JEFF SHAARA, A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, APPEARED AT THE CIVIL WAR MUSEUM IN GETTYSBURG, PA.  HE IS THERE ALL WEEK CELEBRATING 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLE ON AMERICAN SOIL.  I HAD JEFF AUTOGRAPH TWO COPIES OF HIS BOOKS.

 ABOVE JEFF SIGNED THE COVER OF THE RISING TIDE.....

ABOVE JEFF SIGNED NO LESS THAN VICTORY; NOTE HE INSCRIBED 150TH & DATED

 THE GIRLS AND I WITH JEFF SHAARA

FORMER PHILLIES C DARREN DAULTON IS IN THE NEWS.  HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TWO BRAIN TUMORS.  HERE IS HOPING "DUTCH" HAS A SPEEDY RECOVERY.  HE WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS ON THE '93 PHILLIES TEAM.  IT WAS FUN WATCHING THE "BROAD STREET BELLIES" PLAY THAT SEASON. THE TEAM FELL SHORT OF WINNING THE PENNANT TO THE BLUE JAYS.  DUTCH WON A WORLD SERIES RING WITH THE FLORIDA MARLINS IN 1997.

ABOVE IS A CARD SIGNED BY DUTCH.  HE MADE AN APPEARANCE @ THE 2012 YORK SPORTS NIGHT PROGRAM.  HE DOES A PROGRAM CALLED, " TALKING BASEBALL WITH DUTCH" ON THE FAN OUT OF PHILLY!!!

ORIOLES OF NATE MCLOUTH  APPEARED AT MODELL'S SPORTING GOODS STORE IN BALTIMORE, MD TODAY.  THIS WAS PART OF THE ORIOLES VOTE ORANGE RALLY.  THIS EVENT IS TO SPUR VOTING ORIOLES INTO THE ALL STAR GAME.
I MET NATE LAST YEAR AT THE BALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE CENTER.  HE GRACIOUSLY SIGNED PHOTO CARDS AND THE PET CALENDER.

 ABOVE  A SIGNED PHOTO CARD BY NATE

NASCAR HALL OF FAMER BOBBY ALLISON WAS IN CARLISLE THIS WEEKEND.  IN 2000, YORK SPORTS NIGHT HOSTED BOBBY.  ALLISON HAS 84 NASCAR WINS INCLUDING THE 1988 DAYTONA 500.  HE WAS INDUCTED IN 2011 TO THE HALL OF FAME.  

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO CARD OF THE NASCAR LEGEND!!

2ND ANNUAL LESEAN MCCOY SOFTBALL GAME WAS HELD TONIGHT IN LANCASTER, PA.  A MUCH SMALLER CROWD ATTENDED THIS YEAR'S GAME.  I WOULD IMAGINE WITH THE INCREASED TICKET PRICES/NO SHOWS OF ADVERTISED TALENT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE DECLINING ATTENDANCE.  MOREOVER,  A FIGHT BROKE OUT IN THE CROWD AND STOPPED PLAY!!!

 ABOVE AUTOGRAPHS:
BRENT CELEK:  A CARD
DEVON STILL:  TICKET STUB
DION LEWIS:  3X5 CARD
DREW ROSENHAUS:  3X5 CARD
LESEAN MCCOY:  A CARD & 3X5 CARD
CHRIS "HANDLES" FRANKLIN (HARLEM GLOBETROTTER):  3X5 CARD
KEVIN OGLETREE:  3X5 CARD
JASON AVANT:  3X5 CARD
JAMAR CHANEY:  3X5 CARD

 ON ABOVE 8X10 PHOTO:
 BRANDON GRAHAM (IN BLUE SHARPIE)
KENNY JACKSON
TRE THOMAS
TREMIAH TROTTER
(FROM A PREVIOUS EAGLES ALUMNI FANFEST EVENT)

BRETT TOMKO AND MARK TEAHEN WITH THE YORK REVOLUTION.  I DID SOME AUTOGRAPHING BEFORE THE YORK REVS GAME TONIGHT.  ALSO, TODAY IS ANDY ETCHEBARREN'S 70TH BIRTHDAY.  MARK IS A FORMER ROYAL WHO SIGNED WITH THE REVS THIS WEEK.  ANDY MARTE REFUSED TO SIGN AGAIN.

 YORK REVOLUTION AUTOGRAPHS ABOVE:
ANDY ETCHEBARREN:  TICKET STUB  (INSCRIBED W/ BACK TO BACK CHAMPS)
MARK TEAHEN:   TICKET STUB
BRETT TOMKO:  A CARD
STEPHEN PENNEY:  3X5 CARD
JAMES SHANKS:  3X5 CARD
CARL TROUT:  3X5 CARD
WILSON BATISTA:  3X5 CARD

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH ANDY ETCHEBARREN, LINDSEY, AND MYSELF.  THE REVS GAVE AWAY THE T-SHIRT (I AM WEARING) TO THE 1ST 1000 FANS!!

UPCOMING EVENTS:


JUNE 20:  SOUTHERN MARYLAND BLUE CRABS AT YORK REVOLUTION

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

JULY 6:  JEFF SHAARA BOOK SIGNING IN GETTYSBURG, 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

SEPTEMBER 12:  JAMIE MOYER BOOK SIGNING IN BALTIMORE, MD

(SCHEDULE IS TENTATIVE)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY WITH TIM RUSSERT.  IN 2007, I ATTENDED A BOOK SIGNING IN BETHESDA, MD WITH TIM. HE SIGNED A COPY OF BIG RUSS AND ME.  A GREAT BOOK FOR FATHER'S DAY.

 

NASCAR WORLD TRUCK SERIES DRIVER TODD PECK MADE AN APPEARANCE AT A LOCAL GROCERY STORE.  A NASCAR TRUCK SIMULATOR WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE STORE.  HE SIGNED TWO PHOTO CARDS AND TOOK A PICTURE WITH MY DAUGHTER AND I.

RAY LEWIS CELEBRITY BOWLING EVENT.  I ATTENDED THIS EVENT COURTESY OF WBAL-AM.  THE FREE FOOD WAS NICE, HOWEVER THE OVERALL TALENT WAS LACKING.  RAY WAS HERE ALONG WITH GARY SHEFFIELD.  NOT ALOT OF STAR APPEAL. I DID SEE FORMER BULL CRAIG HODGES.  HE WAS A GREAT THREE POINT SHOOTER ON THE 91/92 WORLD CHAMPION BULLS.  A REAL NICE GUY CHATTING SOME BASKETBALL.   OTHERWISE A RATHER UNEVENTFUL NIGHT.  I WOULD HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED IF I HAD PAID FOR THIS EVENT.  A MINIMUM OF $150, $200, AND $2000 TO BE PART OF THE EVENT.  

 CRAIG HODGES:  3X5 CARD
 TREY PORTER (A HS PHENOM IN BASKETBALL POTOMAC): 3X5 CARD
 JAY ROKEACH(VOICE OF THE CANES):  3X5 CARD
 BELOW IS A PICTURE W/ CRAIG HODGES AND I......

ORIOLES P CHRIS TILLMAN AT THE ORIOLES STORE IN YORK, PA.  CHRIS MADE A LUNCHTIME APPEARANCE AT THE OFFICIAL ORIOLES STORE HERE IN YORK, PA.  I HAD A CHANCE LAST SEPTEMBER TO MEET CHRIS @ BARC.  THIS WAS A SIGNING FOR THE O'S PET CALENDER @ THE BALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE CENTER!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO CARD SIGNED BY TILLMAN......

RAVENS FB VONTA LEACH IS RELEASED BY THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPS. ANOTHER VETERAN IS CUT DUE TO HIS SALARY.  I WILL MISS SEEING VONTA LAY SOME SMACK ON DEFENSIVE PLAYERS.  NOTABLY CASEY HAMPTON LAST SEASON IN BMORE. 

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO OF VONTA FROM THE FALL OF 2011.  HE APPEARED AT THE VERIZON STORE IN BMORE.

ORIOLES ALUMNI NIGHT AT CAMDEN YARDS.  A CONSTANT RAIN PERSISTED AT THE YARD TONIGHT.  MIKE TROUT, JOSH HAMILTON, AND ADAM JONES HIT HOME RUNS IN THE GAME.  AS FAR AS AUTOGRAPHS GO IT WAS A TOUGH NIGHT.  THE RAIN WAS CONSTANT THROUGHOUT PREGAME.   A FEW ANGELS SIGNED BUT NOT FOR AN EXTENDED TIME.   I DID GET THE ORIOLES ALUMNI.

 ORIOLES ALUMNI WITH A YORK REVOLUTION CONNECTION:
ANDY ETCHEBARREN:  INSCRIPTED WORLD SERIES CHAMP 66 & 70/FORMER REVS COACH........
AL BUMBRY:   INSCRIPTED WITH ROOKIE OF YEAR '73
JOHN HALAMA:  CURRENT PITCHING COACH OF YORK REVOLUTION
JEFF FIORENTINO: CURRENT PLAYER FOR YORK REVOLUTION

UPCOMING EVENTS:



JUNE 10:  L.A. ANGELS AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES

JUNE 14:  RAY LEWIS CELEBRITY BOWLING EVENT IN BALTIMORE, MD

JUNE 20:  SOUTHERN MARYLAND BLUE CRABS AT YORK REVOLUTION

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)

GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE'S MEMOIR IS BEING RELEASED WITH A BOOK TOUR.  A BOOK SIGNING IS A GREAT WAY TO MEET A CELEBRITY.  GEORGE PERFORMED SEVERAL DECADES WITH THE WWWF/WWF.  I REMEMBER SEEING HIM WRESTLE THEN WWF CHAMP BOB BACKLUND AT YORK SUBURBAN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1983.

 ABOVE IS A CARD SIGNED BY "THE ANIMAL"  HE MADE AN APPEARANCE AT A DEPARTMENT STORE GRAND OPENING IN THE 90'S......

RALPH NADER'S NEW BOOK: TOLD YOU SO: THE BIG BOOK OF WEEKLY COLUMNS.  RALPH ALREADY HAS HAD A SIGNING IN DC AND NYC.   IN 2003, F & M COLLEGE HOSTED A DEBATE "RENEWING CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?"  AFTER THE LECTURE, RALPH SIGNED THE PROGRAM BELOW.   RALPH PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE 2000 ELECTION.

A FUTURE BLOG WILL BE FEATURING GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE AND HIS UPCOMING MEMOIR.

RAMON CASTRO CATCHER OF THE LONG ISLAND MIGHTY DUCKS.  ON THE 3RD TRY I GOT RAMON TO SIGN A CARD @ SOVEREIGN BANK STADIUM.  THE FORMER MARLIN, MET, AND WHITE SOX DID NOT CATCH TONIGHT. 

LONG ISLAND MIGHTY DUCK AUTOGRAPHS:
RAMON CASTRO:  A CARD
STEVE FOUCAULT:  GAME TICKET
BEN BROUSSARD:   GAME TICKET
ADAM BAILEY:       GAME TICKET

BALTIMORE RAVENS/LARDARIUS WEBB CHARITY SOFTBALL GAME.  THE 4TH ANNUAL GAME WAS HELD @ RIPKEN STADIUM IN ABERDEEN, MD.  A SELL OUT WELCOMED THE SUPER BOWL 47 CHAMPIONS ON A SULTRY DAY.  IT WAS A FIELD DAY FOR AUTOGRAPHS.   THIS EVENT IS ALWAYS FAN FRIENDLY AND BENEFITS WEBB'S FOUNDATION. 

 COURTNEY UPSHAW: A CARD
BOBBY RAINEY:  A CARD
MATT ELAM:  A CARD
JOSH BYNES: DVD
ARTHUR BROWN:  DVD
BRANDON WILLIAMS:  DVD
ED DICKSON:  DVD COVER
TYROD TAYLOR:  DVD COVER
PERNELL MCPHEE:  DVD COVER
JUSTIN TUCKER:  DVD COVER
ASA JACKSON:  DVD COVER
LARDARIUS WEBB:  DVD COVER
ANTHONY ALLEN :  DVD COVER
RAMON HAREWOOD:  DVD COVER
BRYAN HALL:  DVD COVER
LAQUAN WILLIAMS:  DVD COVER

RAVENS ON PLATE:

CHRISTIAN THOMPSON

MORGAN COX

ANTHONY LEVINE

SPENCER ADKINS

DEANGELO TYSON

MARC ANTHONY

SAM KOCH

GINO GRADKOWSKI

JACK CORNELL

KAPRON LEWIS-MOORE

MO LEE

JIMMY SMITH

ROGER GAINES

DT BRANDON WILLIAMS W/ DAUGHTER

A VIEW FROM SECTION 125

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES @ ROCKVALE OUTLETS LANCASTER, PA

TODAY I ATTENDED THE ANNUAL EAGLES FANFEST AT THE EAGLES SHOP AT ROCKVALE OUTLETS.  SEVERAL HUNDRED FANS ATTENDED THE EVENT DESPITE THE 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES.  THE WEATHER WAS CERTAINLY NOT FOOTBALL WEATHER, HOWEVER I ENJOYED THE HEAT.  NEWS COVERAGE INCLUDED FOX WPMT (EAGLES AFFILIATE) AND WSOX-FM ( RADIO AFFILIATE).

 MYCHAL KENDRICKS: A CARD AND PHOTO
JEREMY MACLIN:          A  CARD AND PHOTO
DEMECO RYANS            A  CARD AND PHOTO
ON THE 8X10 PHOTO FROM LAST YEAR'S FANFEST:  CULLEN JENKINS, VINNY CURRY & RILEY COOPER.

 ABOVE:   LB MYCHAL KENDRICKS AND I

 ABOVE:  LB DEMECO RYANS AND I

ABOVE:  EAGLE WR JEREMY MACLIN