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.