Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
This is one of the few Allen and Ginter cards that I ever got signed myself. It’s a great looking card. I am very happy that Choo is having a nice bounce-back season in 2018. He is hitting .282/.394/.483 with 21 HR–good for an OPS+ of 129. What really crazy[…]
Got these TTM roughly 10 years ago. One of my favorite TTM ever. The 80’s and early 90’s were a dark time for Indians fans, but there were some bright spots. Doug Jones is one of those. From 1986 to 1991 Doug Jones was one of the teams most dependable[…]
Kyle Nelson was drafted in the 15th round (462nd overall) by the Cleveland Indians in 2017 out of UC Santa Barbra. He has a pretty amazing college career and served as the UCSB closer during its memorable World Series run. Nelson has had an…amazing 2018. He opened the season in[…]
Matt LaPorta was the centerpiece of the 2008 Cleveland-Milwaukee deal that saw C.C. Sabathia leave Indians. I thought it was a good trade at the time, and it seems to have worked out despite LaPorta never really panning out. That’s because the PTBNL was Michael Brantley, who has had a[…]
Wally Judnich is one of the tougher autographs from the Cleveland Indians 1948 World Champion team. I got this index card years ago. Its not perfect–he signed it in pencil–but it’s still pretty nice. Judnich was a role player by the time he was on the ’48 team, but there[…]
Oliver Perez was a very well thought of prospect back in the day, topping out as the Pirates #10 prospect going into the 2002 season. He showed flashes of his potential in 2004 when he went 12-10 with a 2.98 ERA, 143 ERA+ and 1.153 WHIP with the Pirates. Most amazing[…]
I love the 2001 Topps Heritage 1952-style certified autographs. When I saw that Cabrera had one I jumped on it. I am not really thrilled that the Indians are in a position to need to keep Melky Cabrera on the 25-man roster. And he was pretty terrible during his initial[…]
Autograph from Spring Training, 2018. Yandy Diaz was a 2b/3b while in Cuba, but since coming to the states he has played almost exclusively at third. Teams would love to have a prospect like him ready to come to the majors except…the Indians…have a bit of a logjam. The Indians[…]
I had a thing for Krieger a couple seasons ago. He was having a really nice season with Lake County in 2016 and I sent a bunch of stuff out on consignment. He refused to sign any sweet spot cards. I scrambled to get together some pictures to get done[…]
Noah Naylor was drafted in the 1st round, 29th overall, by the Cleveland Indians in the 2018 draft. Naylor has a lot going for him. He was considered by many to be the best high school hitter available in the draft. Plus he plays a premium position–catcher–where he looks like[…]