Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Baseball what-ifs are always fun. Here is one. What would have happened if Oakland hadn’t traded away pitcher Aaron Harang in 2003 for a half-season of outfielder José Guillén? … Assuming he developed on the same trajectory and really came into his own by 2005-2006, he would have likely been[…]
Bobby Dalbec was drafted out of the University of Arizona in the 4th round of the 2016 draft. Arizona played Hawaii that season, which is where I was able to get this autograph. I was very happy to get it. That Arizona team was stacked with prospects, and Dalbec was[…]
Aaron Cunningham was quite a prospect while in the minors. He was one of the Top 10 prospects of both White Sox (#7 in 2007), and Diamondbacks (#7 in 2008), and in 2009 was rated the 55th best prospect in baseball. If its any gauge, he was part of the[…]
This Eephus League Baseball scorebook was signed by Sean Doolittle in 2012, while he was with the Athletics and they were visiting Cleveland for a three-game weekend series. Doolittle has had a great career. Since making the majors in 2012, he has had four seasons of at least 22 saves,[…]
I got this autograph while he was on a rehab assignment in Lake Country. Jack Hannahan only spent two seasons in Cleveland (2011, 2012). He was signed as a free agent by the Indians, a planned stopgap until Lonnie Chisenhall was ready to take over the hot corner. Hannahan did[…]
I have seen the Tampa Bay Rays twice in person, and both times they were super friendly. There was also a zoo to get at Longoria, but he was a good signer and I was able to get him twice. This is the nicer of the two, from a series[…]
Matt LaPorta was the centerpiece of the 2008 Cleveland-Milwaukee deal that saw C.C. Sabathia leave Indians. I thought it was a good trade at the time, and it seems to have worked out despite LaPorta never really panning out. That’s because the PTBNL was Michael Brantley, who has had a[…]
I got this autograph a couple years ago when Oakland was visiting Cleveland, one of the few Oakland players who signed. Lowrie drafted in the 1st round of the 2005 draft by the Red Sox. He was 45th overall. He moved quickly through the system and made his major league[…]
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[…]