MATT BIRK BOOK SIGNING @ GREETINGS AND READINGS!!!

TONIGHT, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED A BOOK SIGNING WITH FORMER RAVEN MATT BIRK.  THIS WAS FOR HIS NEW BOOK, ENTITLED "ALL PRO WISDOM": THE 7 CHOICES THAT LEAD TO GREATNESS!  APPROXIMATELY 200 FANS TURNED OUT FOR MATT'S ONLY SIGNING IN MARYLAND!  THE FUTURE HALL OF FAMER WAS ALWAYS ELUSIVE FOR ME AND MY COLLECTION!  TONIGHT, I FINALLY SECURED THE HARVARD GRAD'S AUTOGRAPH!

 ABOVE IS THE TITLE PAGE SIGNED BY MATT!  I HAD HIM INSCRIBE SUPER BOWL 47 CHAMPIONS!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED CAR MAGNET BY MATT!!

ABOVE IS THE COVER OF HIS BOOK.  1ST EDITION SIGNED BY MATT!!!

ABOVE IS AN EVENT FLIER FOR THE EVENT!!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH MATT  & FAMILY!  MATT WAS GRACIOUS WITH EVERY ATTENDEE CAUSING THE LINE TO MOVE SLOWLY, HOWEVER IT WAS WORTH MEETING MATT!!!

VARIOUS POLITICAL AUTOGRAPHS FOUND IN MY HOME!!!

WHILE MOVING ITEMS OUT OF ONE HOUSE TO ANOTHER, I FOUND SOME POLITICAL AUTOGRAPHS I FORGOT I HAD IN MY COLLECTION!  THE ITEMS CROSS POLITICAL LINES AND VEER OFF FROM THE TYPICAL SPORTS POSTED ON MY BLOG!  I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS!!

 ABOVE IN PHOTO:
JENNA BUSH:  A SIGNED CAMPAIGN TICKET (A FORMER 1ST OF DAUGHTER) THIS WAS FROM A LOCAL CAMPAIGN STOP!
THE 38TH PRESIDENT GERALD FORD:  INDEX CARD

ABOVE IN PHOTO:
AL GORE:  SIGNED CAMPAIGN STICKER
BOB CASEY:  SIGNED CAMPAIGN STICKER
DICK RILEY:  SIGNED PROGRAM FROM A LECTURE.(FORMER SEC. OF EDUCATION UNDER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON)
BILL SCRANTON:  SIGNED CAMPAIGN CARD.  BILL WAS A CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF PA IN 2006!! A FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA!

UPCOMING EVENTS PAGE!!!

UPCOMING EVENTS SCHEDULE:


APRIL 12, 2014:  WTTR-AM BIRDS ARE BACK RALLY (PLAYERS TO BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE), WESTMINSTER, MD

APRIL 25, 2014:  KANSAS CITY ROYALS @ BALTIMORE ORIOLES 

APRIL 30, 2014:  NASCAR NIGHT FEATURING KASEY KAHNE & JAMIE MCMURRAY @ SANTANDER STADIUM

MAY 9, 2014:  OLYMPIAN CULLEN JONES @ SANTANDER STADIUM

JULY 3, 2014:  WWE HALL OF FAMER SGT. SLAUGHTER @ SANTANDER STADIUM

AUGUST 6, 2014:  OLYMPIAN JENNIE FINCH @ SANTANDER STADIUM

SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.......

RAY RICE IN THE NEWS FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS............

THIS PAST WEEKEND, RAY RICE GOT ARRESTED IN ATLANTIC CITY, NJ FOR ALLEGED SIMPLE ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST HIS FIANCE!  AFTER A DISAPPOINTING 2013 SEASON, THIS NEWS FURTHER COMPOUNDS HIS PROBLEMS HEADING INTO THE 2014 SEASON.  CONSIDERING HIS "HIGH CAP NUMBER" ENTERING HIS 7TH SEASON, YOU WONDER WHAT THE RAVEN'S WILL DO WITH RAY?  FOR ALL HIS CHARITY WORK IN THE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY, THIS INCIDENT COULD TARNISH HIS IMAGE!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 2008 ROOKIE CARD OF RAY RICE.  NOTICE HIS JERSEY NUMBER ON THE CARD IS #39!  IN 2010,  THIS CARD WAS SIGNED AT A COMMUNITY EVENT AT BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR!!
 

BUCK SHOWALTER & THE ORIOLES OPEN 2014 SPRING TRAINING!!!!

WITH ALL THE WINTER WEATHER PLAYING HAVOC IN PENNSYLVANIA, 2014 SPRING TRAINING HAS STARTED FOR M.L.B CLUBS.  THE ORIOLES OPENED THEIR CAMP IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA ON FRIDAY WITH PITCHERS & CATCHERS.  THE GREEN GRASS, SUN, AND PALM TREES LOOK VERY INVITING!  ALSO, IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE ORIOLES PLAY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THEIR SKIPPER, BUCK SHOWALTER!  NOT ALOT OF MOVES WERE MADE IN FREE AGENCY FOR THE BIRDS!  HOWEVER, IT IS SPRING TRAINING AND ALL 30 M.L.B. TEAMS ARE OPTIMISTIC!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED OFFICIAL M.L.B. BASEBALL SIGNED BY BUCK SHOWALTER!  HE SIGNED THE BALL @ 2012 ORIOLES FANFEST!!

JOHN WALSH (AMERICA'S MOST WANTED HOST) SPEAKS @ YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA!!!

A FULL HOUSE JAMMED INTO THE WALDNER PERFOMING ARTS CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF YORK COLLEGE OF PENNYSLVANIA.  THIS YEAR'S SPEAKER WAS THE HOST OF AMERICA'S MOST WANTED, JOHN WALSH!  A TELLING STORY REGARDING JOHN'S SON ADAM AND THE GREAT LENGTHS HE WENT THROUGH FOR THE SEARCH!!  A VERY POIGNANT TALE OF ADAM AND MAKES YOU CHERISH YOUR CHILDREN & THE MOMENTS YOU SPEND WITH THEM!!  AFTER THE LECTURE, JOHN STAYED TO SIGN HIS BOOK.  I RECEIVED 2 EVENT PROGRAM CARDS SIGNED BY JOHN!  ALSO, I GOT A PICTURE WITH JOHN!!  A GREAT NIGHT FOR A "FREE LECTURE" @ YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA!!!

 ABOVE ARE THE PROGRAM CARDS FROM THE LECTURE.  JOHN INSCRIBED BOTH CARD TO ME.  ON 1 CARD HE WROTE "GOD BLESS" & 2ND CARD HE WROTE THANKS FOR YOUR WORK!!  I WORK IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE FIELD!!

A PHOTO WITH JOHN!  HE CAME AROUND THE TABLE TO TAKE PICTURE!  HE THANKED ME FOR WORKING IN THE C.J. FIELD!!  ALL THE OTHER PIX WERE "LEAN IN'S" FOR THE PATRONS!!

50th ANNUAL YORK PA, SPORTS NIGHT!!!!!

A SPARSE CROWD ATTENDED THIS YEAR'S 50TH ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT.  THE EVENT WAS HELD AT HERITAGE HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER IN YORK, PA.  FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMER CHARLIE SANDERS WAS A NO SHOW.  HE WAS STUCK IN MICHIGAN WITH SNOW AND HIS FLIGHT COULD NOT TAKE OFF!!  THIS YEAR'S LINEUP INCLUDED:  ARIZONA CARDINAL HEAD COACH BRUCE ARIANS, YORK REVOLUTION MANAGER MARK MASON, PENN STATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS KYLE BAUBLITZ & MATT LEHMAN, BALTIMORE RAVEN A.Q. SHIPLEY, FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER JAY JOHNSTONE, MARYLAND FOOTBALL HEAD COACH RANDY EDSALL, N.F.L. HALL OF FAMER CHARLEY TAYLOR, AND M.L.B HALL OF FAMER JIM BUNNING!  A TICKET ALLOWED YOU 1 AUTOGRAPH FROM EACH CELEBRITY!  ALL THE CELEBRITIES SEEMED TO ENJOY ATTTENDING, HOWEVER JIM BUNNING SEEMED LESS THAN THRILLED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE!!  

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM COVER BY:  JAY JOHNSTONE & MATT LEHMAN (PENN STATE TIGHT END)
ABOVE ARE SIGNED CARDS BY:  JIM BUNNING (INSCRIBED HOF 96)
                                                              CHARLEY TAYLOR (INSCRIBED HOF 84)

 ABOVE IS A PROGRAM PAGE SIGNED BY A.Q. SHIPLEY & KYLE BAUBLITZ

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE BY RANDY EDSALL......

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE FROM BRUCE ARIANS!!!  I WANTED HIM TO SIGN AN 8X10 PHOTO, BUT THEY SOLD OUT OF HIS PHOTOS!!

 ABOVE IS SENATOR BUNNING!!  HE WAS READY TO HIT THE EXIT AND CATCH HIS FLIGHT OUT OF BALTIMORE!!!!

 ABOVE IS COACH EDSALL!!!!

 ABOVE IS A.Q. SHIPLEY AND I!!!!!!

 ABOVE IS N.F.L. HALL OF FAMER CHARLEY TAYLOR AND I!!!!!!!

ABOVE IS COACH ARIANS!!!!!!!!

UPCOMING EVENTS PAGE!!!!

UPCOMING EVENTS PAGE:

FEB. 6TH, 2014:  50TH ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT FEATURING:
 H.O.F BASEBALL PLAYER & FORMER U.S SENATOR:  JIM BUNNING
 H.O.F. FOOTBALL PLAYERS:  CHARLEY TAYLOR & CHARLIE SANDERS
 MARYLAND FOOTBALL HEAD COACH:  RANDY EDSALL
 ARIZONA CARDINALS HEAD COACH:  BRUCE ARIANS
 BALTIMORE RAVEN A.Q. SHIPLEY (OFFENSIVE GUARD)

FEB. 11TH, 2014:  JOHN WALSH LECTURE @ THE WALDNER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA


FEB. 20, 2014:  HERMAN EDWARDS LECTURE @ SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY

APRIL 12, 2014:  WTTR-AM BIRDS ARE BACK RALLY (PLAYERS TO BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE), WESTMINSTER, MD

APRIL 25, 2014:  KANSAS CITY ROYALS @ BALTIMORE ORIOLES 

APRIL 30, 2014:  NASCAR NIGHT FEATURING KASEY KAHNE & JAMIE MCMURRAY @ SANTANDER STADIUM

MAY 9, 2014:  OLYMPIAN CULLEN JONES @ SANTANDER STADIUM

AUGUST 6, 2014:  OLYMPIAN JENNIE FINCH @ SANTANDER STADIUM

SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.......

2014 ORIOLES FANFEST @ THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION CENTER!!!!

THIS YEAR'S VERSION OF ORIOLES FANFEST DREW OVER 15,000 FANS TO THE DOWNTOWN CONVENTION CENTER!  THIS IS THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW THAT IT WAS A "FEEDING FRENZY" TRYING TO OBTAIN SIGNATURES!  THE PRICE OF 2 WINNING SEASONS PULL FANS INTO BIRDLAND!  BELOW IS WHO I RECEIVED FROM THE 2014 ORIOLES FANFEST:

 ABOVE ARE PHOTO CARD SIGNED BY:
TIM BERRY
STEVE CLEVENGER
JOE ORSULAK
GARY THORNE:  INDEX CARD
DAN DUQUETTE:  BASEBALL SIGNING CARD
WAYNE KIRBY:  A BASEBALL CARD

 BILL HUNTER SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS.  HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL 1954 ORIOLE TEAM.  85 YEARS YOUNG AND STILL HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR!!

 MANNY MACHADO SIGNING MY 8X10 PHOTO.!!!!

 ONE OF THE VOICES OF THE O'S GARY THORNE & I!!!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED BATTING HELMET BY THE FOLLOWING ORIOLES:
CALVIN MADURO
RYAN WEBB
DYLAN BUNDY
NATE SNELL
BILL HUNTER
T.J. MCFARLAND
ZACH BRITTON
DOM CHITI
JIM HUNTER

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO OF MANNY MACHADO!  THIS WAS TAKEN WHEN HE WAS PLAYING FOR THE SALISBURY SHOREBIRDS...  THIS IS THE LOW A MINOR LEAGUE TEAM OF THE ORIOLES!!

ABOVE IS THE 1983 CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE ORIOLES!!  THIS WAS ON DISPLAY COURTESY OF THE BABE RUTH MUSEUM!!  IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN OVER 30 YEARS SINCE THE O'S LAST CHAMPIONSHIP!!!