Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Ryan Lillie was drafted out of UC Riverside in the 5th round of 2017 draft. He started off his college career as a catcher but transitioned to pitching. So his arm does not have as many miles on it as some. He had a very solid 2018 pitching between for[…]
I am really bummed out about the Yandy Diaz trade. This season he hit .312/.375/.422 over 109 at-bats–good for a 115 OPS+. I know that he was not a traditional power hitter because of his low launch angle, but considering his exit velocity it’s not like he is having to[…]
The 1979 Cleveland Indians went 81-80, finishing 6th in the East. Not a terrible collection of hitters, with five players with an OPS+ over 114. Andre Thornton was a beast, going .233/.347/.449 and leading the team with 26 HR. Bobby Bonds, Rick Manning and Toby Harrah helped make sure the Indians led[…]
Notes The 2015 Indians were supposed to be a decent team. They went 85–77 the season before and considering how young there were there was no reason they would not build on that. They didn’t and ended the season 81-80, 3rd in the Central. You can read what happened here. I love[…]
When this set came out people were kind of critical about the design. I have to say…it grew on me. I am not sure if it’s in my Top 10, but its close. Notes and Key Cards This Indians team was one inning away from winning the World Series. That[…]
This is not an exhaustive collection of the 2018 Topps Now Indians issues. I just tried to grab the really important moments and milestones. There were not too many. The season was mostly the Francisco Lindor and Jose Ramirez show. There is one card left that I would like to get,[…]
This team made the post-season, or so I am told. Key Cards and Notes: #PS-18 Greg Allen has the Rookie Logoman on it, so that is probably worth mentioning. This set might be noteworthy to Indians fans for the inclusion of Josh Donaldson and Melky Cabrera. Both players had pretty[…]
This is the 2018 Indians Opening Day set. Key Cards: #OD-102 Francisco Mejia has his rookie logo on it. That matter if Mejia pans out like many expect he will.
The Indians won 22-games in a row back in 2017. You might have heard about it. The streak allowed them to surpass the 2002 Oakland Athletics for the longest winning streak in American League history and tying the 1880 Chicago White Stockings and the 1935 Chicago Cubs for the second-longest[…]
Another easy set to slap together–Series 1, 2 and update were easily bought together. 2017 Indians Yea, I really don’t want to talk too much about this team. Finished the season with a 102-60 record and was the favorite going into the playoffs. The favorite. This team will be remembered[…]