Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Micker Adolfo was signed as an international free agent out of the Dominican Republic by the White Sox, July 2, 2013. Adolfo is a well thought of prospect, ranking in the White Sox Top 30 every season since he was signed. That said, 2017 was an important campaign. Every year[…]
Couple weeks ago Jose Ramirez had a public signing. It was going to cost $45. They also wanted all packages sent to the signing via FedEx. So that is another $10. Plus a SASE. Add in another $6. That’s $61. Jose also has a…rough…signature. So who knows what kind of[…]
Just uploaded this set. The 2014 pitching staff was…just so bad. Corey Kluber was great. He went 18-9 with a 1.095 WHIP and 160 ERA+ over 235 innings and won the Cy Young. You can see the potential was there…Carassco was showing positive signs of life, Bauer pitched like[…]
Last night I spent an hour uploading my Topps Now cards. I have been putting it off since the whole World Series thing still stings a little and I try not to think about it whenever I can. But, I have a website to build. So I bit the bullet.[…]
Got his card cheap–1999 Just Mario Encarnacion. Mario Encarnacion was a very well thought of prospect for the A’s in the late 90’s. He was a five tool player but with some rough edges–mainly his defense and breaking balls. The A’s were confident that his issues were that of a[…]
Today was a productive day. I began populating my cards into the portfolio, and it’s going well. Uploading and sorting images in WordPress, with the help of the Envira Gallery plug-in, is way less of a hassle than using my old Wix site. There is a little more clicking involved,[…]
I was stationed in Omaha when Mark Prior was working his way up through the minors. When he was called up to AA I took the day off from work just to drive to Des Moines to see him pitch. The buzz around him was insane, and people were already[…]
This was supposed to be signed at the National in Chicago. It was a backroom deal. But the card was missed by Alex Rodriguez, and he left without signing it. Luckily, the guy I was working though talked to Rodriguez’s agent, and he promised to take the card and get[…]
This is my one Adrian Beltre autograph. I got it via a consignment a couple seasons back. Beltre has had…a very good career. Four All-Star appearances, four Silver Slugger Awards and five Gold and two Platinum Gloves. As of this writing, he has 3,013 hits and 456 HR. Its a[…]