Barry Larkin Collection 996: 1995 Red Foley

Barry Larkin / Jose Rijo

Year:  1995

Brand:  Red Foley

Card number:  none

The 1995 Red Foley set was the second (of three) Red Foley sets that were baseball cards rather than the stickers (as the first seven years worth of Red Foley sets were).  In the 1995 set, each team got a card featuring two players from that team (in the Reds' case, Barry was paired with immensely talented but oft injured Jose Rijo).  

Personally, I typically prefer proper baseball cards to sticker cards and that's no exception here as I like the 1995 Red Foley set much more than the earlier sticker versions.  I even like that there is a tiny blurb about each player on the reverse of the card - for an "oddball" set this one is quite well done!

On a side note, this is the 996th entry in my ongoing Barry Larkin collection...hard to believe that I'm rapidly approaching post #1000 in the series!