Custom Card of the Day: Cutch Edition

And the awesome customs keep on coming. McCutchen is one of my favorites to customize because he always gives out awesome photos to edit around. Of the five years I've been doing these, three have captures a raw horizontal McCutchen moment. Only this captures a flurry of hair that looks like a plate of green bean fries.

Coming Tomorrow- I believe another horizontal one, this one of a catcher for a surprisingly well-performing team.

Custom Card of the Day: Braun Edition

This week is a long string of awesome customs. This one up here is a beauty. Now if only I could remember to post one every night. Last night Gary Busey's antics got in the way. Sorry, guys.

But man, the next few customs are just as awesome, if not awesomer, than this one.

Coming Tomorrow- Andrew McCutchen works best went presented horizontally. Tomorrow, Andrew McCutchen presented horizontally.

Custom Card of the Day: Big Papi Edition

It's beautiful. It's elegant. It's well lit. It's well made. It's powerful. It's dramatic.

This custom is probably my best. Ever. It's everything that Boston needs right now. And I'm glad I made it.

Coming Tomorrow- A Milwaukee Brewer. Haven't decided which one yet, since I've made a million of them.

Custom Card of the Day: Revere Edition

So far, the Phillies have been playing poorly. As a matter of fact, I don't think I've seen this type of mediocrity from the Phillies since before Ryan Howard joined the squad. They've become a pathetic joke of a team, with players jumping onto the DL, pitchers getting hounded at the plate, and great pitching being spoiled by not having any offense to back it up.

However, one star that still shines in the Phillies' lineup is one they got from Minnesota. All it took was giving the Twins their best starter, and we have a nice fielding outfielder in Ben Revere. He's fast, he's young, and he's very good at his position. While he's not the world's best player when it comes to hitting, he's still very versatile and has been one of the few decent additions to the team.

Michael Young, while doing simply alright, hasn't done much to affect the offense. John Lannan has given lackluster pitching attempts to a team defined by its non-lackluster pitching. Even people like Domonic Brown and Eric Kratz have failed to produce more than just what they did in Spring Training. But I have a feeling that Revere will do well for the Phillies, and possibly lead them along to better days.

 Aaaaaaaaand he's been benched. Well, so much for that.

Coming Tomorrow- What's that? The Brewers have a gigantic streak going? Somebody get me a custom of that pitcher dude who's the only decent star besides Ryan Braun, stat.

Custom Card of the Day: Miley Edition

I don't have much to say tonight, mainly because I'm tired. Wade Miley's a good pitcher, his team's alright, and I think I met some relatives of his on a Carnival cruise, one that didn't break down. That's pretty much all I've got. I'm just very tired.

Coming Tomorrow- I have to check, but I think it's a newly acquired outfielder for my terrible hometown team.

Custom Card of the Day: Tulo Edition

The Rockies and the Braves both have 13 wins and 5 losses. The Rockies and the Braves, therefore, are currently tied for first place overall. Think about this for a second. Not the Braves part. The Rockies.

Last season, the Rockies were atrocious, making even the Padres seem formidable by comparison. They had no pitching, only a few specks of hitting, and sank lower than Delmon Young in a swimming pool. A lot of their stars were injured, or just not playing well.

I have no idea what happened, whether their pitching just got better, or the people that weren't hitting suddenly became great hitters, but they're leading the league right now. Again, this is absolutely improbable, and it wouldn't surprise me if the Rockies sink back to 3rd or 4th before the season's out. But, whatever they've been doing has been working. People like Dexter Fowler, Michael Cuddyer, Carlos Gonzalez and the man you see above have all been playing very well. Tulo especially, finally giving some bang for the surplus of buck the Rockies have been giving him.

Again, the Rockies are huge, and I don't know if they'll still be huge in a month, but they are now. Woo hoo.

Coming Tomorrow- Meanwhile, in the same division, a once-great team slides to third, and hopes to reclaim the stuff of their earlier days (read: 2 years ago). 

Custom Card of the Day: Viciedo Edition

I feel like this week is 'Themes that Jordan has Mentioned Over 500 Times Week'. I mean, a few days ago I did a Cardinal, then I did a post on how terrible the Marlins are, and now I'm doing a post on throwbacks. Which means tomorrow's will most likely be deemed wrong by the end of the year. See? I'm consistent. Just sporadically consistent.

Anyway, as much as I think Dayan Viciedo is the future of the White Sox, and that he's gonna be big, I want to draw all the attention possible to that throwback. This was what the White Sox were wearing in the 70's and 80's those futuristic uniforms that baffled everybody. But they always looked cool to me. Hell, Tom Seaver even wore them for a season or two. And now they're having the White Sox wear them every few weeks (they just had them yesterday). That is awesome, because those uniforms are cool, AND I haven't done a throwback custom in that uniform.

Still, even if I've done what seems like 30,000 throwback customs, there are one or two uniforms that have eluded my grasp. So I'm going to list the top 5.

5. 1980's Mariners. You probably know exactly what I'm talking about. Blue hat, yellow S. Blue-teal uniforms with a mostly grey base. Those would be so cool to customize. They've already done the 70's ones, so there is hope. If not, I'll settle for the teal 90's uniforms.
4. Seattle Pilots uniforms. I don't care if the Brewers or the Mariners wear them. These ones are cool, and they're a great rememberence of a team that only lasted two seasons. Wouldn't it be awesome to see Ryan Braun and Jean Segura trudge around in pilots uniforms? That might not ever happen, but I'd love to see it.
3. Montreal Expos uniforms. Being that the Nationals are not in Montreal, this will probably never happen. However, I for one would love this to be brought back, simply because I do like those old uniforms, especially the 80's ones. Get Strasburg, Harper and Werth in those. That would sell. That would be absolutely awesome. Or, better yet, if you ever expand to 32 teams, just reinstate the Expos. They won't harm anybody.
2. 1970's Pirates. I know for a fact the Pirates have done these (they just did them yesterday I think), but the most infuriating thing is that I can never get the right picture. Like, they'll have the uniforms on, and they'll lose, and Zimbio'll only print pictures from the winning team, and just the pitcher, James McDonald or someone crappy like that. Or they won't have any good photos. Or they'll have good photos, just of people I've already done. Just do the 70's ones, with the yellow caps. Or better yet, do the yellow uniforms with the black circled hat.
1. 1990's Marlins. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the only thing that will make me respect the Marlins again is if they bring back their teal uniforms. Some may call them ugly, I call them genius. They were hip, and it only could have happened in the 90's. Which is why, for one night, the Marlins need to wear teal. I don't care if they don't want to, they just need to. I will manage to customize as many of them as humanly possible, or maybe just the stars like Juan Pierre and Giancarlo Stanton. Please. Just once.

Coming Tomorrow- Not a hoax! Not a dram! Not an imaginary tale! The Rockies, who last year were almost as bad as the Astros, are the best team in baseball. Here's their star shortstop.