Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
There is nothing that I can say about Randy Johnson‘s career that you don’t already know. He was really, really good: 10 All-star game selections 5 x Cy Young Awards 2001 World Series Champion and World Series MVP 4 x ERA titles 303-166 career record Inducted into the Hall of[…]
I have been trying to get this card–from the 2001 Topps Heritage set–for a while. There are a couple on eBay, but the BINs are (shock!) too hight. I knew if I waited it out I could get it for half what they are offering. And I was right. I[…]
A bunch of autographs from last season have rolled in, which is always nice this time of the year. Carl Addison Wise was drafted in 2015 by the Blue Jays; 4th round out of College of Charleston. Wise cracked the Blue Jays Baseball America Top 30 list once, for the 2016[…]
Brett Butler was only with the Indians from 1984-1987. During that run he was pretty great, hitting .288/.373/.369. He averaged 5 HR and 41 SB a year, all while playing a very solid center field. He was the kind of center fielder that any team in the league would fall[…]
Austen Williams played three seasons at Texas State before being drafted in the 6th round of the 2014 draft by the Nationals. Coming out of college he was projected to be a reliever. He has had some nice seasons in the minors, the highlight being his 2015 campaign when he[…]
Chris Morris, of – Drafted by the Cardinals in the 15th round of the 2000 draft. He played pro ball from 2000-2005, and made it as far as AA. Despite never making it to AAA has some eye-popping stats. In 2001 with A-ball Peoria he hit .294/.398/.367 with 111 stolen[…]
I have always enjoyed adding signed index cards to my collection. There was a time when index cards were the backbone of collecting, being used for both in-person and through the mail collecting. But over the years more and more players refused to sign them, to the point that index[…]
A couple months ago I missed out on a private signing with Wainwright. It was kind of expensive, and I decided to pass. Ended up getting this autograph a couple weeks later for a quarter what the signing would cost. I think its a nice looking card. I first started[…]
The Houston Astros signed Harold Arauz as an international FA back in 2011 for $300K. He was 16 years old. He had a rough 2015 in Low-A. He ended the season with an 0-5 record, 6.79 ERA and allowing 72 hits in 51 innings. It was a terrible season. He joined the[…]
There is one stat that I have always loved, and I put way too much stock into: on-base percentage. Even now, with all the advanced stats we have, its the first thing that I look. For me, it started when I was in high school and trying to build line-ups[…]