Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Mark Buehrle was a great pitcher. He did not quite have a Hall of Fame career, but it was still pretty great. In his 16-seasons in the majors, he only had an OPS+ under 100 twice. He led the league in innings twice and averaged 221 innings over his career.[…]
I met George Brett once. He was drunk and not very friendly. Still, he signed a ball for me, so I won’t judge him too much. Brett had a truly amazing career: Three-time batting champion, 13-time All-Star, 1980 MVP, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1999. I[…]
Ryan Garko was always great hitter. He hit .350/.446/.591 during his four years at Stanford–including .380 his senior season. Despite his terrible glove, the Indians took him in the 3rd round of the 2003 draft. In 2004 he hit .330/.412/.565 between three levels, and was the Indians MiLB Player of[…]
I had a chance to add this Stan Musial signed index card to my collection on the cheap, so I jumped. You would have a hard time finding a Baseball-Reference page more impressive than Musial. Being a seven-time batting champ, 24-time All-Star, and three-time MVP will do that, I guess.[…]
Jim “Catfish” Hunter was a very good pitcher. He did not have a super-long career, but it was still a fantastic one: Career record of 224-166 with a 3.26 ERA/104 ERA+ Eight-time All-Star 1974 American League Cy Young He would win five World Series–three with the Athletics and two with the[…]