Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
New Arrival: Cliff Floyd, of, Florida Marlins … Card: 2001 Topps Heritage … You know who was really good? Cliff Floyd. For the longest time I tried not to think about him because he was part of that 1997 Florida club that beat Cleveland in the World Series. But it’s[…]
New Arrival: Mark Langston, sp, Cleveland Baseball…If you are a Cleveland fan and were around for the 90’s version of the club, you will remember how the team pitching was almost always on the cusp of being a dumpster fire. The team had a historically good offense, but they could[…]
New Arrival: Bob Rush, sp, Chicago Cubs … Bob Rush. You may not know his name all that well now, but if you were a baseball fan in the 1950’s, you almost certainly did. … Rush had nice 13 season career in the big leagues, mostly with the Cubs, from[…]
New Arrival: Randy Velarde, if, Oakland Athletics … Randy Velarde was a solid major league infielder. But at no point would you mistake him for Roberto Alomar. Mostly not. Maybe one time. But other than that, probably not. … He spent 16 seasons in the big leagues and retired with[…]
New Arrival: Jim Edmonds, cf, St. Louis Cardinals … Centerfielder Jim Edmonds had a very good career. 17 seasons, four All-Star selections, eight Gold Gloves and a Championship. I don’t think anyone doesn’t think he was a good player. But gosh, his first six years in St. Louis was something[…]
From the Collection: Blake Stein, sp, Oakland Athletics … Starting Pitcher Blake Stein was never a huge pitching prospect. But organization saw something in him they liked, for sure. … Stein was a 6th-round draft pick by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1994. He put up strong numbers in the[…]
New Arrival: Carlos Beltran, of, Kansas City Royals … There was a time, I want to say roughly 2006, that you might have been hard pressed to say who was the better player, Carlos Beltran or Bobby Abreu. At that point, each had enjoyed strong careers. Beltrán, a nine‑year veteran,[…]
… From the Field: Gavin Balius and Brett Griffiths, Ball State Baseball … I was looking forward to Ball State coming to town. They are a strong mid-major school—which I am always partial too—and are the alma mater of a couple of my favorite Cleveland prospects: Brad Snyder (2002-3), Perci[…]
From the Field: Ethan Rogers, p, Wichita State Baseball … Wichita States’s freshman pitcher Ethan Rogers is…really good. In high school he put up video game numbers, and in 2025 along struck out 126 in only 52.2 innings. He only allowed 10 hits. TEN. That is nuts. While the numbers[…]
From the Collection: Paul Konerko, if, Chicago White Sox … Back in 1997 it would have been hard to find a better hitting prospect that the Dodger’s Paul Konerko. … Konerko spent the majority of the 1997 season with the Albuquerque Dukes and hit 37 HR with a 1.028 OPS.[…]