Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
When Mike Redmond signed with Cleveland for the 2010 season, I was pretty excited. I have to think there were not too many Cleveland fans who felt that way. I had been following Redmond for years since he was a young catcher with the Marlins. He was never a starter,[…]
Not only is Tyler Soderstrom Oakland’s #1 prospect entering the 2023 season, but he is also one of the best prospects in all of baseball. He is the rare catching prospect with an elite bat, though there is a chance that his path to the majors will be via first[…]
I had a small pile of cards that didn’t have names on them, and for years have been meaning to start going through and identifying who I could and tossing the rest. Most were nothing special. But when I got to this card I was like like “Wait a minute…I…know this autograph.”
Starting pitcher Eric Ireland. I followed him very close for a couple of years, and I am still bummed he never made it to the majors.
Do you know who was a really good player that people don’t talk about anymore? Cleveland outfielder Vic Wertz.
UC San Diego is visiting Hawaii this weekend. UCSD is one of the newest additions to the Big West and is also, as of today, sitting at the top of the conference. This is fun since they are only three seasons removed from being a DII team, though because of[…]
… Man, baseball can be an unfair game sometimes. See: Colorado Rockies outfielder Sean Bouchard. … Sean Bouchard was having a fantastic season with AAA Albuquerque in 2022, hitting .300/.404/.635 with 20 HR and 12 stolen bases. And even with his power, he was still walking at a good rate.[…]
I do not normally do high school games here in Hawaii. But over the last couple seasons, Hawaii has been the home of quite a few very good prospects. Last season it was SS Aiva Arquette (St. Louis 2022), OF Beau Sylvester (Kamehameha-Kapalama 2022), and INF Wehiwa Aloy (Bladwin 2022).[…]
Sandy Amoros was one of those players who is better remembered by baseball historians than your average fan, which is a real shame. But it’s understandable. Amoros had a short career (1952-1960), was never a full-time starter, and was overshadowed on historic Dodgers teams with nationally recognized stars like Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Jakie Robinson, and Don Newcombe.
Starting pitcher Luke Short is a junior with the St. Edward’s Hilltoppers, a D2 team in the South Central Region. In 2022 he had some rough surface numbers as a starter, with a 4-5 record and a 5.74 ERA. But he only allowed 75 hits in 78.1 innings and struck[…]