CAMDEN RIVERSHARKS SWIM INTO SOVEREIGN BANK STADIUM......

I DID SOME AUTOGRAPHING BEFORE THE GAME BETWEEN CAMDEN AND YORK.  ANOTHER SPARSE CROWD, HOWEVER IT MADE FOR EASY AUTOGRAPHING.  BELOW IS WHO I GOT:

 JUAN RINCON:  A CARD
RON KARKOVICE:  A CARD
ARMANDO GABINO:  A CARD
DELWYN YOUNG:  A CARD

ZACK SEGOVIA:  TICKET
BURT REYNOLDS:  TICKET
YASSER GOMEZ:  TICKET
JUAN MARTINEZ:  TICKET
RAUL PADRON:  TICKET
ANTHONY SLAMA:  TICKET
RON KARKOVICE:  TICKET
BILLY RICE:  TICKET
BRETT BONEVECHIO:  TICKET
D'ANGELO JIMENEZ:  TICKET

SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER SIGNED BASEBALL......

I WAS GOING THROUGH MY COLLECTION OF STUFF LAST WEEK.  WHEN I RAN ACROSS A SIGNED BASEBALL FROM FORMER PA U.S. SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER.  SPECTER PASSED AWAY IN OCTOBER 2012.  HE REPRESENTED THE COMMONWEALTH FROM 1981-2011.  THE SIGNATURE WAS OBTAINED FROM A CAMPAIGN SWING IN 2006....

ABOVE: A PHOTO FROM OUR LOCAL PAPER.  SENATOR W/ MY OLDEST DAUGHTER AT THE TIME....

SUGAR LAND SKEETERS INVADE THE VAULT.....

LAST NIGHT, WAS COMMUNITY COURIER NIGHT AT THE VAULT.  THE PROMOTION WAS CHRISTMAS IN JULY.  I DID SOME AUTOGRAPHING FROM THE SKEETERS BEFORE THE START OF THE GAME.  NO ROGER CLEMENS AT THE GAME.  BELOW IS WHO I GOT:

 ROY CORCORAN:  3X5 CARD
JAY MARSHALL:  3X5 CARD
GARY MAJEWSKI: TICKET STUB

 OLD SAINT NICK W/ THE GIRLS...........

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOB DOLE.  TODAY, THE FORMER MAJORITY LEADER TURNS 90 YEARS OLD.  IN 2005, DOLE RELEASED HIS MEMOIR, ONE'S SOLDIERS STORY.  A GREAT READ ABOUT HIS LYING ON A HILL IN ITALY, AFTER BEING SHOT IN WWII.  BELOW, I OBTAINED HIS MEMOIR AT BORDER'S IN TYSON'S CORNER, VIRGINIA.  THE 1996 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE AND 1976 VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.....

UPCOMING EVENTS:



JULY 25TH:  SUGAR LAND SKEETERS AT YORK REVOLUTION

JULY 29TH  CAMDEN RIVERSHARKS AT YORK REVOLUTION

AUGUST 1ST:  HOUSTON ASTROS AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES


AUGUST 16/17:  BALTIMORE FOOTBALL FESTIVAL IN WESTMINSTER, MD

AUGUST 21:  SOMERSET PATRIOTS AT YORK REVOLUTION

AUGUST 31:  WASHINGTON REDSKINS FOOTBALL FESTIVAL IN LAUREL, MD

SEPTEMBER 8:  CHICAGO WHITE SOX AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES

SEPTEMBER 12:  JAMIE MOYER BOOK SIGNING IN BALTIMORE, MD

SEPTEMBER 25TH:  JOE EHRMANN LECTURE AT YORK COLLEGE

OAKLAND A'S OF YEONIS CESPEDES WIN THE HOME RUN HITTING CONTEST

LAST NIGHT, YEONIS CESPEDES WON THE HOME RUN HITTING CONTEST.  HE PUT ON QUITE THE SHOW.  HITTING SOME MOON SHOTS AS HE BEAT BRYCE HARPER IN THE FINAL ROUND.  IN APRIL 2012, YEONIS SIGNED A MINI HELMET BEFORE A GAME @ CAMDEN YARDS.  HE WAS WARMING UP ALONG THE 3RD BASE SIDE AND AFTER WARMUPS CAME OVER.  HE SET UP AN A'S FOLDING CHAIR AND SIGNED FOR THE FANS .

WILLIE UPSHAW MANAGER OF THE BRIDGEPORT BLUEFISH

I HAD A FREE TICKET TO TONIGHT'S REVOLUTION GAME.  IT WAS A HOT, SULTRY EVENING AT THE VAULT.  THE ONLY PERSON I WAS INTERESTED IN OBTAINING WAS THE CURRENT MANAGER OF BRIDGEPORT, WILLIE UPSHAW.  A LONGTIME TORONTO BLUE JAY 1ST BASEMAN.......

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED MINI HELMET WITH WILLIE UPSHAW.   SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS HELMET THAT WAS USED FOR ICE CREAM BACK IN THE 70/80'S.  GREAT MEMORIES!!!!

TORONTO BLUE JAYS AT CAMDEN YARDS

OVER 46,000 FANS ATTENDED TODAY'S  4PM GAME IN BALTIMORE.  IT WAS A TYPICAL HOT, HUMID DAY IN B-MORE.  MY FRIEND AND I WATCHED THE GAME FROM VARIOUS POINTS AROUND THE YARD.  THE BLUE JAYS WON 7-3.  CHRIS DAVIS AND ADAM JONES EACH HAD A HOME RUN.

WE DID AUTOGRAPHING AFTER THE GAME.  IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.  BEFORE THE GAME INSIDE, WE WERE SHUT OUT WITH AUTOGRAPHS.  BELOW IS WHO I GOT:

 ABOVE ON A TORONTO BLUE JAYS LOGO SHEET:
BRETT CECIL
PAT TABLER
DIRK HAYHURST
R. A. DICKEY
FRED MANFRA : ON TICKET STUB  ( THE VOICE OF THE O'S, WBAL-AM)

 BLUE JAYS ALL STAR P BRETT CECIL AND I

 BLUE JAYS P R.A. DICKEY SIGNING FOR THE FANS.....

 NATTY BOH WITH MY BUDDY, MARK AND I........NOTICE THE ADAM JONES JERSEY?  THE FIRST 20000 FANS RECEIVED THIS BEFORE THE GAME.  A NICE PROMO ITEM, FOR SURE!!!

ORIOLES P WEI-YIN CHEN MAKES HIS DEBUT FROM THE DISABLED LIST

TONIGHT, CHEN RETURNS FROM THE DISABLED LIST AND PITCHED 7 SOLID INNINGS IN HIS RETURN.  HE WILL BE A NEEDED ARM TO THE STARTING ROTATION.  GREAT TO SEE HIM BACK IN ACTION......

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED CALENDER PAGE FROM THE 2013 ORIOLES CALENDER.  THIS WAS OBTAINED IN SEPTEMBER 2012 AT BALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE CENTER!!  BTW THIS IS MY 60TH POST.  THANKS FOR ALL THE "VIEWS" ON MY BLOG, TODD.....

TERESA HEINZ KERRY IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK.......

IN 2007, I ATTENDED A BOOK SIGNING WITH THEN SENATOR JOHN KERRY AND HIS WIFE TERESA HEINZ KERRY.  THIS EVENT WAS HELD @ FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA.  A LECTURE WAS FOLLOWED BY THE SIGNING.

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 1ST EDITION COPY OF "THIS MOMENT ON EARTH"

DAUGHTRY, 3 DOORS DOWN, HALESTORM & BAD SEED RISING AT THE PIER SIX PAVILLION IN BALTIMORE MD

ON JULY 6TH, MY WIFE AND I ATTENDED THIS CONCERT IN BALTIMORE, MD.  A BEAUTIFUL VENUE TO WATCH A SUMMER CONCERT!  WITH THE FACILITY BY THE WATER WAY OF INNER HARBOR & CITY SITE LINES, IT MAKES FOR A PICTURESQUE VIEW.

WE GOT THERE EARLY, SO I COULD DO SOME AUTOGRAPHING.  BELOW IS WHO I GOT......

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED POSTER FROM THE BAND:  BAD SEED RISING.  THEY ARE A BAND MADE UP OF 10/12 YEAR OLDS.  THE BAND SIGNED RECENTLY WITH ATLANTIC RECORDS.  THEY WERE @ THE SOUVENIR STAND!!!

 ABOVE: HALESTORM CD SIGNED BY JOSH SMITH & JOE HOTTINGER
                 CHRIS HENDERSON, 3DD ON TICKET
                 JUSTIN BILTONEN 3DD ON TICKET
                 ELVIO,  DAUGHTRY BAND ON TICKET
                 ROBIN DIAZ, DAUGHTRY BAND ON TICKET

 CHRIS HENDERSON FROM 3 DOORS DOWN AND I

 JOE HOTTINGER FROM HALESTORM AND I

ORIOLES PITCHERS JAKE ARRIETA AND PEDRO STROP ARE TRADED TO THE CHICAGO CUBS.

ORIOLES PITCHERS JAKE ARRIETA AND PEDRO STROP ARE TRADED  TO THE CHICAGO CUBS.  IN RETURN, THE O'S RECEIVE P SCOTT FELDMAN.  JAKE AND PEDRO NEVER QUITE LIVED UP TO EXPECTATIONS IN B-MORE.  HERE IS HOPING SCOTT CAN PROVIDE SOME SOLID STARTING PITCHING FOR A POSSIBLE PLAYOFF PUSH FOR THE O'S.

 ABOVE IS SIGNED PHOTO CARDS BY JAKE AND PEDRO.  JAKE SIGNED HIS CARD @ AN O'S FANFEST.  PEDRO SIGNED THE CARD @ A WTTR-AM RADIO EVENT.

UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS:



JULY 6:  DAUGHTRY, 3 DOORS DOWN, AND HALESTORM, BALTIMORE, MD



JULY 13: TORONTO BLUE JAYS AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES

JULY 15:  BRIDGEPORT BLUEFISH AT YORK REVOLUTION

AUGUST 1: HOUSTON ASTROS AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES

AUGUST 16/17:  BALTIMORE FOOTBALL FESTIVAL IN WESTMINSTER, MD

AUGUST 21:  SOMERSET PATRIOTS AT YORK REVOLUTION

AUGUST 31:  WASHINGTON REDSKINS FOOTBALL FESTIVAL IN LAUREL, MD

SEPTEMBER 8:  CHICAGO WHITE SOX AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES

SEPTEMBER 12:  JAMIE MOYER BOOK SIGNING IN BALTIMORE, MD

(SCHEDULE IS TENTATIVE)