WWE HALL OF FAMER NIKOLAI VOLKOFF TO ATTEND FUNDRAISER FOR A CHILD WITH CANCER!!

THIS COMING SUNDAY, VALOUR PRO WRESTLING WILL HOST A FUNDRAISER FOR AYDEN.  HE IS BATTLING CANCER AND THE SHOW BENEFITS HIS HOSPITAL BILLS!  HEADLINING THE SHOW INCLUDE WWE HALL OF FAMERS  NIKOLAI VOLKOFF AND SUNNY!  VOLKOFF AGREED TO WORK THE SHOW FOR FREE!  WITH THE RAVENS & ORIOLES PLAYING, I WILL MISS OUT ON THIS EVENT!  HERE IS HOPING FOR A SUCCESSFUL SHOW!

 ABOVE IS AN AD FOR THE SHOW!  TIX ARE $15 FOR FLOOR SEATS AND $10 FOR GENERAL ADMISSION!  YOU MAY CALL 717.318.7169 OR 717.819.6456

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED TOPPS WWE CARD FROM NIKOLAI VOLKOFF FROM A PREVIOUS SHOW!  I WOULD LIKE TO ADD WWE HALL OF FAMER SUNNY TO MY COLLECTION, HOWEVER THE RAVENS & ORIOLES PLAY ON SUNDAY!  THE SHOW IS A MATINEE STARTING @ 3PM!!!!

THE UPCOMING EVENT SCHEDULE!!!!!

OCTOBER 8:  DETROIT TIGERS @ BALTIMORE ORIOLES IN ORIOLE PARK @ CAMDEN YARDS  GAME 5 OF THE ALDS, IF NECESSARY (STANDING ROOM ONLY TICKET)

OCTOBER 17:  PHILIP FRIEDMAN OF INSIDIOUS @ FIELD OF SCREAMS, LANCASTER, PA

NOV. 1:  FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR HURRICANE HELMS MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN YORK, PA 

NOV 9:  TENNESSEE TITANS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS IN M & T BANK STADIUM

NOV 15:  TEMPLE OWLS @ PENN STATE UNIVERSITY IN BEAVER STADIUM,  STATE COLLEGE, PA

DEC 14:  JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS IN M & T BANK STADIUM

FEB. 5, 2015:  51ST ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT @ HERITAGE HILLS GOLF RESORT IN YORK, PA (FEATURING N.F.L. HALL OF FAMER JOHN HANNAH);  MORE GUESTS T.B.A.

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

THE BALTIMORE RAVENS WIN BIG AGAINST THE CAROLINA PANTHERS @ M & T BANK STADIUM!!!

ON A GLORIOUS FALL DAY IN BALTIMORE, THE RAVENS BEAT THE PANTHERS 38-10 IN FRONT OF 71,218!!  JOE FLACCO PASSED FOR 327 YARDS AND 3 TOUCHDOWN PASSES.  STEVE SMITH CAUGHT 7 PASSES FOR 139 YARDS & 2 TOUCHDOWNS!  STEVE WANTED TO PROVE TO THE PANTHERS HE STILL HAS PLENTY LEFT IN THE TANK!  LORENZO TALIAFERRO RUSHED FOR A TOUCHDOWN AND OWEN DANIELS STEP IN THE TOP TIGHT END SPOT!
3-1 AFTER THE QUARTER WAY POINT IS NOT BAD CONSIDERING ALL THE DISTRACTIONS  AND  INJURIES TO THE TEAM!!  ONTO THE INDY COLTS NEXT WEEKEND!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO OF JOE FLACCO!!!!!
ABOVE IS A SIGNED ROOKIE CARD FROM LORENZO TALIAFERRO!!!

 ABOVE ARE CARDS OF OWEN DANIELS & STEVE SMITH!!  I HOPE TO GET BOTH CARDS SIGNED BY THESE STARS WHILE ATTENDING 2 GAMES THIS YEAR IN BALTIMORE!!!!

PENNSYLVANIA'S DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR CANDIDATE TOM WOLF MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN HIS HOMETOWN OF YORK, PA!!!

TONIGHT, THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE GEORGE LEADER DEMOCRATIC DINNER WAS GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE TOM WOLF!  AN EXPECTED CROWD OF 300 PATRONS WERE ON HAND TO HEAR WOLF SPEAK!   IN PENNSYLVANIA, WOLF LEADS CURRENT GOVERNOR TOM CORBETT IN ALL OF THE POLLS!  IT APPEARS NOT MUCH OF A RACE!  VOTERS IN THE COMMONWEALTH ARE NOT PLEASED WITH GOVERNOR CORBETT AND PLAN TO VOICE THEIR VOTE THIS NOVEMBER!  I GOT THEIR EARLY STRICTLY FOR THE PHOTO AND AUTOGRAPH AND RECEIVED BOTH AS MR. WOLF ENTERED THE HOTEL!  THIS PIECE CONTINUES MY COLLECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA'S GOVERNORS!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED BUMPER STICKER FROM GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE, TOM WOLF!!

 ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH FUTURE GOVERNOR OF PA?: TOM WOLF, AS A SIDE NOTE, TOM'S STAFFER WAS HELPFUL WITH TAKING PHOTO & MAKING SURE TOM SIGNED FOR ME!  VERY IN TUNE TO PLEASING THE VOTER, UNLIKE MY LYNN SWANN EXPERIENCE FROM 2006!  ( SWANN DID NOT SIGN FOR ME ON 2 OCCASIONS)

CLEVELAND BROWN RB TERRANCE WEST AND BROWNS HOST THE BALTIMORE RAVENS!!!

TODAY, THE CLEVELAND BROWNS HOST THE BALTIMORE RAVENS AT FIRST ENERGY STADIUM!  FORMER TOWSON TIGER TERRANCE WEST WAS DRAFTED IN THE 3RD ROUND OF THIS YEAR'S NFL DRAFT!  AFTER 2 WEEKS, WEST'S STOCK HAS GONE UP!  IN EARLY MAY 2014, I ATTENDED A FREE SIGNING WITH WEST!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO FORM TERRANCE WEST INSCRIBED WITH HIS CAREER RUSHING TOTAL @ TOWSON!

CURRENT BROWN RB TERRANCE WEST WITH THE GIRLS & I.......

THE LAST PLACE BOSTON RED SOX PLAY THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES IN THE FINAL REGULAR SEASON HOMESTAND FOR THE ORIOLES!!!

TONIGHT, WE ATTTENDED OUR FINAL ORIOLE GAME OF THE SEASON!  (MAYBE ATTENDING A PLAYOFF GAME)  A CROWD OF 39,079 WATCHED THE RED SOX BEAT THE ORIOLES IN 10 INNINGS!  "BIG PAPI" DAVID ORTIZ HIT A 2 RUN HOME RUN IN THE 10TH TO WIN THE GAME 5-3.  PAPI & YOENIS CESPEDES HIT BACK TO BACK HOME RUNS IN THE FOURTH INNING!  THE ORIOLES POSTED A LINEUP SIMILAR TO A SPRING TRAINING GAME!  GIVING THE REGULARS A OFF DAY TO PREPARE FOR THE POSTSEASON!  AT LEAST IT WAS A PLEASURE SEEING FUTURE HALL OF FAMER, DAVID ORTIZ HIT 2 HOME RUNS!!  I DID AUTOGRAPHING BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME!  I ONLY GOT ONE INSIDE THE STADIUM AND TWO OUTSIDE THE STADIUM.  BELOW IS WHO I RECEIVED:

 ABOVE IS A RED SOX LICENSE PLATE SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING:
JACKIE BRADLEY, JR.  (LAST SEASON I GOT)
RUBBY DE LA ROSA
MATT BARNES
DAVID ORTIZ  (LAST SEASON I GOT, HE DID NOT SIGN INSIDE THIS GAME!!)
TOMMY LAYNE

 ABOVE IS P TOMMY LAYNE SIGNING FOR A FAN!  OUTSIDE THE STADIUM AFTER THE GAME!!

 ABOVE IS P MATT BARNES SIGNING AFTER THE GAME, OUTSIDE THE STADIUM!!

 P RUBBY DE LA ROSA SIGNING MY PLATE AFTER WARMUPS INSIDE THE STADIUM!!

PREGAME FIELD LEVEL FOR THE OPENING GAME OF THE FINAL REGULAR SEASON HOME STAND FOR THE ORIOLES!

THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES LOOK TO SECURE 1ST AL EAST TITLE SINCE 1997!!!!

THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES LOOK FOR A WIN TONIGHT, TO SECURE THE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST TITLE!  THIS WOULD BE THE 1ST TIME SINCE 1997, WHEN THE TEAM WENT WIRE TO WIRE!!  THAT 1997 TEAM BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES!  THE GENERAL MANAGER WAS PAT GILLICK AND MANAGER DAVEY JOHNSON!  THE LAST WINNING COMBINATION IN B-MORE BASEBALL!  LETS HOPE THEY CAN GO A LITTLE FURTHER UNDER GM DAN DUQUETTE AND MANAGER BUCK SHOWALTER!
IN 1996, PAT GILLICK ATTENDED YORK SPORTS NIGHT!  HE WAS A FIXTURE FOR THE '96, '97 SPORTS NIGHT!  PAT ATTENDED THE EVENT WITH THE LATE, ELROD HENDRICKS & AN ORIOLE CARAVAN OF PLAYERS!!  PAT WOULD GO ON TO BE ELECTED TO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN 2011!!  HE WAS A 3X WORLD SERIES WINNER WITH THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS AND PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE BY HALL OF FAMER PAT GILLICK; ACQUIRED AT THE '96 YORK SPORTS NIGHT!!!!!

WWE HALL OF FAMER TITO SANTANA & FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR BRODUS CLAY MAKE AN APPEARANCE @ L.C.W.

TONIGHT, THE GIRLS AND I ATTENDED A LANCASTER CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING EVENT AT THE LANCASTER HOST RESORT!  A CROWD OVER 560 FANS TURNED OUT FOR THIS MONTHLY EVENT!  THE HEADLINDERS FOR THE L.C.W. EVENT INCLUDED:  WWE HALL OF FAMER TITO SANTANA, FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR BRODUS CLAY AND FORMER WWE/WCW/ECW STAR SHANE DOUGLAS!!  I DID SOME AUTOGRAPHING BEFORE THE EVENT!  AT A PRIOR SHOW I DID GET SHANE DOUGLAS ON A CARD & PHOTO (NO CHARGE)!  HOWEVER, TONIGHT SANTANA & CLAY WERE CHARGING A FEE FOR YOUR OWN ITEM!  MOREOVER, IF YOU WANTED A PICTURE WITH EITHER STAR THERE WAS A FEE!  I KNOW THIS SCENE IS PLAYED OUT AT MONSTERCONS & CONVENTIONS, HOWEVER THIS IS THE 1ST INDY WRESTLING SHOW WHERE THEY WERE CHARGING FOR YOUR OWN ITEM(S)!  THIS IS A NEW PHENOMENON FOR ME,   I MAY RECONSIDER GOING IN THE FUTURE!  (DESPITE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO MY WWE HALL OF FAME COLLECTION)

 ABOVE ARE WRESTLING CARDS SIGNED BY:
BRODUS CLAY  (NOTICE HIS SIGNATURE IS NOT MUCH, A B AND C FOR HIS AUTOGRAPHS)
TITO SANTANA INSCRIBED WITH HOF 2004 ARRIBA

 ABOVE IS BRODUS CLAY @ HIS GIMMICK TABLE! 

 A PICTURE FROM THE UPPER ENTRANCE OF THE LANCASTER HOST RESORT, THIS WAS JUST AS THE DOORS OPENED!!!!

 ABOVE IS WWE HALL OF FAMER TITO SANTANA SIGNING MY CARDS!!

THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS PLAY ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IN BALTIMORE, MD!!!

ONE OF THE BIGGEST RIVALRIES IN THE NFL CONTINUE TONIGHT!  THE BALTIMORE RAVENS HOST THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ M & T BANK STADIUM!
IN THE OFF SEASON, THE STEELERS COME TO THE AREA AND PLAY CHARITY BASKETBALL GAMES AT LOCAL SCHOOL FACULTY!  I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADD TO MY NFL COLLECTION WITH SOME STEELERS PLAYERS!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED LICENSE PLATE OF THE FOLLOWING STEELERS:
LOUIS LIPPS
JOHN CLAY
RAMON FOSTER
RYAN MUNDY
SANTONIO HOLMES
CHARLIE BATCH
DENNIS DIXON
MORTON IVY
THE BIG NAMES ON THE PLATE!!

2X WORLD CHAMPION RAVENS LOSE THEIR HOME OPENER TO THE CINCINNATI BENGALS.....

AT THE REQUEST OF A READER, SHE SUGGESTED THAT I POST SOMETHING REGARDING THE RAVENS!  WELL HERE YOU GO, I WON'T SAY MUCH ABOUT THE INEPT PERFORMANCE FROM THE RAVENS OR OUR LOCAL CBS AFFILIATE THAT DID NOT BROADCAST GAME!  THIS INCLUDES A PHOTO OF A SUPER BOWL 47 MINI HELMET SIGNED BY RAVENS OWNER STEVE BISCIOTTI.  THE PHOTO IS A SUPER BOWL 35 RAVENS RING SIGNED BY SPENCER FOLAU, MICHAEL MCCRARY, MATT STOVER, DUANE STARKS!  THE BENGALS LICENSE PLATE WAS SIGNED BY VARIOUS PLAYERS AT LAST YEAR'S BENGALS/RAVENS GAME!!

THE UPCOMING EVENT SCHEDULE!!!!

SEPT. 13:  WWE HALL OF FAMER TITO SANTANA & FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR BRODUS CLAY @ LANCASTER HOST RESORT FOR LANCASTER CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING

SEPT 19:  BOSTON RED SOX @ BALTIMORE ORIOLES IN ORIOLE PARK @ CAMDEN YARDS

SEPT 27:  GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE TOM WOLF, CAMPAIGN STOP IN YORK, PA

NOV 9:  TENNESSEE TITANS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS IN M & T BANK STADIUM

NOV 15:  TEMPLE OWLS @ PENN STATE UNIVERSITY IN BEAVER STADIUM,  STATE COLLEGE, PA

DEC 14:  JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS @ BALTIMORE RAVENS IN M & T BANK STADIUM

FEB. 5, 2015:  51ST ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT @ HERITAGE HILLS GOLF RESORT IN YORK, PA 

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

THE 3RD ANNUAL BALTIMORE FOOTBALL FESTIVAL @ METRO CENTRE IN OWINGS MILLS, MARYLAND!!!

TONIGHT, THE GIRLS AND I ATTENDED THIS ANNUAL EVENT HELD IN OWINGS MILLS, MARYLAND!    THIS WAS THE 1ST YEAR HELD AT THE METRO CENTRE!  THE PAST 2 YEARS THE FESTIVAL WAS HELD IN WESTMINSTER, MD!  THIS IS A FREE EVENT AND INCLUDED A LOT OF RAVEN'S ROOKIES FROM THE 2014 CLASS!  IT IS A GREAT WAY TO SECURE RAVENS AUTOGRAPHS, CONSIDERING THE RAVENS NO LONGER HAVE OPEN TRAINING CAMP @ MCDANIEL COLLEGE!  THE GUEST LIST INCLUDED:  MICHAEL CAMPANERO, KYLE JUSZCZYK, RICK WAGNER, BRENT URBAN, JOHN URSCHEL, TIMMY JERNIGAN, BRANDON WILLIAMS, TERRANCE BROOKS, LORENZO TALIAFERRO, CROCKETT GILMORE!  ALSO, BALTMORE COLTS RICK VOLK AND HALL OF FAMER LENNY MOORE MADE AN APPEARANCE ON BEHALF OF THE BALTIMORE FOOTBALL ALUMNI!!  SEVERAL HUNDRED FANS TURNED OUT ON A HOT, HUMID NIGHT FOR THE SUMMER FOOTBALL FESTIVAL!  BELOW IS THE AUTOGRAPH ITEM'S COLLECTED:

 THE SUPER BOWL V CHAMPIONSHIP RING FROM S RICK VOLK!  THE BALTIMORE COLTS BEAT THE DALLAS COWBOYS TO BRING THE CHAMPIONSHIP BACK TO B-MORE!!!

 ABOVE ARE SIGNED 8X10 PHOTOS OF :
BRENT URBAN
RICK WAGNER

ABOVE ARE SIGNED 8X10 PHOTOS OF:
KYLE JUSZCZYK  (INSCRIBED WITH HARVARD)
TIMMY JERNIGAN

ABOVE ARE INDEX CARDS SIGNED BY:
TERRANCE BROOKS
BRANDON WILLIAMS
MICHAEL CAMPANERO
TIMMY JERNIGAN

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED CAN BY BRANDON WILLIAMS!!

 THE CAN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING RAVENS:
JOHN URSHEL
RICK WAGNER
BRENT URBAN

 ABOVE ARE PHOTOS SIGNED BY:
MICHAEL CAMPANERO
RICK VOLK (INSCRIBED WITH 21 BALTIMORE COLTS & S.B. V CHAMPS 1971)

ABOVE THE RAVENS LID (OF CAN) SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING RAVENS:
TERRANCE BROOKS
CROCKETT GILMORE
MICHAEL CAMPANERO
TIMMY JERNIGAN
LORENZO TALIAFERRO
KYLE JUSZYZCK

 ABOVE TE CROCKETT GILMORE SIGNING MY CARD!!

 FORMER PENN STATER & CURRENT RAVEN OL JOHN URSCHEL!  THE MATHLETE WAS A 4.0 GRAD FROM PENN STATE MAJORING IN MATH & TEACHING WHILE A STUDENT!  IMPRESSIVE STUFF!!  I HAD HIM INSCRIBE "WE ARE"!!!

 SUPER BOWL V CHAMP RICK VOLK WITH THE CREW!!!

ABOVE SIGNED ITEMS INCLUDE:
JAMISON HENSLEY  INDEX CARD  FORMER BEAT WRITER FOR THE RAVENS & NOW WITH ESPN
RICK WAGNER INDEX CARD
LORENZO TALIAFERRO ROOKIE CARD
CROCKETT GILMORE ROOKIE CARD
JOHN URSCHEL ROOKIE CARD INSCRIBED WITH "WE ARE"

 RAVEN ROOKIE RB LOREZO TALIAFERRO SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS!!

 RAVEN ROOKIE BRENT URBAN SIGNING MY PHOTO

RAVEN RT RICK WAGNER!!!

 ABOVE IS WR MICHAEL CAMPANERO SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS!!

THE JUICE FB KYLE JUSZCZYK  SIGNING MY PHOTO

ABOVE BALTIMORE COLT HALL OF FAMER LENNY MOORE SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS!!  I HAVE A FEW OF LENNY'S AUTOGRAPHS, SO I PASSED ON HIM! 

LF CHRIS HEISEY & THE CINCINNATI REDS CONCLUDE A 3 GAME SERIES AT ORIOLE PARK @ CAMDEN YARDS!!

TONIGHT, THE REDS TRY TO SALVAGE A GAME AGAINST THE ORIOLES!  IN 2012, REDS LF CHRIS HEISEY ATTENDED YORK SPORTS NIGHT!  HEISEY IS FROM LANCASTER PA GRADUATING FROM DONEGAL HIGH SCHOOL!  CHRIS WENT ON TO MESSIAH COLLEGE AND SET VARIOUS RECORDS FOR THE FALCONS!  CHRIS WAS SELECTED IN THE 17TH ROUND OF THE 2006 MLB DRAFT BY THE REDS!  IN 2010, HEISEY MADE HIS DEBUT FOR THE RED MACHINE!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED MINI HELMET BY CHRIS!  NOTICE THE "CROSS" INSIDE THE C!  MESSIAH COLLEGE IS A RELGION ORIENTED COLLEGE!!
 

MINNESOTA TWINS WIN THE FINAL GAME ON A HOT/HUMID LABOR DAY @ ORIOLE PARK AT CAMDEN YARDS!!

TODAY, MY DAUGHTER, COLLEAGUE, AND HIS WIFE ATTENDED THE FINAL GAME OF THE SERIES!  A CROWD OF 33,156 TURNED OUT ON ADAM JONES BOBBLEHEAD DAY!  IN ADDITION TO THE FREE GIVEAWAY, IT WAS ORIOLE ALUMNI DAY ON EUTAW STREET @ CAMDEN YARDS!  THE TWINS PULLED OUT A 6-4 WIN!  POWERED BY A SOLID PITCHING PERFORMANCE FROM PHIL HUGHES AND JOE MAUER'S TIMELY HITTING!  NICK HUNDLEY HIT A 3 RUN HOME RUN & NELSON CRUZ HIT HIS 36 HOME RUN OF THE YEAR IN THE 9TH INNING THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE WIN!
I DID AUTOGRAPHING BEFORE THE GAME BELOW IS WHO I RECEIVED:

 ABOVE IS A LOGO SHEET SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING TWINS:
AARON THOMPSON
CALEB THIELBAR
KYLE GIBSON
TOMMY MILONE
BOBBY CUELLAR
ERIC FRYER

 ABOVE ARE PHOTO CARDS SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING ORIOLE ALUMNI:
GARRETT STEPHENSON
LARRY SHEETS
KEN DIXON

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED TICKET FROM MINNESOTA TWIN ANTHONY SWARZAK.  HE REFUSED TO SIGN MY LOGO PAGE!  SO I HAD HIM SIGN MY TICKET!!

 ABOVE IS THE ADAM JONES BOBBLEHEAD GIVEN AWAY TO THE 1ST 25,000 FANS 15 AND OVER!!  AN MLB BASEBALL GIVEN TO MY DAUGHTER FROM TWIN P TOMMY MILONE!!  SHE ASKED HIM FOR HIS BASEBALL, HE OBLIGED AFTER SIGNING MY LOGO SHEET!  GOOD STUFF!!

 ABOVE IS A PHOTO FROM THE ORIOLE ALUMNI TABLE!  LARRY SHEETS, GARRETT STEPHENSON, AND KEN DIXON!!

 THE LINEUP FOR THE ORIOLE ALUMNI SIGNING!  EVERY HOME GAME ON MONDAY & THURSDAY OFFER A FREE SIGNING SESSION WITH FORMER ORIOLES!!

 ABOVE IS P TOMMY MILONE SIGNING FOR THE FANS!  HE GAVE MY DAUGHTER HIS BASEBALL FROM WARMUPS!!

 ABOVE C ERIC FRYER SIGNING MY LOGO SHEET AFTER WORKING UP A SWEAT PRE GAME!!

 P ANTHONY SWARZAK SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS!!

 ABOVE IS P AARON THOMPSON POSING WITH A FAN!!

P ANTHONY SWARZAK SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR THE FANS!!

ABOVE IS P KYLE GIBSON SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS!!