25th ANNUAL HANOVER, PA ROTARY SPORTS NIGHT!!!!

LAST NIGHT, MY BROTHER IN LAW AND I ATTENDED THIS EVENT AT THE SAVES SOCIAL HALL IN MCSHERRYSTOWN, PA.  AN ESTIMATED CROWD OF 380 FANS ATTENDED THIS YEAR'S 25TH ANNUAL EVENT!  SCHEDULED GUESTS INCLUDED JAMAL LEWIS(RAVEN SUPER BOWL XXXV CHAMP), ROY HILTON(BALTIMORE COLT SUPER BOWL V CHAMP), AND ERICA WALSH(PENN STATE WOMEN SOCCER COACH).  JAMAL COULD NOT MAKE THIS EVENT.  HIS PLANE WAS STRANDED IN ATLANTA, GA BECAUSE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER IN THE SOUTH!  IN HIS PLACE, TEAMMATE MATT STOVER MADE A VISIT.  NEEDLESS TO SAY, MATT KICKED IT THROUGH THE UPRIGHTS.  HE GAVE A GREAT SPEECH AND WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO TALK/SIGN AUTOGRAPHS/SHOW OFF HIS SUPER BOWL RING!!

 ABOVE IS SIGNED 8X10 BY MATT STOVER (ALSO SPENCER FOLAU, MICHAEL MCCRARY, AND DUANE STARKS ARE ON PHOTO; FROM ANOTHER EVENT)
                                    ROY HILTON:  2 CARDS SIGNED

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE FROM $MATT STOVER!!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM COVER FROM ROY HILTON & ERICA WALSH

 $ MATT STOVER AND I!!

ROY HILTON AND I!!!  AS A SIDE NOTE, I COULD NOT HELP NOTICE, ROY HAD A HARD TIME SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS.  HIS HAND SHOOK THE WHOLE TIME HE SIGNED MY ITEMS!  I WONDER IF ANY OF THIS IS FOOTBALL RELATED, CONSIDERING HE PLAYED IN THE 1960-70S?!

BRADY ANDERSON RECENTLY CELEBRATED HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY!!!!

WITH THE ONSLAUGHT OF WINTER WEATHER IN PENNSYLVANIA, I CONTINUE TO THINK OF WARM WEATHER AND SPRING TRAINING!!  BRADY ANDERSON CELEBRATED HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK.  IN 1996, HE HIT A CAREER HIGH 50 HOME RUNS!!  BRADY CURRENTLY IS THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES!!  MY FAVORITE ORIOLE DURING THE 90'S!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO CARD.  BRADY SIGNED THIS CARD @ THE 2012 ORIOLES FANFEST!!  THE 2014 VERSION OF ORIOLES FANFEST IS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1ST!!

JOE ANGEL & FRED MANFRA ARE BACK ON THE ORIOLES RADIO NETWORK!!

WBAL-AM (THE FLAGSHIP STATION) HAS SIGNED A 2 YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION TO AIR BALTIMORE ORIOLES BASEBALL.  THE VOICES OF THE ORIOLES JOE ANGEL & FRED MANFRA WILL BE BACK FOR THE 45TH YEAR OF RADIO BROADCAST ON WBAL-AM.  THIS SEASON WILL BE THE 60TH SEASON OF ORIOLES BASEBALL.  I STILL ENJOY LISTENING TO O'S BASEBALL ON THE RADIO!  WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY, I WONDER HOW MANY FANS STILL ENJOY LISTENING TO BASEBALL ON THE RADIO?!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED ORIOLES FAN FEST PAMPHLET SIGNED BY JOE ANGEL IN 2013!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED TICKET STUB BY FRED MANFRA!!  HE SIGNED THIS TICKET AFTER THE GAME THIS PAST JULY 2013!!

JIM CALDWELL NAMED HEAD COACH OF THE DETROIT LIONS....

TODAY, JIM CALDWELL WAS NAMED THE 26TH HEAD COACH OF THE DETROIT LIONS.  JIM LEAVES BALTIMORE AFTER 2 SEASONS WITH A SUPER BOWL RING AS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR.  IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT JIM CAN DO WITH SOME OF THE TALENT IN DETROIT.

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED INDEX CARD BY JIM CALDWELL.  HE SIGNED THIS CARD BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 10, 2013 GAME IN BALTIMORE!

FORMER BUFFALO BILL WIDE RECEIVER ANDRE REED IS ONE OF THE FINAL 15 FINALIST FOR PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME!!

ANDRE REED IS A FINALIST FOR THE 2014 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.  THE KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY ALUM WAS A STANDOUT ON THE 4X BUFFALO BILL SUPER BOWL TEAMS IN THE EARLY 90'S.  ANDRE'S CAREER SPANNED FROM 1985-2000.  HE FINISHED IN WASHINGTON WITH 951 RECEPTIONS.  THESE NUMBERS MAY PALE IN COMPARISON TO TODAY'S PASS HAPPY NFL.

ABOVE 2 CARDS SIGNED BY ANDRE REED!!! ANDRE WILL BE PART OF THE 2014 HALL OF FAME CLASS.  THIS WAS ANNOUNCED OVER SUPER BOWL WEEKEND!  CONGRATULATIONS TO ANDRE ON THIS FEAT....

 ABOVE IS A PICTURE WITH ANDRE REED!  HE MADE A FREE APPEARANCE ON BEHALF OF THE HARRISBURG STAMPEDE.  HE PLAYED WITH THE HEAD COACH OF THE STAMPEDE.  THIS IS AN INDOOR FOOTBALL TEAM, THEY PLAY IN THE SPRING!!

BURBANK SPORTS CARDS FOR UPCOMING SIGNING EVENTS....

I PURCHASED A FEW CARDS FOR MY UPCOMING SPORT NIGHT EVENTS LATER THIS WINTER.  I PLANNED TO GET THESE CARDS AUTOGRAPHED ALONG WITH SOME OTHER ITEMS LATER THIS MONTH!

 ROY HILTON, JAMAL LEWIS, CHARLEY TAYLOR, MATT STOVER, CHARLIE SANDERS, & JIM BUNNING...

ORIOLES G.M. DAN DUQUETTE & 2014 SPRING TRAINING

WITH FRIGID WEATHER BLANKETING THE NORTHEAST,  I AM ALREADY THINKING OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.  THE WARM WEATHER, LONG SUNNY DAYS, AND THE FRESHLY CUT GREEN GRASS CONJURE UP FOND MEMORIES!
AT THE 2012 ORIOLES FANFEST, I MET ORIOLES GENERAL MANAGER: DAN DUQUETTE.  CONSIDERING THE PURSE STRINGS ARE OPERATED BY THE OWNER PETER ANGELOS, I DO NOT EXPECT THE O'S TO TAKE OVER THE A.L. EAST.  BUT NONETHELESS, PITCHERS & CATCHERS REPORT TO SPRING TRAINING IN 40 DAYS

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED ORIOLES HELMET BY DAN DUQUETTE!!

 O'S GM DAN DUQUETTE W/ THE FAM....