Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
Ivan Rodriguez was one of those players that I grew up with and took for granted how good he was. He was…very good. He debuted in 1991 and would end up spending 21-seasons in the majors. The majority with the Texas Rangers. In his prime–I will call in from 1992[…]
While I don’t think you could call me a Baltimore Orioles fan, I really like those late-60’s and early 70’s teams. Robinson was a huge part of those teams. All told he had a hell of a career: Robinson was famous for his defense–in case his nickname, “The Human Vacum[…]
I have been trying to get a copy of this card for the better part of a year. I finally was able to snag it this past month. Bert Blyleven was a very good pitcher who–I think–deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. I get why people don’t like[…]
I never really appreciated how great John Smoltz was until recently. I blame that partially on the fact that I grew up a Cleveland fan, and after the 1995 season tried to not think too much about the Braves. But Smoltz…man. He was really good. Good enough that after reading[…]
I have been following a couple Willie Mays autographs, but hesitant to pull the trigger since they were all ~$200. Then this one popped up for half the price, so I jumped. I really dig it. It’s in blue ballpoint pen, and bold. The best thing is that its old–it[…]
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[…]
This is another signed Allen and Ginter that I got as part of a lot from a collector. I think I have a couple Kent’s, but this was was really nice so I didn’t want to pass up on it. Jeff Kent was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in[…]
I got this autograph this past winter when Seager was in town for a hitting clinic. He was…really cool. Being a superstar and all I was not really expecting that. Just a little while ago he hit the go-ahead homer run in game two of the World Series. So cool.[…]
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[…]
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[…]