Rain Rain Go Away

I was all set to take a blogging day off, but the Pirates game is on a rain delay so I figured I might as well utilize my time.

2013 Panini Fall Heroes Gerrit Cole Auto /10

When I purchased this card in early 2014 I really had no idea about Panini Fall Heroes. All I knew was that it was a low numbered encased Gerrit Cole for a good price. Once the card was in hand I found out that Fall Heroes was a promotional set in which you received one pack if you took advantage of a combo box deal off of Panini's website.  The kicker was that it really wasn't that great of deal. Actually it looks awful now.

Option 1: 1 Box of 2013 Cooperstown Baseball + 1 Box of 2013 Prizm Baseball = $196.00

Option 2: 1 Box of 2013 Pinnacle Baseball + 1 Box of 2013 Prizm Baseball = $172.00

I think you could score Prizm for around 45 dollars now.....

2013 Panini Fall Heroes MLBPA Private Signings Print Run Listed Below
AM Andrew McCutchen #/10 BG Bob Gibson #/5 BL Barry Larkin #/10 BP Buster Posey #/5 BR Brooks Robinson #/5 BW Bernie Williams #/10 CCS C.C. Sabathia #/10 CJ Chipper Jones #/2 CK Clayton Kershaw #/5 DE Dennis Eckersley #/10 DG Dwight Gooden #/5 DG Dwight Gooden #/5 DJ David Justice #/10 DL Don Larsen #/10 DO David Ortiz #/10 DP Dustin Pedroia #/10 DW Dave Winfield #/1 EB Ernie Banks #/2 EM Edgar Martinez #/10 FL Fred Lynn #/10 FR Frank Robinson #/5 GB George Brett #/2 GC Joe Carter #/4 GM Greg Maddux #/2 GS Gary Sheffield #/5 IR Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez #/10 JB Johnny Bench #/2 JD Johnny Damon #/3 JD Johnny Damon #/3 JG Joe Girardi #/10	JH Josh Hamilton #/5 JM Jack Morris #/10 JM Joe Morgan #/2 JM Juan Marichal #/3 JN Joe Nathan #/10 JR Jim Rice #/5 JS John Smoltz #/10 KG Kirk Gibson #/2 MR Mariano Rivera #/10 MS Mike Schmidt #/3 NR Nolan Ryan #/1 NR Nolan Ryan #/1 OH Orel Hershiser #/10 OS Ozzie Smith #/10 PK Paul Konerko #/10 PN Phil Niekro #/3 PR Pete Rose #/5 PR Pete Rose #/5 PS Pablo Sandoval #/3 RA Roberto Alomar #/3 RC Ron Cey #/5 RC Roger Clemens #/5 RF Rollie Fingers #/5 RH Rickey Henderson #/5 RJ Randy Johnson #/2 SG Steve Garvey #/10 SS Stephen Strasburg #/2 TM Tino Martinez #/8 WC Will Clark #/5
2013 Panini Fall Heroes Rookie Autographs Print Run Listed Below
Fall Heroes Rookies on eBay
MW Michael Wacha #/10 MM Manny Machado #/2 DR Darin Ruf #/10 TC Tony Cingrani #/10 TS Tyler Skaggs #/10 WM Wil Myers #/10 EG Evan Gattis #/2 JF Jurickson Profar #/10 SM Shelby Miller #/10 AG Avisail Garcia #/5	MZ Mike Zunino #/2 SG Sonny Gray #/5 BH Brock Holt #/10 DL  David Lough #/10 DG Didi Gregorius #/10 NF Nick Franklin #/10 AR Anthony Rendon #/10 CY Christian Yelich #/10 GC Gerrit Cole #/10

As you can see their are some big names but your best bet as usual is to hit up eBay. 

Let's hope Gerrit Cole pitches a good game tonight. He is the key to the Pirates taking the next step this year. If he reaches his potential the Pirates will finally have the ace they have been looking for.

Let's Go Bucs!