Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
2019 National Treasures Nolan Ryan Retro Signatures. I actually don’t have a Nolan Ryan autograph in my collection, so this is kind of exciting. Standard Pitching Year Age Tm Lg W L ERA G IP H BB SO ERA+ WHIP Awards 1966 19 NYM NL 0 1 15.00 2 3.0[…]
I normally never try to buy autographs of players who are “hot”, but I loved this card too much to wait on it. It on-card and bold…can’t ask for much more. Juan Soto is a very good baseball player. I find its a good idea to never talk too much[…]
Everyone likes to talk about Bryce Harper, but I think Anthony Rendon should deserve just as much respect from Nationals fans. This season Rendon hit .308/.374/.535 with 24 HR–good for an OPS+ of 137. This was the third season in a row that he hit at least 20 HR. He is 28,[…]
Some new stuff that has come in over the last couple weeks. Alex Bregman 2017 Gypsy Queen – Very nice looking card of a player who is already looking like he will be one of the best players in the game come 2019. Last season he hit .286/.394/.532 with 31 HR,[…]
Albert Pujols is a first ballot Hall of Famer: 2001 Rookie of the Year Ten All-Star selections Six Silver Sluggers Two Gold Gloves 2003 batting title Three-time National League MVP Two time World Champion 633 career home runs–which is good for 6th all-time. Just the amount of black ink here…is impressive:[…]
Brandon Nimmo is a really good player. This season–his third in the big leagues and first as a full-time player–saw him hit .263/.404/.483 with 17 HR, good for an OPS+ of 150. Nimmo was a first-round pick back in 2011 and has generally been considered one of the better hitting[…]
I don’t have a problem rooting for the White Sox. And so I certainly don’t have a problem rooting for their best hitter, Jose Abreu. Especially when the autograph was only like $5. I am not sure what caught my attention, but I have been a fan of his since[…]