Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Bobby Bonilla‘s son Brandon Bonilla pitched here in Hawaii a couple years ago. He was the closer of the Hawaii Pacific (D2) team that plays right down the street. He was a very good pitcher and ended up getting drafted by Baltimore in the 13th round of the 2016 draft.[…]
I really like Amed Rosario. No idea why. I think maybe it’s his autograph, which I kind of dig. Maybe because he is decent hitting shortstop with plus defense. Those are always fun. It helps that his autograph is so cheap that instead of driving downtown to get him in-person[…]
This is one of the first autographs I ever got via a consignment. I pulled the card from a pack I got at Walmart, and for years it just sat in a box. Then I discovered that some people would take consignments to get cards signed. So in 2008, I[…]
Joe Mays was drafted in the 6th round (161st overall) by the Seattle Mariners in 1994. He pitched well in the low minors, and in 1997 was traded to the Twins. Mays was a well thought of prospect by the time he reached the majors in 1999, ranking the teams[…]
This is such a cool card. I was watching it for years and was finally able to get it for less than $20. Magglio Ordonez is one of the more underrated players of the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. He was a very well thought of prospect when he made[…]
I spent like $30 on this card. At the time–2008–it was not the worst idea. Beau Mills was taken by the Indians with the 13th overall pick of the 2007 MLB draft. His bat was one of the best in the draft that year, but he was defensively limited to[…]
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[…]
Why you remember So Taguchi: The St. Louis Cardinals signed So Taguchi as an international free agent in 2002. The 33-year-old Taguchi was a 10 year veteran of Japan Pacific League (JPPL). He was an All-Star in the JPPL, though he was not quite the hitter that Ichiro was. His biggest[…]