The same can be said for this card.

2006 Triple Threads gold parallel featuring Barry Bonds, Roberto Clemente, and Willie Stargell (all in Pirates uniforms).

This is one of my favorite cards in my collection as it features three of the game's greatest to ever wear a Pirates uniform.

Card #73: Bat Relic for 1973 HOF Induction

Roberto Clemente was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973 following his tragic and untimely death.

I have a few dozen bat relics of Clemente.

This Topps Tribute is one of the nicest though.  The refractor design really pops amd the bat relic being included as a piece of the year is a really nice touch.  Topps should consider doing something like this again.

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 #42: Remembering #42

Since today's card is #42, I thought I should show off #42 himself.
I will show off another Jackie Robinson card on April 15th when the league celebrates the great feat that Jackie accomplished.

This is one of my favorite Clemente cards in my collection.
It features a nice bat relic of Clemente (it's getting rarer and rarer to find jersey relics of Clemente these days) along with a jersey swatch of Jackie Robinson.

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.