at long last, terry forster through the mail success!

just over a year ago, hall of fame sports had their big 'dodger days' autograph event.  it featured a bunch of players from the 1981 world series championship team and i partook of the through the mail option for many of them.  one player who was scheduled to appear that was at the top of my 'want' list was terry forster.

i had purchased a signed copy of forster's 1978 topps card as part of my modest 1978 topps dodger autograph project, but i really wanted one that was for sure signed by the lefty reliever.  unfortunately, forster fell ill and was not able to attend the signing.  i kept in touch with the guys at hall of fame sports, and they told me they were working on rescheduling - either with forster traveling to socal, or items being sent to him in quebec.  well, the signing finally took place earlier this month, and i am happy to say that i received a 1978 topps card signed by forster himself.

i am so very happy about this.  that leaves just ted martinez and vic davalillo as the only living members that i haven't been able to upgrade to a ttm success.  and then there is ed goodson, for whom i have no 1978 topps success of any kind.  i'm still hoping, though.

in the meantime, i'll update my modest 1978 topps dodgers autograph project - here's the tally:

team card (red adams) - through the mail success!
team card (mark cresse) - through the mail success!
team card (john hale) - through the mail success!
team card (peter o'malley) - through the mail success!
team card (boog powell) - through the mail success!
dusty baker - through the mail success!
glenn burke - ebay success! 
ron cey - through the mail success!
vic davalillo - ebay success!
terry forster - ebay success! and through the mail success!
mike garman - through the mail success!
steve garvey - through the mail success!
ed goodson
jerry grote - through the mail success!
burt hooton - through the mail success!
charlie hough - through the mail success!
tommy john - in person/through the mail success!
lee lacy - through the mail success! and in person success!
tom lasorda - ebay success! and through the mail success!
dave lopes - through the mail success!
ted martinez - ebay success!
rick monday - in person/through the mail success!
manny mota - through the mail success!
johnny oates - ebay success!
doug rau - through the mail success!
lance rautzhan - through the mail success!
rick rhoden - through the mail success!
bill russell - through the mail success!
reggie smith - through the mail success!
elias sosa - through the mail success!
don sutton - through the mail success!
steve yeager - ebay success! and through the mail success!
nlcs (davey lopes) - through the mail success!

28/29 = 97%

still waiting for mr. goodson.