100 Random Cool Mets Things #15: the Mets sign George Foster!

Mets Yearbooks 1982

 

George Foster was known to me before he was on the Mets, because he had hit FIFTY homers one year.  I know you millennials are used to guys hitting 50, 60, 70 home runs left and right, but wow 50 home runs in the 1970s was like 4000 home runs in the Joe Buck Era.

So with a power hitter like George coming to Queens, how could the Mets not be awesome?

If you’re young and don’t get it, just think about Jason Bay for a few minutes.