Collecting Cleveland Indians Topps team sets from 1952-present, as well as post-war minor and major league autographs.
George Brett might be a cranky person, but he was an amazing ballplayer. Three-time batting champion, 13-time All-Star, 1980 MVP, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1999. He also is #48 in career WAR, with 88.6.
Dansby Swanson is a solid player. He is not a top-tier shortstop, but he is something north of a league-average offensive producer with a plus glove. And when you play a premium offensive position, you can’t ask for much more.
New Arrival: Maui Ahuna, ss, San Francisco Giants … Maui Ahuna is from Hilo, but I never got him while he was in high school since I was not paying too close attention to Hawaii prep players at the time. He is one of the big reasons I have started[…]
teve Carlton was an amazing pitcher. 329 career wins, four Cy Young Awards, 10 All-Star selections, two-time World Series Champion, and of course, 1994 first ballot Hall of Famer.
If you are a Cleveland fan, you always knew that Civale would be good. He just needed to stay healthy.
New Arrival: Ramon Laureano, of, Cleveland Guardians … Outfielder Ramon Laureano is one of a bunch of players Cleveland added to their roster late this season. Unlike most, he has a future with the team since he was selected off waivers from the Athletics and is under team control until[…]
My fantasy team needed some help in the infield in late June, and the Padre’s Ha-Seong Kim was available as a free agent, so I jumped. It was a good call.
I am normally pretty good about impulse buys…but I lost, in this case. Its a weird hobby: a Steven Kwan autograph will cost me roughly $100, but a HOF player like Jeff Bagwell cost me less than $60. … I ran across a video recently talking about Jeff Bagwell and[…]
Nolan Arenado has long been one of my favorite National League players, so it was nice to see him have such a fantastic 2022 season. He ended the campaign with 34 HR and a 154 OPS+, which is the highest OPS+ of his career.
By now you have heard about Barry Bonds and the Hall of Fame. This past week, Bonds failed to get the requisite 12 votes from the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 16-person Today’s Game Era committee. So he won’t be gettting enshrined anytime soon.