A Viking, A Viking (SKOL!) and a Window to the Stars.

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2020 Panini Select #37 featuring C.J. Ham of the Minnesota Vikings.

Ham actually made his NFL debut in 2016, but got 'rookie' cards in 2020. Who says fullbacks get no love ? Apparently he's a 2 time pro-bowler. I had no clue fullbacks still got selected to the Pro Bowl. Maybe I need to watch it closer. On second thought, maybe not.

He's a career Viking too. Went to Augustana College in South Dakota who play at the Division 2 level. And their teams are named the Vikings, then signed as a free agent with the NFL Vikings.

I have catalogued in  my collection 2 Ham cards and 176 Minnesota Vikings cards

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 2021 O-Pee-Chee Platinum - Sunset parallel #186 featuring Nikolaj Ehlers of the Winnipeg Jets.

Having previously lived in Denmark, I collect cards of Danish players as a mini-PC project, so this was a nice addition.

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

• Atlanta Braves player #149 - Andruw Jones
• Florida Marlins player #36 - A.J. Burnett
• Kansas City Royals player #128 - David Lough
• Los Angeles Dodgers player #166 - Manny Mota
• Montreal Expos player #69 - Stan Bahnsen
• San Diego Padres player #154 - Paul Dade
• Canada (hockey) player #155 - Manon Rheaume
• Detroit Red Wings player #175 - Terry Sawchuk
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #17 - Steven Alzate
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #23 - Carlos Baleba
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #15 - Yves Bissouma
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #24 - Facundo Buonanotte
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #22 - Moises Caicedo
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #11 - Aaron Connolly
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #16 - Marc Cucurella
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #4 - Lewis Dunk
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #19 - Julio Enciso
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #9 - Pascal Gross
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #6 - Adam Lallana
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #7 - Tariq Lamptey
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #10 - Alexis Mac Allister
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #21 - Kaoru Mitoma
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #13 - Jakub Moder
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #25 - Enock Mwepu
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #8 - Davy Propper
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #3 - Mathew Ryan
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #14 - Robert Sanchez
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #20 - Jeremy Sarmiento
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #12 - Leandro Trossard
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #5 - Adam Webster
• Brighton & Hove Albion player #18 - Danny Welbeck

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,114 combinations.

My random postcard of the day is this card from Los Angeles, California, USA showing the Griffith, but  Park Observatory.

The idea of putting a telescope and observatory where you want to get away from light pollution seems absurd in Los Angeles, but not so strange back in the 1930's. Apparently it is the most viewed telescope (ie number of people who have looked through it) in history. It's more tourist attraction and educational facility than working observatory these days, but still does science.

This card is written and was received through an exchange on an online postcard forum. I currently have 353 cards from the USA catalogued in my collection.

A Buckethead, Uncle Larry, and Well...Something

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 1991 Parkhurst #412 featuring Michal Pivonka of the Washington Capitals.

Pivonka was a pretty decent player back in the day. More of a setup man than finisher, but someone had to get Peter Bondra the puck. But he was still good for 20  a year in his prime years.

I have catalogued in my collection 8 Bondra cards and 770 Washington Capitals cards.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 2019 Topps Update - 1984 Topps 35th Anniversary # 84-40 featuring Andrew McCutchen of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Why ? Because it's Uncle Larry. We've covered this before. Shame about that uniform though.

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

• Canada (Hockey) player #169 - Roland McKeown

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,081 combinations.

My random postcard of the day is this card from the Netherlands.

It depicts well something. No earthly idea what that is supposed to represent or be. But it's cool. This card is written and was received through an online postcard exchange forum. I currently have 55 postcards from the Netherlands catalogued in my collection.

A Pokey Star, A Steal of a Deal and Hills of Chocolate

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2020 SkyBox Metal Universe #33 featuring Joe Pavelski of the Dallas Stars.

Pavelski just called it a day on a fine career. Put up 1,068 points, but I'm not sure he's going into the HOF. 1 time all-star, only ever got Hart votes in 2 season. Falls into the 'really nice player for a long time, but not an all-time great' category for me at least. FWIW - that Dallas sweater is an underrated good look.

As an aside, how can a guy have both 'Pokey' and 'Joe Exotic' as nicknames ?

I have catalogued 26 Pavelski cards and 745 Dallas Stars cards in my collection.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 2019 Upper Deck Fanimation #F-26 featuring John Gibson of the Anaheim Ducks.

It was in a dealer's value box at the last show I attended. I didn't realize how rare this insert is, and obviously the dealer didn't either, so it seems I scored myself a pretty sweet deal.

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

• New York Mets player #158 - Anthony Kay

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,079 combinations.

My random postcard of the day is this card from the Philippines featuring the Chocolate Hills on Bohol Island.

They are a karst landscape with the hills covering at least 50 square kilometers. They get their name from the discoloured brown grass during the dry season. The area is a proposed, but not yet listed UNESCO World Heritage site. This card is written and was received through an exchange on an online postcard forum. I currently have 11 postcards from the Philippines catalogued in my collection.

A Shark, A Fantasy Baseball Legend and the Construction Project from Hell

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2023 O-Pee-Chee #283 featuring Noah Gregor of the San Jose Sharks.

I'm an OPC fan, it's the roots of collecting, not the hit driven mania of too many sets these days. Gregor's already moved on, he spent last season with the Leafs, we'll always have fond memories of the Noah Gregor era here. And he's already gone away to Ottawa as a free agent. I'm sure his role here will be filled by another anonymous dude on a PTO, Steven Lorentz any one ?

I have catalogued in my collection 1 Gregor card and 680 San Jose Sharks cards. Gregor got a Young Guns, then has completely disappeared from Upper Deck flagship, he's been in OPC the last 2 years. looking it up I see he has Team Canada cards which I'll need to track down one of.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 1986 Topps #769 featuring Harold Reynolds of the Seattle Mariners.

Came in the post via a TCDB trade yesterday. I always smile when I think of Reynolds, thinking back to a fantasy baseball draft I was in where a guy said "I'm going to take a surprise guy with the #4 overall pick in the draft. I think he's a steal for me', who then proceeded to take Reynolds. Needless to say, he didn't win the fantasy league.

New additions to my all-time roster project catalogued yesterday were none

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,070 combinations.

My random postcard of the day is this card from Barcelona, Spain featuring the Sagrada Familia Cathedral.

At this point, it's an open contest to see which project will be done first, the Cathedral or the road construction in Toronto. The Cathedral has a century head start, but the pace of the road projects in Toronto makes it a strong contender to not yet be done before the sun goes supernova.

I currently have 21 postcards from Spain catalogued in my collection.

A Card I Should Have Saved for Friday the 13th, Uncle Larry and Doing it the Old Fashioned Way

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2012 In the Game Between the Pipes #144 featuring Bernie Parent of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Oddly that's the 2nd card from this set to be picked by the randomizer in a couple of weeks. All I can say is he's no Gerry Cheevers, at least in terms of artistic styling.

I have catalogued in my collection 4 Parent cards and 811 Philadelphia Flyers cards.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 2023 Topps Holiday #H44 featuring Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Why ? Because it's Uncle Larry. That's all that needs to be said about it.

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

My All-time roster project now stands at

My random postcard of the day is this card from Ontario Canada featuring a Mennonite farmer

We don't have Amish in Canada like in the US, but the Mennonites are a similar faith. Their faith beliefs are similar, but the Mennonites are generally more accepting of modern technologies, such as allowing electricity and phones. Even motorized vehicles are permitted, although many still do maintain the practice of horse-drawn buggies.

There are actually more Mennonites in the US than in Canada, and most Mennonite communities here actually emigrated from the US in the early part of the 19th century.

I currently have 566 postcards from Canada catalogued in my collection.

A Muppet With a Bat, A Heck of a Trip and an Original Angry Bird

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2021 Donruss - Independence Day parallel #81 featuring Justin Turner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

I had high hopes Turner would provide veteran stability and leadership for the Jays when they signed him this off-season, but his tenure will go down as just another footnote in a lost and wasted season.

I have catalogued 26 Turner cards and 617 Los Angeles Dodgers cards in my collection.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 2020 Topps Pro Debut #PD-123 featuring Brandon Williamson of the Everett AquaSox.

Why my favourite of the day ? Seriously, are you seriously asking why ?

New additions to my all-time roster project catalogued yesterday were none.

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,070 combinations.

My random postcard of the day is this card from Brazil featuring a Burrowing Owl.

This card is written and was received in a trade via an online postcard exchange forum. I currently have 88 postcards from Brazil catalogued in my collection.

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.

Rest well Johnny and Matthew

 I pulled the scheduled post for today when I woke up to the news. Thoughts to all the friends, families, teammates impacted by this awful event.

Too many stupid selfish people in the world doing things hurting other people in the world these days.

A Jaguar, a Pirate and a Way for Swedes to get Cheap(er) alcohol

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2021 Panini Chronicles Football #50 featuring Travis Etienne of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

It's a rookie card of a first round pick who has turned into a pretty decent player, so I guess I should be excited about it. However, I'm not. Maybe if Panini didn't release 33 different NFL sets that year assuming I counted correctly, which is only the Panini branded ones, not counting Donruss, Score, Zenith etc.

I currently have 5 Etienne cards catalogued in my collection and 159 Jacksonville Jaguars cards.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 2022 Topps Stadium Club - Black Foil parallel #205 featuring Roansy Contreras of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Just a typical quality Stadium Club effort. The Bucs are one of 2 MLB teams I would sort of say I am a team collector of, but not to the same focus as the Jays. Like many, I'm a fan of Stadium Club, just wish it was easier to find locally, there doesn't seem to be much of it around at local shows etc.

New additions to my all-time roster project catalogued yesterday were none.

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,040 combinations.

My random postcard of the day is this card from Sweden showing the Oresundsbron bridge.

The bridge which is both a rail and road bridge links Malmo in Sweden to Copenhagen in Denmark. The brige section is 8km long while the tunnel is 4km. The switchover point is a manmade island. Cute story, there was a natural island about 1km away called Saltholm. So what did they name the artificial island - Peberholm. Who says Scandinavians are all serious and have no sense of humour?

You can get cards of the bridge in either nation, but this one is Swedish. It is unwritten and I bought it in Malmo. I currently have 90 postcards from Sweden catalogued in my collection.

An Ugly Sweater, a Classic Sweater and a Really Big Bellyflop

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2003 Upper Deck #438 featuring Peter Bondra of the Washington Capitals.

Nice card design, another truly awful jersey. Bondra was a better player (if kind of one-dimensional) than you likely remember. I'm guessing if someone asked you to list off the members of the 500 goal club, his name would not come to mind, but he's a member.

I currently own 20 Bondra cards and 767 Washington Capitals cards

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 2000 Pacific Private Stock #53 featuring Jose Theodore of the Montreal Canadiens. Figure if Random.org is gonna hit me with an ugly sweater, I will balance it with a classic. Wrong team of course, but you've gotta respect the classic threads.

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

• Chicago Cubs player #136 - Trey Mancini
• Chicago Cubs player #137 - Harold Ramirez
• Cleveland Indians player #116 - Domingo Santana
• Pittsburgh Pirates player #182 - Endy Rodriguez
• San Francisco Giants player #129 - Grant McCray
• Tampa Bay Rays player #89 - Kyle Manzardo
• Arizona Coyotes player #71 - Justin Hodgman
• Philadelphia Flyers player #162 - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
• Toronto Maple Leafs player #331 - Brandon Kozun

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,040 combinations.

My random postcard of the day is this card from Australia featuring a breeching Humpback Whale.

This card is written and was received through a swap on an online postcard exchange forum. I currently have 30 postcards from Australia catalogued in my collection.

A Met, A Hidden Classic of Hockey Hair and a Moose

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2017 Topps #19 featuring David Wright of the New York Mets.

Quite possibly one of the ugliest sets Topps has ever produced. Wright strikes me as a guy who pulled off the hard to achieve feat of being both underappreciated and overrated at the same time. It would have been interesting to see what kind of career he could have put up without the injuries.

I currently own 7 Wright cards and 472 New York Mets cards.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 1990 Topps #204 featuring Daren Puppa of the Buffalo Sabres. 

Yesterday I said give me the classic Blue and Gold, so I figured I'd go with one today. Double points for it being an error since his name is incorrectly spelled. Triple points since Puppa generally rocked the best mullet in hockey goalie history. It was a solid 8 out of 10 on the Jagr scale.

New additions to my all-time roster project catalogued yesterday were none.

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,030. Seem to have gone down 1 in the ongoing database cleanup.

My random postcard of the day is this card from Lithuania featuring a Moose.

I have a mini collection of Moose on postcards, not surprising since wild animals is one of the themes I collect. This car is written and was received through an exchange on an online postcard swap forum. I currently have 16 postcards from Lithuania catalogued in my collection.

A Ranger, A Canadian Heart-breaker and a Sweet Way to Sell Chocolate

Back after 2 days away on the weekend. 

Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 1999 Topps Gold Label #14 featuring Theoren Fleury of the New York Rangers.

Have to admit was never the biggest Fleury fan, but he was certainly a very good player and you have to respect his making it to such a career given his size and some of the things in his background. What he's done after his career is certainly worthy of all the praise you can send his way.

I currently own 16 Fleury cards and 896 New York Rangers cards.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 1999 Upper Deck Black Diamond #11 featuring Dominik Hasek of the Buffalo Sabres.

Figure I will stick in the same year and go with a card of the best goaltender in my lifetime. Just wish it wasn't from that stretch of horrible uniforms the Sabres went through. Give me the classic Blue and Gold. I guess the good news is it isn't the Buffaslug.

New additions to my all-time roster project catalogued yesterday were just 1:

• St. Louis Blues player #154 - Thomas Greiss

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,031 combinations.

My random postcard of the day is this card from France depicting an old time German (assuming based on the language) advertisement for cocoa.

 

The card is French, showing a German ad and was bought in a shop in Copenhagen, Denmark. Old timey advertisements is a theme fairly common on postcards and one I would certainly like to get more of into my collection. I currently have 109 postcards from France catalogued in  my collection.

A Tiger, a Punching Bag and a Pokey Tree

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2009 Bowman Draft Picks and Prospects #BDP19 featuring Ryan Perry of the Detroit Tigers.

I don't remember Perry at all, maybe I need to brush up on my early 2010's middle relievers, but hey unlike a good chunk of the guys in these Bowman sets, he got to the Big Leagues. Appeared in 156 games over 4 years. No starts, 2 saves, 43 games finished which suggests he was the 'this game is a blowout, so put him in' guy for those teams.

I currently own 1 Perry card and 324 Detroit Tigers cards.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 1996 Pinnacle Summit - Premium Stock parallel #100 featuring Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers.

Why, not because I'm a Hextall fan, but because whenever I'm feeling down, I just call up the YouTube video of Felix Potvin beating him so bad his ears didn't stop ringing for a month and suddenly I have a smile on my face.

New additions to my all-time roster project catalogued yesterday were none.

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,030 combinations.

My random postcard of the day is this card from Arizona, USA 

Fun fact, there are 9 rattlesnakes in this photo. This card is written and was received in an exchange on an online postcard exchange forum. Currently I have 340 postcards from the United States catalogued.

A Guy Selling Sandwiches, an Oriole and the source of Strawberry Milk

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2014 Press Pass American Thunder #17 featuring Kevin Harvick.

So for the first time Random.org takes us outside the North American Big 4. I don't really collect or follow NASCAR, but someone was selling a really cheap lot of it online locally, and I said 'what the heck, I didn't need that shelf space anyways' and picked it up. Surprised there's no advertising on his forehead, that seems to be one of the biggest spaces of real estate available.

Apparently Harvick was a favourite of whoever put the lot together as it had 39 of his cards which makes up the entirety of my collection of his.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 2024 Topps Heritage - White Border parallel #24 featuring Gunnar Henderson of the Baltimore Orioles.

Just a generally clean looking card. Based on the asking price for the 1 I see on COMC, and the box I found it in, I'm guessing the dealer didn't recognize it for what it was (truthfully neither did I). I guess one of the hazards of being a dealer is having to recognize all the short prints, rare parallels etc.

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

• Pittsburgh Penguins player #133 - Ryan Stone
• Toronto Maple Leafs player #331 - Alex Foster

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,030 combinations.

My random postcard of the day is this card from Switzerland.

Bog standard tourist stuff here. In fact I think I may have bought this at the Zurich airport, it's unwritten and I know I bought it. I currently have 84 postcards from Switzerland catalogued in my collection.

A Spirit, a Whaler and a UNESCO Heritage Site

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2012 In the Game Between the Pipes #62 featuring Jake Paterson of the Saginaw Spirit.

I don't remember Paterson at all. Looking him up, he apparently was on a Team Canada for a World Juniors, but he must have been the backup as I have no memory of him. And now knowing that I need to track down his Team Canada Card. Paterson never made the NHL, in fact he barely made the AHL getting into 10 games over 3 years. He spent most of his time in the ECHL. Last look, he was playing in Slovakia.

I currently own 1 Paterson card and 14 Saginaw Spirit cards.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 1990 Upper Deck Hockey #541 featuring Daryl Reaugh of the Hartford Whalers.

Why? Because it's a chance to feature one of the best jerseys in sports history.

New additions to my all-time roster project catalogued yesterday were none.

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,028 combinations. It seems to have changed even though I didn't catalog any cards. Need to dig into my database and see why, likely due to cleanup on multiplayer cards which I don't count.

My random postcard of the day is this card from Turzansk, Poland featuring the St. Michael the Archangel church.

The church is on the UNESCO World Heritage site as part of a grouping of wooded churches or Tserkva in southern Poland and western Ukraine. This particular church belongs to the Polish Orthodox Church, not the Catholic Church. This postcard is unwritten and was received through an exchange on an online postcard exchange group. Churches represent the largest thematic collection I have for cards. I currently have 105 catalogued cards from Poland in my collection.

A North Star, a Yankee and a Tourist Trap

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2023 Upper Deck Tim Hortons Legends #47 featuring Brian Bellows of the Minnesota North Stars.

Legend ? That might be pushing the definition a little bit. I mean he did score almost 500 goals and play in almost 1,200 games. But he's not in the Hall of Fame, and I don't really recall any outcry about his exclusion. Feels more like one of those guys who put up big numbers during the most offensive oriented era in NHL history.

I currently own 14 Bellows cards and 186 Minnesota North Stars cards.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 2023 Bowman Draft #BD-30 featuring Roc Riggio of the New York Yankees.

No idea if Riggio is a legit prospect or not. Looking him up, he's a career .212 hitter after 2 minor league seasons. Likely just another guy in a Bowman set who never makes The Show. But it's cool to have a card of a guy named Roc Riggio.

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

• Arizona Diamondbacks player #113 - Gabriel Moreno
• Minnesota Twins player #152 - Brooks Lee
• St. Louis Cardinals player #128 - Ryan Helsley
• Detroit Pistons player #37 - Ausar Thompson
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My All-time roster project now stands at

My random postcard of the day is this card from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada showing well, the Falls.

Niagara Falls is a short drive from where I live, so it's frankly not a big deal for me, no different than Big Ben for someone in London or the Eiffel Tower for a Paris resident etc. It is one of the few places where you can still easily buy postcards here even if they all are on the same theme. This card is unwritten, and I would have bought it there. I currently have 566 catalogued cards from Canada in my collection.

A Canadian, a Blue Jay (who got away) and a Pretty Useless Map

 Random.org chose the following as my random card of the day. This 2017 Upper Deck Team Canada #44 featuring Sam Reinhart.

Reinhart has to be the least likely 57 goal scorer in the history of the NHL. Seriously, where did that come from. Can't say I watched many Panther games at all last year, not sure if he just got on an insane heater or what. Zach Hyman's 54 last year were slightly less surprising since he rides shotgun on the wing of the best player in the world.

I currently own 28 Reinhart cards and 407 Team Canada cards.

My favourite new card I added to my catalogue recently is this 2022 Bowman Chrome - 2021 AFL Fall Stars insert #AFLS-14 featuring Gabriel Moreno of the Toronto Blue Jays

Why ? Because Toronto sports fans are destined to suffer.

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

• Bradenton Marauders player # 6 - Dariel Lopez
• Brown Bears (baseball) player #1 - Olivia Pichardo
• Cleveland Guardians player #12 - Gabriel Arias
• Colorado Rockies player #114 - Nolan Jones
• Milwaukee Brewers player #138 - Brian Anderson
• Minnesota Twins player #152 - Josh Winder
• New York Yankees player #174 - Jhony Brito
• San Francisco Giants player #128 - Thairo Estrada
• Seattle Mariners player #119 - Andres Munoz
• Tampa Bay Rays player #88 - Ryan Pepiot
• Charlotte Hornets player #32 - P.J. Hairston
• Connecticut Huskies (basketball) player #1 - James Bouknight
• Atlanta Falcons player #48 - Arnold Ebiketie
• Buffalo Bills player #82 - Marquise Goodwin
• Chicago Bears player #72 - Darnell Wright
• Colorado Buffaloes (football) player #4 - Shedeur Sanders
• Denver Broncos player #64 - Josey Jewell
• Georgia Bulldogs (football) player #13 - Kelee Ringo
• Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (football) player #5 - Dontae Smith
• Jacksonville Jaguars player #58 - Anton Harrison
• Los Angeles Chargers player #20 - Mike Williams
• Maryland Terrapins (football) player #6 - Roman Hemby
• Minnesota Golden Gophers (football) player #3 - Tanner Morgan
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish (football) player #5 - Javon McKinley
• Oregon Ducks (football) player #3 - Bucky Irving
• Penn St. Nittany Lions (football) player #10 - Dani Dennis-Sutton
• Philadelphia Eagles player #64 - Carson Strong
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers player #70 - Kyle Trask
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers player #71 - Tristan Wirfs
• Texas Longhorns (football) player #16 - Jaheel Billingsley
• Toledo Rockets (football) player #1 - Kareem Hunt
• Virginia Cavaliers (football) player #2 - Dontayvion Wicks
• West Virginia Mountaineers (football) player #3 - CJ Donaldson Jr.
• West Virginia Mountaineers (football) player #4 - Nicco Marchiol

No links to the cards today, more than half don't have an image on TCDB, and until I can find time to fire up the scanner, doesn't make sense trying to figure out which do and which don't. 

My All-time roster project now stands at 15,243 combinations. The 2 new teams represented by a first card bring the unique number of teams to 953.

My random postcard of the day is this card from Mexico City, Mexico featuring a stylized map of the city centre.

This card is unwritten and was bought when I was on an extended work assignment living in Mexico City. I currently have 99 catalogued postcards from Mexico.