3434 - Los Angeles, California, United States of America

The previous entry is about the Baltimore Orioles, so let's take a look at the Los Angles Dodgers, who the Orioles defeated in 1966 to win their first World Series.

The Dodgers were established at the Brooklyn Grays in 1883. They joined the American Association from 1884-1889, and then joined the National League in 1890. They have had a number of nicknames over the years: Brooklyn Atlantics, Bridegrooms, Grooms, Superbas, Trolley Dodgers, Robins. From 1932 to 1957 they were the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The Dodgers left Brooklyn in 1958 to play in Los Angeles, where they have been ever since.

The Dodgers have won the World Series seven times - 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988, and 2020. They also won the pre-modern World Series in 1900.

The Dodgers broke the colour barrier in Major League Baseball when they played Jackie Robinson. Robinson played in first Major League Baseball game on April 15, 1947. He won the inaugural Rookie of the Year award which would later be named in his honour. Jackie Robinson became the first African-America to be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2346 - Iwate, Iwate, Japan

Keita is a junior high science teacher in Iwate 岩手町. He sent me a photo of the Tokyo Sky Tower during a fireworks display. The Tokyo Sky Tower is a broadcasting and observation tower in Simide, a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010. In 2011, when it was completed at a height of 634 meters, it became the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

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