Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
I got this autograph two years ago when Ohtani was in Honolulu for a Nippon League event. At the time there was a lot of buzz about him coming to the majors, and it seemed like only a matter of time before he came to play in the states. Glad[…]
I got this in-person years ago, one of the only Allen and Ginters that I ever got done myself. Justin Masterson was the Indians #1 pitcher for a couple of seasons. For three years (2011-2013) he was the Indians most consistent pitcher, going 37-35 with a 3.86 ERA/1.316 WHIP/100 ERA+.[…]
The Indians are having a rough time of it in the majors, but at least there are a couple players moving up through the minors to be excited about. Will Benson was drafted 14th overall in the 2016 draft. A high school player, he was considered a project with a[…]
Tyler Baum is one of UNC’s top pitchers and is having a very nice season. While he has a 4.03 ERA, it is not really a good indication of how well he has pitched. On the season he leads the team with 29 innings pitched, allowing only 23 hits with[…]
With Jackson Rees, Dominic DeMiero and Neil Uskali the 2018 Hawaii team has one of the most talented rotations in the Big West. This past Friday I was able to grab Neil Uskali’s autograph after the game. Uskali spent two seasons playing at Cuesta College, a community college in San[…]
Drew Stubbs. I have always been a fan of his going back to his college days when he was at the University of Texas. I got this autograph in-person back in 2012 while the Reds were visiting Cleveland. When I think of Drew Stubbs I think of a centerfielder with[…]
I am normally pretty condition sensitive about autographs, but I really dig a bold, blue ball-point pen signatures. Even if the paper is a little dinged up they still look amazing. When I saw this autograph for only a couple bucks I jumped on it. It is signed on some[…]
Carlos Pena is well known to anyone who saw Moneyball as the player that the A’s coach kept playing instead of Scott Hatteberg, despite the objections of Billy Beane. I remember him since the A’s traded away some of my favorite Oakland players to acquire him from the Rangers back in 2002.[…]
The Air Force Academy baseball team was in town this weekend. They are a really fun team, but its always hard to tell who are legit prospects since they play in Colorado, and the air up there tends to really help the offensive numbers. The one player that I[…]
This was my last consignment of 2017, snagged when the Indians were in Seattle. I am…still in shock that he is gone. Santana seemed like a dude that was going to spend his whole career in Cleveland. He is joining a very young, but very talented, Phillies team. So I[…]