Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Every year the Joe Bauman Home Run Award to given to the minor league player with the most runs. You could not find a better person to name the award after, since Bauman is the minor league single-season home runs.
First baseman Daric Barton was a huge prospect while in the minors. Taken 28th overall by the Cardinals in the 2003 draft, from 2005-2008 he was one of the Top 65 prospects in the game. When the Oakland traded Mark Mulder in 2004 to the Cardinals, Barton, along with Kiko[…]
Jeff Heath is one of the great underrated Cleveland Indians.
Joe Blanton had a very nice 13-season career. I will always remember him most as being part of those amazing mid-2000’s Oakland rotations that included the likes of Tim Hudson, Barry Zito, Mark Mulder, Dan Haren, Rich Harden, and Kirk Saarloos. I got this autograph right after he was drafted,[…]
Andy Fox was my go-to utility player when I was a young man playing MVP Baseball on my Nintendo 64. Not sure why I fell on him as my super-utility guy, but I did. He would almost end up getting a full season of at-bats since I would bring him in any chance the platoon splits would work.
Joe Smith has had a fantastic career. But he is a career middle relief pitcher, so it’s easy to not notice.
Cleveland outfielder Brian Giles. If you don’t know the story, it’s a little depressing.
2012 Topps Tribute Hank Aaron–a very nice card of a great player.
I got this autograph from Mike Trout…through the mail. There was while, when Trout was in the low minors, he signed TTM. Not really so much anymore, obviously. … Trout recently passed Pete Rose on the career WAR list, with 79.9 over 12 seasons in the big leagues. What is[…]
Back in 2018, I went to a High School showcase here in Hawaii. It was a small event, and I just snagged the autographs of the players who were on their way to a Division One school. Wyatt Young, a Mid-Pacific Institute player, was committed to Pepperdine and seemed like[…]