Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
I was trying to find a good Tom Seaver autograph for a couple of months…then he died. It might be a while before I can afford another. This piece is not quite as nice as I expected, but the autograph is still bold enough that I am not going[…]
Juan Marichal retired following the 1975 season with a 238-140 record.
I met George Brett once. He was drunk and not very friendly. Still, he signed a ball for me, so I won’t judge him too much. Brett had a truly amazing career: Three-time batting champion, 13-time All-Star, 1980 MVP, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1999. I[…]
Jim “Catfish” Hunter was a very good pitcher. He did not have a super-long career, but it was still a fantastic one: Career record of 224-166 with a 3.26 ERA/104 ERA+ Eight-time All-Star 1974 American League Cy Young He would win five World Series–three with the Athletics and two with the[…]
Ivan Rodriguez was one of those players that I grew up with and took for granted how good he was. He was…very good. He debuted in 1991 and would end up spending 21-seasons in the majors. The majority with the Texas Rangers. In his prime–I will call in from 1992[…]
While I don’t think you could call me a Baltimore Orioles fan, I really like those late-60’s and early 70’s teams. Robinson was a huge part of those teams. All told he had a hell of a career: Robinson was famous for his defense–in case his nickname, “The Human Vacum[…]
I have been trying to get a copy of this card for the better part of a year. I finally was able to snag it this past month. Bert Blyleven was a very good pitcher who–I think–deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. I get why people don’t like[…]
I never really appreciated how great John Smoltz was until recently. I blame that partially on the fact that I grew up a Cleveland fan, and after the 1995 season tried to not think too much about the Braves. But Smoltz…man. He was really good. Good enough that after reading[…]
I have been following a couple Willie Mays autographs, but hesitant to pull the trigger since they were all ~$200. Then this one popped up for half the price, so I jumped. I really dig it. It’s in blue ballpoint pen, and bold. The best thing is that its old–it[…]
There is nothing that I can say about Randy Johnson‘s career that you don’t already know. He was really, really good: 10 All-star game selections 5 x Cy Young Awards 2001 World Series Champion and World Series MVP 4 x ERA titles 303-166 career record Inducted into the Hall of[…]