TTM Success - George Foster

The 2005 Topps Pristine relic card above of Heorge Foster was the second relic card I pulled.  I got it back in 05 and had held it in a box of some of my favorite cards.  I realized that I had never gotten Foster TTM, so when I decided to mail to him, I dug this card out and sent it along.  It turned out great.

I also sent a 1981 Drakes, a 1983 Topps and a 2007 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts.  All of them turned out well.  The Legendary Cuts started the whole thing; my friend, Jesse, was looking through some of my cards, saw it and told me I should send to Foster.  I don't know why I waited all this time to send to him, but I'm glad I finally did.

Foster (b. 1948) played in the majors from 1969 to 1986 for the Giants, Reds, Mets and White Sox.  He had 1,925 hits, 348 home runs and a .274  batting average.  He led the NL in home runs in 1977 (52) and 1978 (40).  He led the NL in RBIs in 1976 (121), 1977 (149) and 1978 (120).  He was an All Star from 1976 o 1979 and 1981.  He won the World Series with the Reds in 1975 and 1976; this was the era of the Big Red Machine.  Foster was the NL MVP in 1977 and finished second in 1976.  A third place finish in 1981 would follow.  That season, he won his only Solver Slugger Award.  Foster appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot from 1992 to 1995, barely cracking the required 5% to stay on the ballot, before falling off in 1995.

I mailed to Foster on December 20 and got the cards back on January 16, for a 27-day TAT.  I paid his fee of $5/card.

Autos From Max Part 2 - George Foster

Max picked up another auto for me while he was at his show in Chicago, George Foster.  I paid for this one, which was $25.00, I think.  I also raided my 1972 Topps set for this card, but I was glad to get it signed.

Foster (b. 1948) played in the majors from 1969 to 1986 for the Giants, Reds, Mets and White Sox.  He had 1,925 hits, 348 home runs and a .274 batting average.  He won the NL MVP Award in 1977, the season in which he hit 52 home runs.  He was also a 5-time All Star (1976 to 1979 and 1981) and won the World Series with the Reds in 1975 and 1976.

Foster appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot four times, but was only able to receive as much as 6.9% of the vote.

Slowly Whittling Down The 1971 Topps

I went to the Greenville card shop the other day and actually remembered to take my notebook with me.  I'm really glad I did, because I found a 1971 Topps card that I needed for my set:

This George Foster RC.  Foster was a pretty darn good player (and one of my first ever relic cards).  The 1977 NL MVP hit 348 home runs over his 18-year career.  He played from 1969 to 1986 for the Giants, Reds, Mets and White Sox.  Not a back rookie card for $4.00.  Slowly, I'm knocking this set down.  I hope to find a good many of the high numbers at the next card show, that is, if I have time to do any shopping.  I hope I'm busy that day selling stuff.