Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
New Arrival: Rick Sutcliffe, sp, Cleveland Baseball … Baseball trade trees can be fun. Like how Cleveland trading for Rick Sutcliffe in 1982 would set the stage for the Cleveland offensive juggernaut of the 1990’s. … In 1982 Rick Sutcliffe was a young, promising pitcher with the Dodgers. He won[…]
New Arrival: Tony Pena, c, Cleveland Baseball … Card: 2017 Topps Archives – Fan Favorite Autographs 1983 Tony Pena #FFA-TP … Tony Pena had a great career as both a player (from 1980-1997) and coach (2002-2017). For me, I know him for his brief late-career run with Cleveland and a[…]
New Arrival: Cecil Fielder, DH, Cleveland Baseball … Card: 2021 Archives 1991 Topps Bazooka Shining Stars Cecil Fielder … If you are a player on the downward slope of your career, chances are Cleveland is more than happy to come and kick those tires. Enter Cecil Fielder. … In late[…]
New Arrival: Cliff Floyd, of, Florida Marlins … Card: 2001 Topps Heritage … You know who was really good? Cliff Floyd. For the longest time I tried not to think about him because he was part of that 1997 Florida club that beat Cleveland in the World Series. But it’s[…]
New Arrival: Mark Langston, sp, Cleveland Baseball…If you are a Cleveland fan and were around for the 90’s version of the club, you will remember how the team pitching was almost always on the cusp of being a dumpster fire. The team had a historically good offense, but they could[…]
New Arrival: Bob Rush, sp, Chicago Cubs … Bob Rush. You may not know his name all that well now, but if you were a baseball fan in the 1950’s, you almost certainly did. … Rush had nice 13 season career in the big leagues, mostly with the Cubs, from[…]
New Arrival: Randy Velarde, if, Oakland Athletics … Randy Velarde was a solid major league infielder. But at no point would you mistake him for Roberto Alomar. Mostly not. Maybe one time. But other than that, probably not. … He spent 16 seasons in the big leagues and retired with[…]
New Arrival: Jim Edmonds, cf, St. Louis Cardinals … Centerfielder Jim Edmonds had a very good career. 17 seasons, four All-Star selections, eight Gold Gloves and a Championship. I don’t think anyone doesn’t think he was a good player. But gosh, his first six years in St. Louis was something[…]
From the Collection: Blake Stein, sp, Oakland Athletics … Starting Pitcher Blake Stein was never a huge pitching prospect. But organization saw something in him they liked, for sure. … Stein was a 6th-round draft pick by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1994. He put up strong numbers in the[…]
New Arrival: Carlos Beltran, of, Kansas City Royals … There was a time, I want to say roughly 2006, that you might have been hard pressed to say who was the better player, Carlos Beltran or Bobby Abreu. At that point, each had enjoyed strong careers. Beltrán, a nine‑year veteran,[…]