Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
I was buying a small lot of cards and decided to toss this one in too. The design is clean and the autograph really pops nicely. Cory Snyder was drafted 4th overall in the 1984 draft and only spent one full season in the minors before getting the call to[…]
Carlos Baerga was a key player on the powerhouse Indians teams that I grew up with. For several seasons he was one of the best second basemen in baseball and looked like he might very well be on a Hall of Fame trajectory. From 1992 to 1995 he hit .315/.350/.476,[…]
This is one of the first autographs I ever got via a consignment. I pulled the card from a pack I got at Walmart, and for years it just sat in a box. Then I discovered that some people would take consignments to get cards signed. So in 2008, I[…]
Back in 2012, I sent some cards out on consignment to get signed at the All-Star game. The guy I was working with was not able to get anyone on my list, but he said he was able to snag a Mike Trout…it was mine if I wanted it for[…]
Dustan Mohr was drafted out of the University of Alabama in the 9th round of the 1997 draft by the Cleveland Indians. He only spent three seasons in the organization, showing decent pop and not much else. He progressed as high as AA and was released by the Tribe in[…]
I got this autograph as part of a bulk consignment deal back in 2014. Dylan Cease was drafted out of a Georgia High School by the Cubs in the 6th round of the 2008 draft. He was a bit of a lottery pick due to injury concerns, but it paid[…]
Brandon Duckworth…this is an exciting one! Back in 2000, Brandon Duckworth was one of the Phillies biggest prospects. He was undrafted out of Cal State Fullerton but after a strong season in AA-Reading in 2000 (13-7, 3.16 ERA) he put himself on the prospect map. He followed it up with[…]
Ah, forgot this one! Also acquired at the MLB Japan All-Star Game practice yesterday. Not really a huge Royals fan, but I do really like Whit Merrifield. I got to see him play plenty this past season since he is in the same division of the Indians. He had an[…]
Crowded event. Luckily while there were plenty of people, the vast majority of them were kids or nice collectors. Never got contentious. Gates opened at 11 am and practice ran from 1:00-2:00pm. Gates opening at 11 implied that there would be…something…happening inside by that time. Using that we figured players[…]
There are 750 jobs for players on major league baseball teams. Unfortunately there are roughly 7,000 minor league players fighting for those positions. Competition is fierce and any number of variables can ruin a players chances to make it to the games highest level. This series of posts is about[…]