Cincinnati Reds
He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the twelfth round of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft, and went 9-21 with a 2.80 earned run average and 72 saves over four seasons in their farm system to earn a call to Cincinnati in August 1991. He gave up three earned runs in fourteen innings over the remainder of the season. Foster began the 1992 season with the Reds, but was optioned back to the triple A Nashville Sounds in the beginning of May. He pitched exceptionally once he returned, going 0-1 with a 2.13 ERA and two saves. The one loss came in his one career start against the New York Mets.
He began the 1993 season as Rob Dibble's set-up man, but began experiencing arm trouble toward the end of May. In one of the most notoriously strange baseball injuries, Foster landed on the disabled list with an inflammation of his right shoulder after a segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in which he threw baseballs at milk bottles.
After a month long trip to the DL, Foster returned for one appearance in June. After which, it was learned that Foster had detached cartilage in his right shoulder and would be out for the rest of the season. He had surgery, and began a rehab assignment with the Reds in Spring of 1994. After suffering numerous setbacks, he had a second surgery in August. After three brief appearances with the Chattanooga Lookouts, his career was over.
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