Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
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[…]
This is another signed Allen and Ginter that I got as part of a lot from a collector. I think I have a couple Kent’s, but this was was really nice so I didn’t want to pass up on it. Jeff Kent was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in[…]
Tyler Straub played four seasons of college ball (2013-2016), split between North Central Texas College (North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference) and Texas-San Antonio (Conference USA). He was a very good hitter in college. His senior year he hit .282/.342/.366 with 2 HR. It should be noted that most of those numbers[…]
Brett Kennedy was drafted out of Fordham in the 11th round of the 2015 draft by the San Diego Padres. His numbers in college were solid: over three seasons in the Atlantic 10 he would go 15-17 with a 3.73 ERA over 222 IP. He would allow 236 hits,[…]
Victor Robles is one of my favorite players in the National League–and easily my favorite Washinton National. I got the top card in 2016 and the bottom card on consignment during Spring Training this past season. The Nationals signed Robles for $225,000 in 2013, and he immediately became one of[…]
Logan Webb was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 2014 draft out of Rocklin HS (CA). Webb was one of the Giants Top 30 prospects coming into the 2015 season but struggled in both short-season ball in 2015 (3-6, 4.92 ERA) and A ball in 2016[…]
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[…]
I saw Sheldon Neuse play here in Hawaii back in 2016. He was with Oklahoma at the time. A junior, he would hit .369/.465/.646 with 10 HR that season. He was a well thought of prospect. I got his autograph…but he did not seem thrilled about it. That June he[…]
As if it’s not bad enough that the Astros have a great team at the major league level, they also have a nice farm system. Fisher is a product of that system. Derek Fisher was drafted twice. Once in 2011 by the Rangers in the 6th round of the 2011[…]