Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Some new stuff that has come in over the last couple weeks. Alex Bregman 2017 Gypsy Queen – Very nice looking card of a player who is already looking like he will be one of the best players in the game come 2019. Last season he hit .286/.394/.532 with 31 HR,[…]
Albert Pujols is a first ballot Hall of Famer: 2001 Rookie of the Year Ten All-Star selections Six Silver Sluggers Two Gold Gloves 2003 batting title Three-time National League MVP Two time World Champion 633 career home runs–which is good for 6th all-time. Just the amount of black ink here…is impressive:[…]
Kevin Pillar is not a terrible player. He is not great, but you could do a whole lot worse. This season he hit .252/.282/.426 with 15 HR–good for an OPS+ of 93. His defense in centerfield is good, though this year he seemed to lose a step. At 30 it[…]
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[…]
When J.T. Realmuto was here in Hawaii for the All-Star workout I was not able to get him. He signed plenty but I was always in the wrong spot. I would have gotten him easily on the second day had I gone…but I decided to instead stay home and relax.[…]
Crowded event. Luckily while there were plenty of people, the vast majority of them were kids or nice collectors. Never got contentious. Gates opened at 11 am and practice ran from 1:00-2:00pm. Gates opening at 11 implied that there would be…something…happening inside by that time. Using that we figured players[…]
Adam Ottavino was drafted in the 1st round (30th overall) out of Northeastern University by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006. His junior season at Northeastern he was fantastic. Over 93.2 innings he only allowed 71 hits while striking out 120, good for a 2.98 ERA/1.11 WHIP. I remember writing[…]
I have been eyeballing this card for a couple years now and was finally able to snag one for under $10. Pretty happy. Joc Pederson was drafted in the 11th round (352nd overall) by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2010. He moved quickly through the system, and by 2013 was[…]
I love the 2001 Topps Heritage 1952-style certified autographs. When I saw that Cabrera had one I jumped on it. I am not really thrilled that the Indians are in a position to need to keep Melky Cabrera on the 25-man roster. And he was pretty terrible during his initial[…]
B.J. Upton was in camp with the Indians this past spring but did not make the team. This is…kind of a huge fall…for a player who was the #2 overall pick in the 2002 draft. I really thought that he had the chance considering the lack of competition, but he[…]