A Ray, a Seahawk and a Foxy Fox

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2021 Bowman - Chrome Prospects # BCP-134 featuring Shane Baz of the Tampa Bay Rays.

I guess Baz is one of about 93 pitchers the Rays have had on the DL in the last couple of years. At least Topps got this right for a Bowman card, he was a legit prospect. He actually made his MLB debut in 2021, including starting a postseason game. Then came the arm injuries. He's made in back mid summer this year and seems OK so far. But man does the sport need to figure out ways to stop 22 year old pitchers blowing their arms out.

I currently have catalogued in my collection 7 Baz cards and 283 Tampa Bay Rays cards.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 2020 Score - First Score insert #FS-DK featuring D.K. Metcalf of the Seattle Seahawks.

I'm not really too much of a football fan, I follow it the least of the 4 major North American sports, and truthfully follow NCAA closer than NFL, but if I can be said to support a team, it would be the Seahawks. So if someone is going to stick a Metcalf relic, even if player worn in their dollar box, I'll part with a loony for it.

New additions to my all-time roster project catalogued yesterday were:

• Boston Red Sox player # 136 - Kristian Campbell
• Cincinnati Reds player # 150 - Hunter Hollan
• Toronto Blue Jays player # 305 - Billy McKinney
• Washington Nationals player # 87 - MacKenzie Gore
• Denver Nuggets player # 34 - Christian Braun
• Denver Broncos player # 64 - Quinton Carter
• Houston Texans player # 44 - Brandon Harris
• Jacksonville Jaguars player # 59 - Andre Branch
• New York Giants player # 60 - David Wilson
• San Diego Chargers player # 35 - Corey Liuget
• Tennessee Titans player # 45 - Jamie Harper
• UCLA Bruins (football) player # 2 - Joseph Fauria
• Calgary Flames player # 152 - Corban Knight
• Canada (hockey) player # 149 - Patrice Cormier
• Canada (hockey) player # 150 - Lawson Crouse
• Canada (hockey) player # 151 - John Quenneville
• Canada (hockey) player # 152 - Nicolas Roy
• Chicago Wolves player # 19 - Kari Lehtonen
• Dallas Stars player # 114 - Jack Campbell
• Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds player # 6 - Lee Cole
• Toronto Maple Leafs player # 333 - Ron Francis
• 1. FC Koln player # 4 - Ellyes Skhiri
• Aston Villa player # 2 - Emiliano Martinez
• Chelsea FC player # 9 - Andreas Christensen
• Club Brugge KV player # 4 - Abdoluay Diaby
• Eintracht Frankfurt player # 3 - Christopher Lenz
• Everton player # 5 - Fabian Delph
• FC Bayern Munchen player # 12 - Alphonso Davies
• Fulham player # 1 - Dennis Odoi
• Toronto FC player # 3 - Alejandro Pozuelo
• VfL Wolfsburg player # 8 - Max Kruse

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,076 combinations.

My random postcard of the day is this card from the United Kingdom featuring a Red Fox.

The UK is one of a few nations whose post office tends to release postcards of their stamps. So the postcard is basically a larger format photo of the stamp, typically works with you buy the postcard for the value of the stamp and the postage is included. Canada does the same thing, only we call them pre-paid cards. This card is unwritten and bought as part of a set of 10. Likely somewhere in the UK, but I don't recall exactly where I bought it.

I currently have 224 postcards from the United Kingdom catalogued in my collection.