Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
New Arrival: Rick Sutcliffe, sp, Cleveland Baseball … Baseball trade trees can be fun. Like how Cleveland trading for Rick Sutcliffe in 1982 would set the stage for the Cleveland offensive juggernaut of the 1990’s. … In 1982 Rick Sutcliffe was a young, promising pitcher with the Dodgers. He won[…]
New Arrival: Tony Pena, c, Cleveland Baseball … Card: 2017 Topps Archives – Fan Favorite Autographs 1983 Tony Pena #FFA-TP … Tony Pena had a great career as both a player (from 1980-1997) and coach (2002-2017). For me, I know him for his brief late-career run with Cleveland and a[…]
New Arrival: Mark Langston, sp, Cleveland Baseball…If you are a Cleveland fan and were around for the 90’s version of the club, you will remember how the team pitching was almost always on the cusp of being a dumpster fire. The team had a historically good offense, but they could[…]
From the Collection: Trenton Denholm, p, Cleveland Guardians … I got this autograph from pitcher Trenton Denholm while he was pitching at UC Irvine. He was a very good college pitcher and ended up going to Cleveland in the 14th round of the 2021 draft. … Denholm has been a[…]
First Minor League Card: Tobias Myers, p, Milwaukee Brewers … This is the first card of former Cleveland pitcher Tobias Myers, from the 2017 Grandstand Hudson Valley Renegades team set. … If you don’t remember the Tobias Myers-era in Cleveland, lucky you! … Tobias Myers was drafted by the Baltimore[…]
From the Collection: Bobby Bradley, 1b, Cleveland Guardians … Card: 2014 Bowman Chrome Printing Plate … An important lesson for anyone who follows minor league baseball: always take Arizona League stats with a grain of salt. … Bobby Bradley was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2014 draft. Assigned[…]
From the Collection: Asdrubal Cabrera, ss, Cleveland Guardians … The early 2010’s was a rough time to be a Cleveland baseball fan. But one of the bright spots was infielder Asdrubal Cabrera. … Getting Cabrera was real get by the Cleveland front office. In 2006 Cleveland traded away 36-year-old first[…]
From the Collection: Lonnie Chisenhall, 3b, Cleveland Guardians … Cleveland struggles to consistently develop major league hitters, and it seems like a curse rather than an organizational issue. I have no idea what caused it, but here we are. See: Lonnie Chisenhall. … Lonnie Chisenhall was a good hitter. He[…]
2026 Topps Now: Cleveland Guardians … I am kind of over Topps Now. I started collecting them halfway through the 2016 playoffs–the maiden season of the set–so I am too deep to quit it completely, unfortunately. Until recently, I would purchase the Cleveland Road to Opening Day team set, important[…]
From the Collection: Jeanmar Gomez, p, Cleveland Baseball … No matter what level you are pitching at, a perfect game is an accomplishment. … On May 21st, 2009, Jeanmar Gomez, pitching for Cleveland’s Double-A Akron team, tossed a perfect game against the Trenton Thunder. It was the third no-hitter in[…]