Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
I got this autograph in-person a couple years ago in Lake County. Albert Abreu was on the Houston Astro’s low-A team when I got this autograph. He was already well thought of prospect at the time. My notes: Abreu entered the season as one of the Astros top 15[…]
Nolan Arenado is a very good baseball player. This season he hit .297/.374/.561 with 38 HR while also playing Gold Glove defense. He ended the season #3 in MVP voting, the fourth year in a row that he was in the Top 10. I have a couple Arenado autographs, but[…]
Jacob deGrom won the 2018 Cy Young Award. He did it despite winning 10 games. which if you know how these votes (and voters) work, is very impressive. Luckily voters looked past his win total and looked at the numbers that count: over 217 innings he only allowed 152 hits[…]
Everyone likes to talk about Bryce Harper, but I think Anthony Rendon should deserve just as much respect from Nationals fans. This season Rendon hit .308/.374/.535 with 24 HR–good for an OPS+ of 137. This was the third season in a row that he hit at least 20 HR. He is 28,[…]