Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Years ago I saw Charlie Blackmon play in Cleveland…and he was amazing. The entire weekend he seemed to get hits, make big plays, and generally dominate in a way that I had rarely seen a player do live. I was an instant fan. This season Blackmon forced himself in the[…]
I was in the process of selling a bunch of autographs to pay my paypal down…so I was not trying to spend money…but then I saw this card. At first I was not intending to buy it, but I did follow it to see where it would end. By the[…]
2014 Panini National Treasures. This card cost me less than $10. That should say something about where he is in his career. Evan Longoria just finished his 10th year in the big leagues. At, at 31 years old, it was his worst. He hit .259/.312/.422 with 20 HR, good for[…]
Guy I work with was taking a late-season consignment for the Tribe. I sent a couple cards, and he was able to knock this one out. The card is nice: 2011 Allen and Ginter Rip Card. Turned out well, I think. Carlos Santan is having a pretty good year. He[…]
It always sucks when a player on your favorite team is having a breakout season and you don’t have an autograph. Tyler Olson is one of those. Luckily, after 4 months of trying, I finally was able to snag my first one. Tyler Olson was drafted in the 7th round out of[…]
I have always liked the way the Topps Total cards looked signed, and when I saw this one pop up for only a couple bucks I jumped at it. Drafted out of a high school in the 3rd round by the Montreal Expos in 2000. Was the Expos #6 prospect (2000)[…]
This is my one Mickey Mantle autograph. I really wanted a nice index card…but so does everyone else. And nice ones–in blue ballpoint pen–are just way too expensive for me. So I decided to just go this route. Mantle was involved in writing a couple books, and so you can[…]
I was not really thrilled when the Indians drafted Benson, since some scouts questioned his hitting tool and he would be a project. I am risk averse. But…I guess that is silly. If the Indians would have taken a polished college bat I would have been complaining about how we[…]
