Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
William Toffey was drafted three times before he went pro; Yankees tried in 2014 (23rd Round), Orioles in 2016 (25th), and then finally the A’s in 2017 (4th). He was drafted out of Vanderbilt. His junior year was really impressive, hitting .354/.475/.602 with 12 HR. He also only had 30[…]
This card was signed during Spring Training this year. Was really hoping to knock it out…I figured the autograph would pop, and its a neat, short-printed card as well. While I love the Indians, the Athletics are a close second and its nice to see them having some sucess this[…]
Dan Fyvie is one of many minor leaguers that I have had a crush on over the years, and though many never really panned out professionally I am still a fan of. Unfortunately, despite never becoming stars players like this can still be tough and/or expensive to add to the collection.[…]
There is one stat that I have always loved, and I put way too much stock into: on-base percentage. Even now, with all the advanced stats we have, its the first thing that I look. For me, it started when I was in high school and trying to build line-ups[…]
The 2014 Oakland Athletics were pretty amazing…at least in the first half. They had a great pitching staff and a buzz-saw of an offense. The catching was handled by Derek Norris and John Jaso, with Norris getting a majority of the starts. Unfortunately, Derek Norris, like the rest of the[…]
Another signed FDC. I was looking for a nice index card, but this is just so much nicer. I am not sure why the autographs pop so nice, but they do. Gene Tenace was another player who played an instrumental part of the Oakland Athletics dynasty of the 1970’s Tenace[…]
I really like these the look of signed FDC. Especially if they were signed with a bold blue ballpoint pen. The autographs really pop. Joe Rudi was an instrumental part of the Oakland Athletics dynasty of the 1970’s. He was the teams starting LF during all three of the A’s[…]