OPENING DAY @ CAMDEN YARDS IN BALTIMORE!!!!

TODAY, SPRING IS ANEW WITH OPENING DAY IN BALTIMORE!  THE ORIOLES HOST DEFENDING WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS, THE BOSTON RED SOX!  AFTER A BRUTAL WINTER, BASEBALL BEGINS TODAY @ 3:05PM.  THE ORIOLES START CHRIS TILLMAN OPPOSED WITH JON LESTER.

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO CARD OF CHRIS TILLMAN!!

 ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH FROM BIG PAPI, DAVID ORTIZ ON A LICENSE PLATE.  I WAS ABLE TO GET HIS SIGNATURE LAST SEPTEMBER @ CAMDEN YARDS!!

UPCOMING EVENT SCHEDULE......

UPCOMING EVENTS:


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

APRIL 12, 2014:  WWE HALL OF FAMER JAKE "THE SNAKE" ROBERTS  YORK, PA

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

MAY 25, 2014:  CLEVELAND INDIANS VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES

JUNE 29, 2014:  TAMPA BAY RAYS VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES

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

JULY 11, 2014:  NEW YORK YANKEES VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES

AUGUST 1, 2014:  SEATTLE MARINERS VS BALTIMORE ORIOLES

AUGUST 6, 2014:  OLYMPIAN JENNIE FINCH @ SANTANDER STADIUM 


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

BOBBY ENGRAM IS BALTIMORE RAVEN'S NEW WIDE RECEIVER COACH!!!!!

FORMER PENN STATE ALL AMERICAN WIDE RECEIVER BOBBY ENGRAM IS THE NEW WIDE RECEIVER COACH FOR JOHN HARBAUGH.  AFTER FINISHING A 14 YEAR PLAYING CAREER, BOBBY JOINED THE RANKS OF COACHING WITH THE 49ERS AND PITT PANTHERS.  IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW HE WORKS WITH THE RECEIVING CORP IN B-MORE.  IN 1997, BOBBY MADE AN APPEARANCE @ THE 33RD ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT!  I HAD HIM SIGN HIS ROOKIE CARD AT THE EVENT!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED CARD BY BOBBY!!

INDY CAR LEGEND GARY BETTENHAUSEN DIES AT 72.....

IN 1993, INDY CAR DRIVER GARY BETTENHAUSEN APPEARED AT THE 29TH ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT.  GARY WAS INDUCTED IN THE SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME.  GARY NEVER WON THE FAMED INDY 500.  GARY'S APPEARANCE WAS OVERSHADOWED BY AN ALL STAR LINEUP @ YORK SPORTS NIGHT!  HALL OF FAMERS IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED:  BOBBY HULL, GEORGE KELL, AND PAUL HORNUNG.  MOREOVER, THE ORIOLES CARAVAN INCLUDED JOHNNY OATES, ROLAND HEMOND, AND ARTHUR RHODES.  ALSO, OLYMPIAN GOLD MEDAL WINNER SCOTT STRAUSBAUGH (YORK NATIVE CANOEING) & FOOTBALL PLAYERS: ROBERT JONES, DWIGHT STONE, AND O.J. MCDUFFIE!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO BY GARY.......

 ABOVE IS A BIO OF GARY.......

MICHAEL OHER SIGNS WITH THE TENNESSEE TITANS!!

THE 2009 1ST ROUND PICK OF THE RAVENS, MICHAEL OHER SIGNED WITH THE TENNESSEE TITANS THIS PAST FRIDAY!  A FOUR YEAR DEAL WORTH 20 MILLION DOLLARS.  OHER LEAD THE LEAD IN FALSE STARTS, HOWEVER, HAS PROVEN DURABLE IN HIS 5 YEAR CAREER!  THE MOVIE, THE BLIND SIDE MADE MICHAEL'S STORY MAINSTREAM.  ALWAYS A GRACIOUS SIGNER IN BALTIMORE.  I HAVE HIS DVD SIGNED & AN 8X10 PHOTO SIGNED!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED DVD OF THE BLIND SIDE.......
  ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO OF MICHAEL......

 ABOVE IS A PHOTO OF MICHAEL & DAUGHTER.  THIS WAS FROM A CHARITY SOFTBALL GAME IN 2010.  HE PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT, JUST AS WE PARKED!!!!

NBA HALL OF FAMER RICK BARRY!!!!

WITH MARCH MADNESS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, I FOUND THIS NBA HALL OF FAMER AUTOGRAPH OF RICK BARRY!  IN 1998, RICK APPEARED AT THE 34TH ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT!  HE HAS A VERY UNIQUE SIGNATURE COMPARED TO A LOT OF THE CURRENT ATHLETES!  RICK SCORED OVER 25,000 POINTS IN HIS CAREER ALONG WITH SCORING AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP WITH GOLDEN STATE!!

ABOVE IS RICK'S AUTOGRAPH ON A PROGRAM PAGE FROM YORK SPORTS NIGHT!  NOTICE THE OLD SCHOOL UNIFORM! 

STACY KEIBLER MARRIES IN MEXICO!!!!

FORMER ACTRESS & WWE SUPERSTAR, STACY KEIBLER RECENTLY MARRIED JARED POBRE IN MEXICO.  SORRY GUYS/GEORGE CLOONEY, SHE IS OFFICIALLY OF THE MARKET!  THE 34 YEAR OLD IS A FORMER BALTIMORE RAVEN CHEERLEADER AND ROSE TO FAME IN THE WWE!
IN 2002, STACY MADE AN APPEARANCE AT A TOYS R US IN BALTIMORE COUNTY!  A HUGE CROWD TURNED OUT FOR HER HOMECOMING!  THE WWE HAD A HOUSE SHOW LATER THAT EVENING @ THE BALTIMORE ARENA!!

 A PHOTO OF STACY @ AN APPEARANCE IN BALTIMORE, MD

ABOVE IS A SIGNED SURVIVOR SERIES SHEET BY STACY!!  SHE DID INSCRIBE

NATURE BOY RIC FLAIR, A 16X WORLD CHAMPION!!!

AS WE COMPLETED OUR MOVE THIS WEEKEND, I CONTINUE TO SIFT THROUGH MY VAST COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHS!  WITH IT BEING MONDAY, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO PROFILE ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRESTLER'S, RIC FLAIR.  NEXT TO ANDRE THE GIANT, RIC WAS MY FAVORITE WRESTLER GROWING UP!  I DO NOT WATCH ANY OF THE CURRENT WRESTLING, HOWEVER THE 70-80'S WRESTLING STILL HOLD A MEMORABLE TIME FOR MYSELF!  IN THIS BLOG, I LIST RIC'S MEMOIR & SIGNED DVD  OF THE NATURE BOY!!

 ABOVE IS THE COVER OF RIC'S MEMOIR, RELEASED IN JULY OF 2004!!  "DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, AND SO IS RIC FLAIR,  WOOOOOOOO!!

 ABOVE IS RIC'S AUTOGRAPH ON A 1ST EDITION OF HIS MEMOIR!  HE INSCRIBED 16X

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH RIC & I.  THE BOOK SIGNING WAS HELD @ BOOK-ENDS IN RIDGEWOOD, NJ!!  THE STORE IS A PREMIER STORE FOR BOOK SIGNINGS!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED DVD COVER BY RIC WITH HIS  COLLECTION.  HE SIGNED THIS IN ADDITION TO HIS MEMOIR!!  "TO BE THE MAN, YOU GOT TO BEAT THE MAN", WOOOO