Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Thinking about some ex-Indians that I really liked. Ben Broussard is on the shortlist. Drafted in 1999 in the 2nd round out of McNeese State University. He was a very well thought of infield prospect for the Reds and was compared to Sean Casey–he had a great hitting skill[…]
Gabriel Moya from the Diamondbacks for C John Ryan Murphy in July 2017. The #MNTwins have acquired left-handed pitcher Gabriel Moya from the Arizona Diamondbacks. pic.twitter.com/b80seG2eBj — Minnesota Twins (@Twins) July 27, 2017 He has not had a ton of success in his two brief visits to the majors–a combined[…]
I have been a big fan of Muncy for a while–I think the first time I wrote about him was in July 2013–so I am just thrilled that he has become a real sparkplug for the Dodgers. I like to think I liked him before he was cool. Muncy was[…]
I got this autograph a couple years ago when Oakland was visiting Cleveland, one of the few Oakland players who signed. Lowrie drafted in the 1st round of the 2005 draft by the Red Sox. He was 45th overall. He moved quickly through the system and made his major league[…]
1994 Topps Traded was a hot product for a while, driven by rookie cards of Chan Ho Park, Ben Grieve, and Paul Konerko. But my favorite card out of there was always the Rusty Greer rookie. Greer was a great player during his nine seasons in the big league and[…]
I’ve seen Keston Hiura twice in Hawaii, in 2016 and 2017. He was always very cool. The autograph above is from his 2016 visit to the islands. In 2017 he was projected to be a 1st round pick in the draft, though questions about an elbow injury were tamping down[…]
William Toffey was drafted three times before he went pro; Yankees tried in 2014 (23rd Round), Orioles in 2016 (25th), and then finally the A’s in 2017 (4th). He was drafted out of Vanderbilt. His junior year was really impressive, hitting .354/.475/.602 with 12 HR. He also only had 30[…]
I grew up in Cleveland in the 90’s, and Bartolo Colon was a big part of those late 90’s and early-00’s Indians clubs. And he was even important to the post-Colon Indians since the club got a nice haul of prospects when he left–to include Grady Sizemore, Brandon Phillips and Cliff[…]
I got this autograph back in 2016, when Kyle Tucker was with the Low-A 2016 Quad Cities River Bandits. 2015 1st Round pick out of high school in Tampa, Florida. He was taken fifth overall by the Astros. Had moved quickly through the system. In 2016 hit 285/.360/.438 between low and[…]
Long Beach State visited Hawaii this season, and as always they had a very talented team. They took 2 of 3 from Hawaii. Chris Rivera (Junior) is the teams closer and had a very strong season. He went 2-3 with 11 saves, allowing only 31 hits in 36.2 innings. He[…]