LONG ISLAND MIGHTY DUCKS FLY INTO SOVEREIGN BANK STADIUM.  DONTRELLE WILLIS WAS SCHEDULED TO START.  HE WAS PLACED ON THE INACTIVE LIST.  A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.  A RECORD CROWD FOR THIS YEAR OF OVER 6, 000 FANS ATTENDED ON A SULTRY NIGHT AT THE VAULT.

THE FOLLOWING DUCKS SIGNED ON 5/31/13

IAN SNELL:  A CARD
KEVIN BAEZ:  TICKET STUB
ROYCE RING:  TICKET STUB AND PROGRAM
BRYANT NELSON: PROGRAM
MURRAY WATTS:  PROGRAM
BEN BROUSSARD:  PROGRAM
P.J. PHILLIPS:  PROGRAM
BILL MURPHY:  PROGRAM
LEO ROSALES:  PROGRAM

JOE PATERNO AND JERRY SANDUSKY.  JOE'S FAMILY HAS A LAWSUIT OUT AGAINST NCAA.  SADLY, THIS STORY IS NOT GOING AWAY.  BOB COSTAS IS PROFILING THE LATEST CHAPTER ON HIS SHOW.

ABOVE IS A JOE PATERNO AUTOGRAPHED CARD.  THIS WAS OBTAINED AT YORK SPORTS NIGHT IN 1994.  JERRY APPEARED AT A PENN STATE TAILGATE RALLY IN 2006.  MIXED FEELINGS ON THESE TWO ITEMS.  IT IS LIKE A GOOD MOVIE WITH A POOR ENDING.  TRULY SAD FOR THE VICTIMS IN THIS TRAGIC SAGA.

MEMORIAL DAY WITH THE SAN DIEGO PADRES.  MEMORIAL DAY AND BASEBALL ARE TWO FIXTURES ON THE HOLIDAY.  EARLIER THIS MONTH, I DID SOME AUTOGRAHING WITH THE PADRES.  THE PADRES PLAYERS WERE VERY GRACIOUS BEFORE GAME TIME.  BELOW ARE THE PADRES I RECEIVED:

 TYSON ROSS:  A CARD & LOGO SHEET
BRAD BRACH:  LOGO SHEET
LUKE GREGERSON:  LOGO SHEET
ANTHONY BASS:  LOGO SHEET
CHASE HEADLEY:  LOGO SHEET
JEDD GYORKO:  LOGO SHEET
HUSTON STREET:  LOGO SHEET
NICK HUNDLEY:  LOGO SHEET
NOT INCLUDED:  BURCH SMITH: TICKET STUB
                                 GRIFFIN BENEDICT: TICKET STUB

CIVIL WAR HISTORY WITH JAMES MCCLURE & SCOTT MINGUS.  THE FAMILY ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WENT TO A CIVIL WAR LIVING HISTORY ENCAMPMENT.  THIS EVENT WAS HELD @ BROWN'S ORCHARD IN YORK, PA.  COMPANY K OF THE 45TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY WERE THERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE 150 YEARS AGO.

WHILE ATTENDING THIS EVENT, CIVIL WAR AUTHORS SCOTT MINGUS AND JAMES MCCLURE ATTENDED.    I HAD THEM SIGN 3X5 CARDS.  SCOTT ALSO HANDED ME HIS BUSINESS CARD.  BOTH AUTHORED BOOKS INVOLVING THE CIVIL WAR AND YORK COUNTY'S INVOLVEMENT LEADING UP TO THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.  IT WILL BE A BUSY TIME AROUND YORK/GETTYSBURG AREA THIS YEAR AS THE AREA OBSERVES THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEADLIEST BATTLE ON AMERICAN SOIL.

INDY 500 WITH MARCO AND MICHAEL ANDRETTI.  TOMORROW IS ANOTHER RUNNING OF THE 97 TH INDY 500.  MARCO IS LISTED AT THE 3RD POLE FOR THE RACE.

IN FEBRUARY 2013, BOTH APPEARED AT THE STRAND CAPITAL IN YORK, PA.  THE APPEARANCE WAS ON BEHALF OF THINK LOUD ENTERTAINMENT.

UPCOMING EVENTS:


MAY 31: LONG ISLAND MIGHTY DUCKS AT YORK REVOLUTION

JUNE 1:  EAGLES FANFEST @ ROCKVALE OUTLETS IN LANCASTER, PA

JUNE 2: LARDARIUS WEBB CELEBRITY SOFTBALL GAME IN ABERDEEN, MD

JUNE 3:  LONG ISLAND MIGHTY DUCKS AT YORK REVOLUTION

JUNE 10:  L.A. ANGELS AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES

JUNE 16: BROOKS ROBINSON GOLF TOURNAMENT AT SPRINGWOOD GOLF COURSE

JUNE 22: LESEAN MCCOY CELEBRITY SOFTBALL GAME IN LANCASTER, PA 

JULY 13: TORONTO BLUE JAYS AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES

AUGUST 1: HOUSTON ASTROS AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES

AUGUST 23:  SOMERSET PATRIOTS AT YORK REVOLUTION

SEPTEMBER 8:  CHICAGO WHITE SOX AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES

(SCHEDULE IS TENTATIVE)

SUGAR LAND SKEETERS WITH GARY GAETTI INVADE SOVEREIGN BANK STADIUM FOR A 3 GAME SERIES.  THE SKEETERS OWN THE BEST RECORD IN ALL OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL.  THE TEAM IS MANAGED BY FORMER MLB GREAT GARY GAETTI.

HERE IS WHO I GOT AT 5/22/13 GAME:
GARY GAETTI: 2 CARDS
STEVE MOSS: GAME PROGRAM
JARED WELLS:  GAME PROGRAM
ANTHONY GRANATO:  GAME PROGRAM
ADAM GODWIN:  GAME PROGRAM
MICHAEL ROCKETT:  GAME PROGRAM

RAVENS WR JACOBY JONES ON DANCING WITH THE STARS. JACOBY FINISHES 3RD PLACE ON THE SHOW.  KNOW HE GETS READY FOR OTA'S WITH THE RAVENS AND THE 2013 SEASON.

ABOVE JACOBY SIGNED CARD.  HE APPEARED AT THE BALTIMORE ATHLETIC CLUB THIS PAST JANUARY.   THE EVENT WAS SPONSORED BY HALL OF FAME MARKETING.  THIS WAS AFTER THE CATCH IN DENVER.  HE LAUGHED WHEN I HANDED HIM A CARD W/ THE TEXANS.   JACOBY HAD TO BE CONSIDERED A RUNNER UP FOR SUPER BOWL 47 MVP.

ORIOLES PITCHER MIGUEL GONZALEZ .  THE PITCHER COMES OFF THE 15 DAY DISABLED LIST TO PITCH AGAINST THE YANKEES TONIGHT AT CAMDEN YARDS.  GONZALEZ IS 2-1 VERSUS THE YANKS.  HERE IS HOPING HE CAN SNAP A SEVEN GAME LOSING STREAK.

ABOVE IS AN 8X10 PHOTO SIGNED BY MIGUEL.  HE ATTENDED A BIRDS ARE BACK RALLY SPONSORED BY WTTR-AM THIS PAST APRIL.

2013 ATLANTA BRAVES SPRING TRAINING @ ESPN WIDE WORLD SPORTS CHAMPION STADIUM.
WHEN IN ORLANDO FLORIDA THIS YEAR, I ATTENDED A SPRING TRAINING GAME WITH DETROIT AND ATLANTA.  I DID SOME AUTOGRAPHING BEFORE THE GAME,  BELOW IS WHO I OBTAINED.

TERRY MCGUIRK: BASEBALL GUIDE

RALPH GARR: BASEBALL GUIDE

AL AVILA:  BASEBALL GUIDE

FRANK WREN:  BASEBALL GUIDE

BRIAN JORDAN: BASEBALL GUIDE

JOHN SCHUERHOLZ:  TICKET

TAMPA BAY RAYS IN CAMDEN YARDS.  THE RAYS GO FOR THE SWEEP TODAY IN BALTIMORE.  IN 2011, I WAS ABLE TO ACQUIRE JAMES SHIELDS, JOE MADDON, DAVID PRICE, ALEX COBB, AND JEREMY HELLICKSON ON A TICKET.  I WAS NOT PLANNING ON DOING ANY AUTOGRAPHING  THAT GAME.  I WAS PLEASANTLY SUPRISED!!

MINNESOTA TWINS/CARLY REA JEPSEN AT CAMDEN YARDS.  WE ATTENDED THE SUNDAY GAME OF OPENING WEEKEND IN BALTIMORE.  DID SOME AUTOGRAPHING BEFORE THE GAME.  QUITE A SUPRISE WITH CARLY RAE JEPSEN IN B-MORE.  SHE WAS THERE TO THROW OUT THE 1ST PITCH. 

RICK ANDERSON: TWINS LOGO SHEET
CASEY FIEN:  TWINS LOGO SHEET
TOM BRUNANSKY: A CARD
CARLY RAE JEPSEN: 2 TICKETS

PREAKNESS WEEK: BARBARO AND ROY JACKSON
WITH THE 2ND LEG OF RACING THIS WEEK, I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD FIT.

IN 2006, BARBARO WON THE KENTUCKY DERBY.  HE WAS THE FAVORITE TO WIN THE PREAKNESS, THEN TRAGEDY STRUCK THE HORSE.  

ABOVE IS A POSTCARD CARD SIGNED BY ROY JACKSON THE OWNER OF BARBARO.  IN 2007, HE APPEARED AT YORK SPORTS NIGHT.  IN ADDITION, ROY SIGNED THE PROGRAM OF THIS EVENT.  A SIDE NOTE, ROY AT ONE TIME OWNED THE YORK WHITE ROSES MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM.  ROY IS A FAN OF BOTH HORSE RACING & BASEBALL.....

RAVENS TE DENNIS PITTA SIGNS HIS 2ND ROUND RESTRICTED TENDER OFFER.  HE SIGNED A 2 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT TODAY.  HERE IS HOPING THE RAVENS CAN SIGN DENNIS TO A LONG TERM CONTRACT.

ABOVE IS AN 8X10 PHOTO SIGNED BY DENNIS PITTA.  IN 2011, HE APPEARED @ AN
VERIZON STORE IN BALTIMORE, MD.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX ON ESPN SUNDAY NIGHT BASBALL.
EVERY SUNDAY HOME GAME THE WHITE SOX WILL SPORT THEIR THROWBACK JERSEYS FROM THE 1983 AL WEST CHAMPS.  30 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR.

ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH HELMET OF PITCHER BRITT BURNS.  LAST YEAR,  I WAS ABLE TO SECURE HIS SIGNATURE AT SOVEREIGN BANK STADIUM.  BRITT WAS THE PITCHING COACH FOR THE SUGAR LAND SKEETERS.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEER  RONDE BARBER RETIRES AFTER A 16 YEAR CAREER IN THE NFL.  THE FUTURE HALL OF FAMER CO-AUTHORED CHILDREN BOOKS WITH HIS TWIN BROTHER TIKI!  I WAS ABLE TO SECURE TIKI BARBER'S AUTOGRAPH @ THE 2008 NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL IN WASHINGTON, DC.  RONDE'S SIGNATURE IS ONE I AM LOOKING TO ADD...

SHANE SPENCER NEW YORK YANKEE, NOW A HITTING COACH/3RD BASE COACH FOR THE SOMERSET PATRIOTS IN THE ATLANTIC LEAGUE.

SHANE GRACIOUSLY SIGNED HIS CARD BEFORE THE GAME TONIGHT.  HE WAS THE AUTOGRAPH I WAS LOOKING TO OBTAIN.  A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FANS MAY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IN ATTENDANCE DUE TO A SEVERE STORM AND A SCHOOL NIGHT.


BRETT JODIE: GAME TICKET
COREY DOMEL: 3X5 CARD
MARK MASON: POCKET SCHEDULE

ORIOLES 2ND BASEMAN BRIAN ROBERTS AUTOGRAPH PHOTO
BRIAN IS SEEING ANOTHER DOCTOR IN TEXAS, TO EXAMINE HIS LATEST INJURY.
BRIAN HAS PLAYED IN JUST OVER 100 GAMES SINCE 2010.  I HOPE WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF B-ROB.

 

ABOVE IS A 8X10 SIGNED BY BRIAN ROBERTS.  H

JIMMY CONNORS NEW MEMOIR, "THE OUTSIDER" IS DUE OUT THIS MONTH. A LITTLE CONTROVERSY REGARDING THE BOOK WITH CHRIS EVERT AND JIMMY.  THIS TENNIS HALL OF FAMER WAS MY FAVORITE TENNIS PLAYER GROWING UP.  BELOW IS AN AUTOGRAPH PROGRAM WITH JIMMY AND BILLIE JEAN KING.

BOTH AUTOGRAPHS WERE OBTAINED FROM A WORLD TEAM TENNIS EVENT AT THE HISTORIC HERSHEYPARK ARENA.  CIRCA JULY 1991.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

MAY 8: SOMERSET PATRIOTS AT YORK REVOLUTION

MAY 22: SUGAR LAND SKEETERS AT YORK REVOLUTION

MAY 31: LONG ISLAND MIGHTY DUCKS AT YORK REVOLUTION

JUNE 1:  EAGLES FANFEST ROCKVALE OUTLETS, LANCASTER, PA

JUNE 2: LARDARIUS WEBB CELEBRITY SOFTBALL GAME IN ABERDEEN, MD

JUNE 3:  LONG ISLAND MIGHTY DUCKS AT YORK REVOLUTION

JUNE 10:  L.A. ANGELS AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES

JUNE 16: BROOKS ROBINSON GOLF TOURNAMENT AT SPRINGWOOD GOLF COURSE

JUNE 22: LESEAN MCCOY CELEBRITY SOFTBALL GAME IN LANCASTER, PA 

JULY 13: TORONTO BLUE JAYS AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES

AUGUST 1: HOUSTON ASTROS AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES

AUGUST 23:  SOMERSET PATRIOTS AT YORK REVOLUTION

GOVERNOR MARTIN O'MALLEY IN THE NEWS.  WITH THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION A FEW YEARS OUT, GOV. O'MALLEY IS EMERGING AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE 2016 RACE.  HE MADE SOME NEWS THIS PAST WEEK.

HERE IS AN OBAMA STICKER AUTOGRAPHED BY THE GOVERNOR.  THIS WAS RECEIVED DURING THE 2008 ELECTION. HE MADE A  STOP IN YORK, PA ON BEHALF OF THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN.

LONG ISLAND MIGHTY DUCKS AUTOGRAPHING @ SOVEREIGN BANK STADIUM

LONG ISLAND MIGHTY DUCKS:

STEVE FOUCAULT: A CARD

RALPH HENRIQUEZ: 3X5 CARD

JOSH LANSFORD: TICKET STUB

BEN BROUSSARD: TICKET STUB

ERIC NIESEN: TICKET STUB

JOHN BROWNELL: TICKET STUB

IAN SNELL, DONTRELLE WILLIS AND BUD HARRELSON DID NOT TRAVEL WITH THE MIGHTY DUCKS; RAMON CASTRO WAS WITH THE TEAM, HE GAVE ME THE " I WILL BE BACK"!  LIKE I HAVE NOT HEARD THIS BEFORE! LOL  THE PLAYERS CAME OUT VERY LATE, JUST BEFORE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

Super Bowl 47 Champion T Bryant McKinnie resigns with the Baltimore Ravens.  McKinnie signs a 2 year contract with the defending champs.  A nice move keeping the 6'8 mauler.

McKinnie signed a game program at a WTTR-AM sponsored event.  The event was held October 2012!!

CAMDEN RIVERSHARKS  AUTOGRAPHS @ SOVEREIGN BANK STADIUM

BEFORE THE BASEBALL GAME I DID SOME AUTOGRAPING, HERE IS WHO I GOT:

CAMDEN RIVERSHARKS:

TOM MENDONCA 3X5 CARD
CHRIS WALKER  TICKET STUB
RYAN KULIK TICKET STUB
CHRIS WIDGER TICKET STUB
ERIC LIS 3X5 CARD
MANUEL MAYORSON 3X5 CARD
RAUL PADRON 3X5 CARD