Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Dave Roberts–this Dave Roberts, not the Dodgers manager–had a very interesting career. Roberts, a Panamanian outfielder/first baseman, started his career with the Porterville Comets of the Southwest International League in 1952, and over the next 22 seasons would play in the minors, Major League Baseball, and a nice stint in[…]
I am normally pretty good about impulse buys…but I lost, in this case. Its a weird hobby: a Steven Kwan autograph will cost me roughly $100, but a HOF player like Jeff Bagwell cost me less than $60. … I ran across a video recently talking about Jeff Bagwell and[…]
Going through a box of autographs that I had yet to catalog, and found a nice surprise: the 2022 National League Rookie of the Year.
Three neat Bowman Heritage cards from Arizona showed up this past week.
Cleveland relief pitcher Tim Herrin was drafted in the 29th round of the 2018 draft out of the University of Indiana. He has never once been rated in Baseball America as one of Cleveland’s Top 30 prospects, and chances are you have never heard of him.
Pitcher Cody Morris was drafted by Cleveland in the 7th round of the 2018 draft out of South Carolina. Over the last couple of seasons, he has become one of the organization’s top pitching prospects. In 2022, he made his MLB debut and more than held his own against big league hitters.
Connor Staine (Rockies) and Caleb Ricketts (Phillies) are two 2022 MLB draft picks that I ran across today while sorting some cards.
From the Field: Jared Quandt, of, University of Hawaii Baseball … Outfielder Jared Quandt is a redshirt sophomore at the University of Hawaii. In 2021 he put up very good numbers as a freshman, hitting .310 with a .412 OBP and 1 HR. Quandt missed the 2022 season due to[…]
One of the better D2 pitchers we have seen come through Hawaii so far this season is Riley O’Sullivan of Concordia University.
Card: 2013 Topps Archives Ellis Burks Autograph … Do you know who was a pretty good baseball player? Ellis Burks. … Back in 2000, when Cleveland knew that it was not going to be able to resign Manny Ramirez, signed free agent outfielder Ellis Burks to a three-year, $20 million[…]