Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Victor Robles is one of my favorite players in the National League–and easily my favorite Washinton National. I got the top card in 2016 and the bottom card on consignment during Spring Training this past season. The Nationals signed Robles for $225,000 in 2013, and he immediately became one of[…]
Logan Webb was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 2014 draft out of Rocklin HS (CA). Webb was one of the Giants Top 30 prospects coming into the 2015 season but struggled in both short-season ball in 2015 (3-6, 4.92 ERA) and A ball in 2016[…]
Another signed FDC. I was looking for a nice index card, but this is just so much nicer. I am not sure why the autographs pop so nice, but they do. Gene Tenace was another player who played an instrumental part of the Oakland Athletics dynasty of the 1970’s Tenace[…]
I really like these the look of signed FDC. Especially if they were signed with a bold blue ballpoint pen. The autographs really pop. Joe Rudi was an instrumental part of the Oakland Athletics dynasty of the 1970’s. He was the teams starting LF during all three of the A’s[…]
I saw Sheldon Neuse play here in Hawaii back in 2016. He was with Oklahoma at the time. A junior, he would hit .369/.465/.646 with 10 HR that season. He was a well thought of prospect. I got his autograph…but he did not seem thrilled about it. That June he[…]
As if it’s not bad enough that the Astros have a great team at the major league level, they also have a nice farm system. Fisher is a product of that system. Derek Fisher was drafted twice. Once in 2011 by the Rangers in the 6th round of the 2011[…]
Luke Gregerson, p, Houston Astros – 28th round pick of the Cardinals back in 2006. Was a well thought of prospect while coming up through the St. Louis system, ranking in the Top 30 twice. Traded to the Padres in 2009, and has been a solid bullpen arm in the majors.[…]
AJ Hinch was one of my favorite players when I was younger–I was a bit of an Oakland Athletics fan and he was one of their biggest prospects. I always made him my #2 catcher when I played MVP Baseball on the N64. But more importantly I got to[…]
Heliot Ramos was the Giants First Round pick–19th overall–of the 2017 draft, selected out of Leadership Christian Academy, Guaynabo, P.R. He was ranked the 30th best prospect in the draft by Baseball America. Ramos was the MVP of the 2016 Under Armour All-America Game. He has plus tools across the[…]
I was cataloging some autographs today and ran across this…did not even know that I had it. It’s kind of a cool autograph. Slade Cutter was born in Oswego, Illinois in November 1911. Cutter wanted to be a flutist–and was good. So good that he had scholarships from some colleges.[…]