Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Del Crandall was in the majors from 1949 to 1966 and is one of the better all-around catchers in baseball history. He was known primarily for his defense, but his bat had more than a little juice to go with his Gold Glove. He almost won the 1949 NL Rookie[…]
After being drafted in the 39th round of the 2002 draft–a draft position not known to make many majors leaguers, he would go on to spend parts of three seasons in the majors–to include an All-Star selection. And there is no denying he was a masher in the minors, highlighted by his 2011 campaign with the Cubs AAA affiliate when he hit .331/.405/.664 with 38 HR and was selected the Pacific Coast League MVP.
I really wanted a Luis Robert card before the season started, mostly because I expect him to have a monster year. I pulled the trigger on this signed 2021 Topps Heritage. It’s a very nice card.
Santiago Casilla spent 15-seasons in the majors, most of them very good.
UC Irvine’s Nathan Church is one of the better outfielders in the Big West this season. On the year he is hitting .319/.387/.442 with 3 HR. Perfect Game tagged him to the Big West Preseason All-Conference Team and rated him one of the Top 10 draft prospects for the 2022 draft.
New Arrival: Gavin Williams, sp, Cleveland Guardians I try to knock out Cleveland draft picks as soon as I can, that way I get it out of my system and I can enjoy them as they advance through the minors. It’s nice when one of these players has a nice[…]
I was pretty jazzed to get these Carl Yastrzemski and Eddie Murray autographs. Both are signed on what looks like autograph book paper, and in both cases with a bold, blue ballpoint pen.
I was so excited about Vanderbilt baseball coming to Hawaii. The team is filled with great players, and more than a few are going to being playing in the professional ranks someday soon. I had a few players I was particularly excited about, and infielder Carter Young was high on that list.
Rutgers baseball is having a heck of a season. As of today they are sitting atop the Big 10 standings with a 25-6 record, and are riding a 10-game winning streak. One of the big reasons for this is catcher redshirt junior Nick Cimmino
Trent Tingelstad was drafted in the 22nd round by the Seattle Mariners in 2019 out of Louisiana-Monroe. Since being drafted he has done nothing but get on base, with a career .378 OBP in his two seasons in the minors.