Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
I was in the process of selling a bunch of autographs to pay my paypal down…so I was not trying to spend money…but then I saw this card. At first I was not intending to buy it, but I did follow it to see where it would end. By the[…]
2014 Panini National Treasures. This card cost me less than $10. That should say something about where he is in his career. Evan Longoria just finished his 10th year in the big leagues. At, at 31 years old, it was his worst. He hit .259/.312/.422 with 20 HR, good for[…]
Guy I work with was taking a late-season consignment for the Tribe. I sent a couple cards, and he was able to knock this one out. The card is nice: 2011 Allen and Ginter Rip Card. Turned out well, I think. Carlos Santan is having a pretty good year. He[…]
It always sucks when a player on your favorite team is having a breakout season and you don’t have an autograph. Tyler Olson is one of those. Luckily, after 4 months of trying, I finally was able to snag my first one. Tyler Olson was drafted in the 7th round out of[…]
I have always liked the way the Topps Total cards looked signed, and when I saw this one pop up for only a couple bucks I jumped at it. Drafted out of a high school in the 3rd round by the Montreal Expos in 2000. Was the Expos #6 prospect (2000)[…]
This is my one Mickey Mantle autograph. I really wanted a nice index card…but so does everyone else. And nice ones–in blue ballpoint pen–are just way too expensive for me. So I decided to just go this route. Mantle was involved in writing a couple books, and so you can[…]
I was not really thrilled when the Indians drafted Benson, since some scouts questioned his hitting tool and he would be a project. I am risk averse. But…I guess that is silly. If the Indians would have taken a polished college bat I would have been complaining about how we[…]
This is a page from Ted William’s book “My Turn at Bat”. It’s about as nice a Ted Williams signature you will find; bold blue ballpoint and no real significant smearing. I just love it. I had been wanting to buy this autograph forever, but the seller would not budge[…]
As a sophomore Eric Gilgenbach started 14 games for Notre Dame in 2017 and over 36 at bats hit .333/.500/.608. He had three home runs and a 13/23 BB/K ratio. This summer Gilgenbach played for the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders in the collegiate Northwoods League. He would tie for[…]
John Lowenstein was in the majors from 1970-1985. He split the majority of his career with the Indians and Orioles. Was with the Indians from 1970 to 1977. This was a dark time to be playing in Cleveland, and I think it rubbed off on his performance. During his time[…]