Another of the free signers at the National was someone else I needed for my 1987 set. I had also picked up some other cards for Tom Browning that weren't 1987 Topps. The above 1987 Topps All Star Glossy Mail-In actually was a pleasant surprise. I powdered it before the show (with the 9-pound bottle of baby powder I picked up in a Cleveland grocery store), and it turned out really well.
I also got a 1991 Studio signed for my good friend, Jacob (it isn't pictured), and of course this 1987 Topps.
Browning (b. 1960) played in the majors from 1984 to 1995 for the Reds and Royals. He had a career record of 123-90 with 1,000 strike outs and a 3.94 ERA. He won 20 games in 1985, the season in which he also finished second in the NL Rookie of the Year voting (to Vince Coleman) and 6th in the NL Cy Young Voting (Dwight Gooden). He was an All Star in 1991 and won the World Series with the Reds in 1990. He appeared on the 2001 Hall of Fame ballot and received 0.2% of the vote.
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