Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
AJ Hinch was one of my favorite players when I was younger–I was a bit of an Oakland Athletics fan and he was one of their biggest prospects. I always made him my #2 catcher when I played MVP Baseball on the N64. But more importantly I got to[…]
Heliot Ramos was the Giants First Round pick–19th overall–of the 2017 draft, selected out of Leadership Christian Academy, Guaynabo, P.R. He was ranked the 30th best prospect in the draft by Baseball America. Ramos was the MVP of the 2016 Under Armour All-America Game. He has plus tools across the[…]
I was cataloging some autographs today and ran across this…did not even know that I had it. It’s kind of a cool autograph. Slade Cutter was born in Oswego, Illinois in November 1911. Cutter wanted to be a flutist–and was good. So good that he had scholarships from some colleges.[…]
Look what showed up in the mail yesterday…how exciting: My 2017 Cleveland Indians Base Set (Series #1, #2 and Update) In case you did not know: I am in the middle of trying to put together every Topps Cleveland Indians base set from 1952-present. It’s a little easier since the[…]
Austin Jackson is one of my favorite players in the game, so I was happy to grab this autograph for $5. A big reason that I like him was that I saw him play here in Hawaii during the 2007 Hawaiian Winter League. He was good, hitting .271/.368/.489 with 3[…]
Garrett McCain was drafted by the Tigers in the 10th round of the 2017 draft out of Oklahoma State University. An outfielder, he had a pretty amazing junior season, hitting .388/.491/.549 with 4 HR. Anyone who knows me knows that I have an unhealthy fascination with high on-base percentage guys…so McCain[…]
I got this autograph this past winter when Seager was in town for a hitting clinic. He was…really cool. Being a superstar and all I was not really expecting that. Just a little while ago he hit the go-ahead homer run in game two of the World Series. So cool.[…]
Mitch Walding was drafted by the Phillies in the 5th round of the 2011 draft out of St. Mary’s HS, Stockton, CA. Coming out of the draft he was a project, but he had a good hitting tool and showed a plus aptitude for the game. He was rated the Phillies #23[…]
Matt Fiedler was drafted by the Cardinals out of the University of Minnesota in the 9th round of the 2016 draft. He was a very good hitter in college, hitting .366/.411/.525 his sophomore season. He had 8 HR. He was also a pitcher with UM, and went 7-4 with a 1.39[…]
Will Benson was the 14th overall pick in the 2016 draft. He was a high school pick out of Atlanta, Georgia. Power is his game. He has a ton of it. The biggest issue is that he has problems making contact…and you can’t hit for power unless you can hit[…]