Wednesday, December 31, 2014

THE 2014 YEAR IN REVIEW OF TODD'S AUTOGRAPH EXPERIENCE!!!!

2014 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR MY AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION.  I ATTENDED A TOTAL OF "45" EVENTS THIS YEAR!  BELOW I HAVE LISTED SOME OF MY HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR'S EVENT SCHEDULE!  ALL NAMES LISTED I HAVE SECURED A/AN AUTOGRAPH FROM THE LISTED ATHLETE/CELEBRITY!    I DECIDED TO HAVE A PICTORIAL OF THE ATHELTE/CELEBRITY, AS I TRIED TO GET A PICTURE ALONG WITH THE AUTOGRAPH!  I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE AS MUCH AS I HAVE IN 2014!  HERE IS HOPING FOR A BIGGER 2015!  HAVE A BLESSED AND HAPPY NEW YEAR,  TODD MILLER!!!!!!


TOP WRESTLERS:
WWE HALL OF FAMER JAKE "THE SNAKE" ROBERTS

WWE HALL OF FAMER RAZOR RAMON

WWE HALL OF FAMER KOKO B. WARE


WWE HALL OF FAMER SGT. SLAUGHTER

  
WWE HALL OF FAMER NIKOLAI VOLKOFF

WWE HALL OF FAMER TITO SANTANA

WWE HALL OF FAMER TONY ATLAS

 BALTIMORE ORIOLES:
MANNY MACHACDO
JONATHAN SCHOOP
 DELMON YOUNG
RYAN FLAHARTY

BUD NORRIS
WAYNE KIRBY
TOMMY HUNTER
DAVE WALLACE


MOST OBSCURE/UNUSUAL AUTOGRAPHS FROM CELEBRITIES:

 DANICA SHIREY/ A CONTESTANT ON THE VOICE SEEN ON NBC


SANDY BARBOUR=PENN STATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

JARROD NEIMANN



STEVE & TESSA EVASON
PAT DIXON  COMEDIAN
PHILIP FRIEDMAN ACTOR  FROM THE MOVIE, INSIDIOUS
JERRY GREENFIELD  OF BEN & JERRY'S ICE CREAM!!!!
JOHN WALSH, THE HOST OF AMERICA'S MOST WANTED!!!
OLYMPIANS:

JENNIE FINCH

CULLEN JONES
POLITICAL FIGURES:
 GOVERNOR ELECT OF PA, TOM WOLF
GOV. ELECT OF MARYLAND, LARRY HOGAN & LT. GOV. ELECT BOYD RUTHERFORD
GOV. ELECT LARRY HOGAN WITH GOV. CHRISTIE WORKING THE ROPE LINE


GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE OF NEW JERSEY, AS HE TOOK THE "SELFIE" WITH ME, HE INSISTED!!  A COOL MOMENT!!

TAMPA BAY RAYS 3RD BASEMAN, EVAN LONGORIA


HALL OF FAME ENCOUNTERS THIS YEAR:


REGGIE JACKSON, A BLURRY PICTURE OF HIM!!






JIM BUNNING



CHARLEY TAYLOR

TOP RAVENS PLAYERS 
C.J. MOSELY
BERNARD PIERCE

MICHAEL CAMPANARO
JOHN URSCHEL
TIMMY JERNIGAN
EUGENE MONROE
LORENZO TALIAFERRO
CROCKETT GILMORE
RICK WAGNER
OWEN DANIELS
JUSTIN FORSETT
COACH GARY KUBIAK
JUSTIN FORSETT
KEITH WENNING


PHILADELPHIA EAGLES FROM THIS YEAR'S FANFEST IN LANCASTER, PA:
JON DORENBOS
A SELFIE JON TOOK WHILE THE SECURITY SAID NO!! 
EARL WOLFF

BRENDON BOYKIN


 RILEY COOPER

PENN STATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS:
LB MIKE HULL

K SAM FICKEN

FRESHMAN WR DAESHAWN HAMILTON

JACK HAM  HALL OF FAMER WITH THE STEELERS AND  A PENN STATE GREAT ON THE RADIO NETWORK FOR PENN STATE!!!

STEVE JONES, THE VOICE OF PENN STATE SPORTS


FORMER BALTIMORE RAVENS/FUTURE HALL OF FAMERS?
K MATT STOVER

C MATT BIRK

















                                  

 

Monday, December 29, 2014

BALTIMORE COLT SUPER BOWL V CHAMP MIKE CURTIS TO APPEAR AT THE DUGOUTZONE IN ELLICOTT CITY, MD!!

TONIGHT, FROM 6-7PM BALTIMORE COLT LB MIKE CURTIS WILL APPEAR ON BEHALF OF A CLOTHING DRIVE @ THE DUGOUTZONE!  FOR 15 YEARS,  THE STORE HOSTS A CLOTHING DRIVE FOR A FAITH BASED PROGRAM IN MARYLAND!  THE NEED IS FOR COATS, SWEATERS, SCARFS, KNIT HATS, GLOVES AND WARM SOCKS!  DONATE A/AN ITEM AND YOU GET A FREE AUTOGRAPH FROM MIKE!  IN 2013, MIKE APPEARED AT YORK SPORTS NIGHT AND I SNAGGED HIS AUTOGRAPH AT THE EVENT!
ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO OF MIKE CURTIS!  ONE OF HIS MORE MEMORABLE PLAYS WAS TACKLING THIS "DRUNK" AND KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND!  I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT, AND HE SAID THE GUY SMELLED LIKE A BREWERY, PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HIT HIM TIL THE NEXT DAY!!

Sunday, December 28, 2014

THE BALTIMORE RAVENS DEFEAT THE CLEVELAND BROWNS TO SECURE THE 6TH SEED IN THE AFC PLAYOFFS!!!

AFTER 3 SLUGGISH QUARTERS OF FOOTBALL, THE RAVENS TURNED IT UP IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO WIN 20-10 OVER THE BROWNS!  JOE FLACCO PASSED FOR 312 YARDS AND 2TD!  JUSTIN FORSETT RAN FOR 119 YARDSTORREY SMITH HAD 4 CATCHES FOR 83 YARDS WITH 1 TD.  TORREY'S 62 YARD CATCH AND 16 YD TD PROVIDED THE MOMENTUM THE RAVENS NEEDED TO WIN!  10 WINS ON THE YEAR AND THE  6TH SEED IN THE AFC PLAYOFF RACE!  IT SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING PLAYOFF RUN!
ABOVE ARE SIGNED RAVENS ITEMS:
JOE FLACCO 8X10 PHOTO.......
JUSTIN FORSETT A CARD........
TORREY SMITH A CARD.........

Saturday, December 27, 2014

PENN STATE DEFEATS BOSTON COLLEGE IN THE PINSTRIPE BOWL @ YANKEES STADIUM!!!!!

IN A WILD BOWL GAME TODAY, THE NITTANY LIONS BEAT THE B.C. EAGLES 31-30 IN OVERTIME AT YANKEES STADIUM!!  K SAM FICKEN HAD A BIG GAME WITH A GAME TYING 45 YARD FIELD GOAL TO SEND THE GAME TO OVERTIME!  HE ALSO KICKED THE GO AHEAD POINT AFTER TOUCHDOWN TO SECURE PENN STATE'S 1ST BOWL WIN.  
K SAM FICKEN AND I AFTER THE PENN STATE GAME IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.  YOU HAVE TO THINK HE WILL HAVE A SHOT IN THE NFL NEXT YEAR!!
K SAM FICKEN'S AUTOGRAPH ON A PENN STATE LICENSE PLATE FROM NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR!!!

WWE HALL OF FAMER MR. USA TONY ATLAS APPEARS AT LANCASTER CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING EVENT!!

TONIGHT, AN ESTIMATED CROWD OF 400 FANS TURNED OUT FOR L.C.W. AT THE LANCASTER HOST RESORT EXPO CENTER IN AMISH COUNTRY!  THE MAIN DRAW FOR ME WAS MEETING 2006 WWE HALL OF FAMER, MR. USA TONY ATLAS!  AS A YOUNG CHILD, I WATCHED HIM PERFORM AT THE HANNAH PENN MIDDLE SCHOOL (PA) & WOLF GYM/YORK COLLEGE (PA) IN THE EARLY 80'S.  THE WWF RAN HOUSE SHOWS DURING THE WEEK IN YORK, PA!  IT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR THIS YOUNG GUY!  HE DID NOT DISAPPOINT AS I MENTIONED THIS TO HIM!  ALSO, APPEARING ON THE L.C.W SHOW INCLUDED FORMER WWE/ECW/WCW STAR SHANE DOUGLAS, FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR GENE SNITSKY, AND FORMER WWE/ECW STAR RHINO!  SNITSKY BEAT RHINO FOR THE L.C.W TITLE!  A BATTLE OF BIG MEN!  I ALREADY HAD RHINO & DOUGLAS IN MY COLLECTION!  I WAS AFTER ATLAS & SNITSKY!  MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!  A GREAT, ENTERTAINING NIGHT OUT!  THEIR NEXT DATE IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2015!  IF THEY HAVE A WWE HALL OF FAMER THAT I NEED IN MY COLLECTION, I WILL BE THERE!!  CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE:  WWW.LCW-PRO.COM  
 THE FAMILY WITH MR. USA TONY ATLAS AFTER THE MATCH!  MY WIFE WAS WORKING IN THE HOTEL, WHILE TONY MADE HIS WAY TO THE LOUNGE!  I COULD NOT PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A PHOTO WITH TONY!!!
 ABOVE ARE SIGNED CARDS BY:
TONY ATLAS (INSCRIBED WITH HOF)
SNITSKY ( INSCRIBED WITH IT'S NOT MY FAULT, HIS FAMOUS LINE;  HE SIGNED 1ST WITH A SILVER SHARPIE, THEN HE WENT OVER IT WITH THE BLACK SHARPIE!!)
 FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR SNITSKY SIGNING MY CARD!  NO HAIR, HE IS A BALDY LIKE ME!  A BIG MAN IN HEIGHT & WEIGHT!
 A SHOT OF THE SQUARED CIRCLE BEFORE THE NIGHT BEGAN!!!!