CBS' BOB SCHIEFFER RETIRES FROM FACE THE NATION TODAY!!!

THIS MORNING, MARKED THE TIME HOST BOB SCHIEFFER WILL HOST FACE THE NATION ON CBS.  THE LONGTIME NEWSMAN RETIRES WITH 24 YEARS AS THE HOST OF FACE THE NATION.  HIS CAREER SPANS 46 YEARS HOSTING PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES AND INTERVIEWING EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE RICHARD M. NIXON!  THE 78 YEAR OLD IS ONE OF THE LAST BROADCASTERS FROM THE WALTER CRONKITE ERA.  IN 2008, I MET BOB AT THE NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL IN WASHINGTON,DC!  HAPPY RETIREMENT, BOB!

 ABOVE IS BOB'S AUTOGRAPH ON 1ST EDITION COPY OF AMERICA, HE INSCRIBED THE YEAR, 2008!!!

 ABOVE BOB WITH MY DAUGHTER AND I @ THE 2008 NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL IN WASHINGTON, DC!  SHE WAS NOT TO SURE OF BOB!

ABOVE IS THE COVER OF A SIGNED 1ST EDITION OF BOB SCHIEFFFER'S AMERICA!    TODAY WAS HIS FINAL SHOW AS HOST OF FACE THE NATION, HAPPY RETIREMENT, BOB!

WWE HALL OF FAMER ROWDY RODDY PIPER MAKES AN APPEARANCE @ CLIPPER MAGAZINE STADIUM IN LANCASTER,PA!!!

TONIGHT, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED THE LANCASTER BARNSTORMERS GAME. (ATLANTIC LEAGUE, INDEPENDENT BASEBALL)  THE MAIN EVENT FOR ME WAS THE APPEARANCE BY 2005 WWE HALL OF FAMER ROWDY RODDY PIPER!  AN ANNOUNCED CROWD OF 6,117 FANS TURNED OUT FOR THE GAME!  TALKING TO PIPER WAS LIKE TALKING TO A FRIEND!  I HAVE FOUND A LOT OF WRESTLERS, BOXERS, AND MMA/UFC FIGHTERS ARE APPROACHABLE AND MORE DOWN TO EARTH COMPARED TO OTHER ATHLETES!  I TOLD PIPER A STORY OF SEEING HIM APPEAR IN 1984 @ THE BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER!  HE HOSTED A PIPER'S PIT IN THE RING!  PIPER WAS RUNNING DOWN A LOCAL BALTIMORE WOMEN, WHEN A FAN TRIED TO JUMP INTO THE RING!  PIPER MET THE FAN AND STARTING KICKING AND DROPPING KNEES ON THE OVERZEALOUS FAN!  THEN BALTIMORE CITY'S FINEST CARRIED THE FAN OUT LIKE A SURFBOARD PUNCHING AND HITTING HIM WITH WOODEN BATONS!  SEARED IN MY MEMORY AT THE TIME 11 YEARS OLD!  HE TOLD ME HE HAD SO MANY OF THE INCIDENTS AND WAS STABBED 3X'S BY UNRULY FANS IN HIS CAREER!
I WAS ABLE TO GET A WRESTLING CARD, AN OLD LJN 1984 WRESTLING DOLL, AND A SIGNED PHOTO BY THE HOT ROD!  AND THE COUP DE GRACE FOR THE EVENING?  A PHOTO WITH HOT ROD SQEEZING MY HEAD WITH A SIDE HEADLOCK!  THANKS, HOT ROD FOR THE MEMORIES AND MEMORABLE EVENING!

 ABOVE IS THE WWF LJN FIGURE OF ROWDY RODDY PIPER MADE IN 1984!!!

 HOT ROD SIGNED THE BACK OF HIS DOLL WITH H.O.F. 05!!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO BY ROWDY RODDY PIPER AND A SIGNED WWE LEGENDS CARD INSCRIBED WITH H.O.F 05!!

 THE HOT ROD "SQUEEZING" A SIDE HEADLOCK ON ME AS MY DAUGHTER WATCHES!

 A NICE CONGENIAL POSE WITH 2005 WWE HOF  ROWDY RODDY PIPER!!!

TALKING TO HOT ROD ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES IN THE RING AS ONE OF THE MOST VILIFIED WRESTLERS OF HIS ERA!!!

 THE HOT ROD TALKING TO MY DAUGHTER AT THE MEET AND GREET!!!

MORE CONVERSATION WITH THE 2005 WWE H.O.F. ROWDY RODDY PIPER!!!!

BALTIMORE ORIOLE ROOKIE P MIKE WRIGHT LOOKS STELLAR IN HIS ORIOLE DEBUT!!!

YESTERDAY, ORIOLE P MIKE WRIGHT WAS PROMOTED FROM THE NORFOLK TIDES TO THE BIG CLUB.  MIKE MADE THE "WRIGHT" CHOICES AS HE PITCHED 7 1/3 INNINGS OF 4 HIT SHUT OUT BALL!  HE WAS ONLY THE "3" PITCHER IN THE LAST 25 YEARS TO PITCH 7+ INNINGS OF SHUTOUT BALL IN HIS ROOKIE DEBUT!  HERE IS HOPING MIKE GETS A SECOND CHANCE TO START WITH THE ORIOLES!  THE STATE OF THE ORIOLES STARTING STAFF IS IN FLUX DUE TO SOME INJURIES.  IN 2013, I MET MIKE AT THE ORIOLE FANFEST AND HE SIGNED A PHOTO CARD LISTED BELOW!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO CARD FROM ORIOLES FANFEST!!  HOPEFULLY, THIS ONE COULD BE A "DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH"!!!!

BALTIMORE ORIOLE BEAT WRITER DAN CONNELLY HELD A BOOK SIGNING @ HEARTS & MINDS IN DALLASTOWN, PA!!

TODAY, MY DAUGHTERS AND I ATTENDED A BOOK SIGNING WITH ORIOLE BEAT WRITER, DAN CONNELLY!  HE HAS AUTHORED AN ESSENTIAL READ FOR ANY ORIOLE FAN, CALLED "100 ORIOLES FANS SHOULD KNOW AND DO BEFORE THEY DIE".  THE FOREWORD TO THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY MLB HALL OF FAMER, JIM PALMER!   DAN STARTED WORKING FOR THE YORK (PA) DAILY RECORD, THEN CAUGHT ON WITH THE BALTIMORE SUN AS A BEAT WRITER FOR THE ORIOLES.  THE SIGNING WAS HELD AT HEARTS & MINDS BOOKSTORE IN DALLASTOWN, PA!  THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE THAT HOSTS AUTHOR BOOKSIGNINGS ON OCCASION!  A STEADY STREAM OF FANS ATTENDED THE SIGNING!  I JUST GOT A ORIOLE POCKET SCHEDULE SIGNED BY DAN AND OF COURSE A PHOTO.  

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 2015 ORIOLE POCKET SCHEDULE BY DAN CONNELLY!

 AN IN STORE PROMO FOR THE BOOK SIGNING TODAY!

 ABOVE THE GIRLS AND I WITH ORIOLE BEAT WRITER AND AUTHOR, DAN CONNELLY!

 ABOVE IS A COPY OF DAN'S BOOK, "100 THINGS ORIOLES FANS SHOULD KNOW & DO BEFORE THEY DIE"..............

ABOVE IS ANOTHER AD ADVERTISING  THE BOOK SIGNING WITH DAN CONNELLY

THE LOS ANGELES ANGELS DEFEAT THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES 3-1 @ CAMDEN YARDS!!!

TONIGHT, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED THE OPENING GAME BETWEEN THE L.A. ANGELS AND BALTIMORE ORIOLES.  THE WEATHER WAS IDEAL FOR  BASEBALL PLAYED IN FRONT OF 35,470 FANS AT CAMDEN YARDS!  JERED WEAVER WAS MASTERFUL ALLOWING JUST ONE RUN ON THREE HITS IN 7 1/3 INNINGS.  ALSO, WE WITNESSED ALBERT PUJOLS HIT HIS 526TH HOME RUN OF HIS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER!  THE AUTOGRAPHING WAS SLIM LIKE THE LAST PLACE ORIOLES SCORING RUNS!  I WAS ALBE TO SECURE 2 INSIDE THE STADIUM AND 2 OUTSIDE THE STADIUM AFTER THE GAME!  BELOW IS WHO I RECEIVED....

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED MINI-HELMET FROM THE FOLLOWING ANGELS:
DINO EBEL  (BENCH COACH)
DON BAYLOR (HITTING COACH)

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED MINI-HELMET FROM THE FOLLOWING ANGELS:
KOLE CALHOUN  (HAD A SUPERMAN CATCH TO ROB CHRIS DAVIS OF A HIT)
JOSE MOTA ( ANGELS RADIO/TV ANNOUNCER)

 ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH FORMER ORIOLE & CURRENT ANGELS BATTING COACH, DON BAYLOR!!

 ABOVE IS A PHOTO OF MY DAUGHTER WITH ANGELS BENCH COACH, DINO EBEL!  DINO GAVE MY DAUGHTER A BATTING PRACTICE BALL!!  KUDOS TO COACH EBEL!!

 A SHOT OF CAMDEN YARDS BEFORE THE GAME  ON A GLORIOUS NIGHT FOR BASEBALL IN BALTIMORE, MD!!!!

ANGEL ANNOUNCER JOSE MOTA HANDING MY MINI HELMET BACK AFTER AUTOGRAPHING  IT FOR ME!!

THE ANGELS PRE GAME SHOW ON THE FIELD BEFORE 1ST PITCH!!

ABOVE BALL GIVEN TO MY DAUGHTER FROM COACH DINO EBEL BEFORE THE GAME!!  NOTICE NEW COMMISSIONER ROBERT MANFRED IS ON THE BALL!!

A SELFIE DURING THE 3-1 LOSS OF THE ORIOLES TO THE ANGELS!  THE O'S SOLIDIFIED THEIR HOLD ON LAST PLACE IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST!!

THE 6TH ANNUAL LARDARIUS WEBB SOFTBALL GAME @ M & T BANK STADIUM!!!!

LAST EVENING, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED THE SOFTBALL GAME HOSTED BY LARDARIUS WEBB AND HIS FOUNDATION.  SEVERAL THOUSAND FANS TURNED OUT FOR THE ANNUAL EVENT HELD AT M & T BANK STADIUM.  THE DEFENSE BEAT THE OFFENSE IN A ENTERTAINING 6 INNING GAME!  BELOW ARE THE FOLLOWING RAVENS AUTOGRAPHS I WAS ABLE TO SECURE!

 ABOVE ARE SIGNED CARDS FROM THE FOLLOWING RAVENS:
ED REED  (BACK IN TOWN AND PLAYED)
STEVE SMITH, SR.

 ABOVE IS RAVENS SIGN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING LAST NIGHT:
JAVORIUS ALLEN
CARL DAVIS
KAMAR AIKEN
RYAN JENSEN
MAXX WILLIAMS
DARREN WALLER
OTHERS WHO SIGNED FROM LAST YEAR'S CELEBRITY KICKBALL GAME INCLUDE:
MORGAN COX
BRANDON WILLIAMS
MARLON BROWN
MATT ELAM
BRENT URBAN
ART JONES
BRYNDEN TRAWICK
RODNEY ELLIOT (MARYLAND TERPS BASKETBALL)
NIKOLAI VOLKOFF (WWE HALL OF FAMER)
BINKY JONES (MMA FIGHTER)

 MY DAUGHTER AND I!! SHE IS SPORTING THE MORGAN COX JERSEY GIVEN TO HER AFTER THE GAME!  A COOL MOMENT AND NICE GESTURE BY MORGAN, THANK YOU!!

 FUTURE HALL OF FAMER ED REED SIGNING BEFORE GAME TIME!!  HE SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME SIGNING FOR THE RAVENS FANS!!!

 FIELD LEVEL FOR THE SOFTBALL GAME ON A GORGEOUS NIGHT FOR A GAME!!!!

NEWLY DRAFTED TE MAXX WILLIAMS SIGNING FOR ME AFTER THE GAME!!!

 A SIGNED MORGAN COX JERSEY GIVEN TO MY DAUGHTER AFTER THE GAME!!!!!

 ABOVE IS A PROGRAM FROM THE EVENT ALONG WITH A FREE T-SHIRT THROWN TO MY DAUGHTER AT THE GAME!!  (THE SHIRTS WERE SELLING IN THE TEAM STORE FOR $20)

 WR KAMAR AIKEN SIGNING FOR THE FANS AFTER THE GAME!!

WR STEVE SMITH, SR. SIGNING A FEW AUTOGRAPHS BEFORE HE WENT BACK INTO THE LOCKER ROOM AFTER THE GAME!!!!!

LS MORGAN COX SIGNING HIS JERSEY FOR MY DAUGHTER AFTER THE GAME!!!

 NEWLY DRAFTED RB JAVORIUS ALLEN SIGNING FOR THE FANS!!!!

 INSIDE M & T BANK STADIUM READY FOR THE SOFTBALL GAME!!!!

A NIGHT TIME SHOT OF M & T BANK AFTER THE STADIUM ON A BUSTLING NIGHT IN B-MORE!!!

TODD'S UPCOMING AUTOGRAPH SCHEDULE!!!!

TODD'S UPCOMING EVENT/AUTOGRAPH SCHEDULE LISTED BELOW:

MAY 15TH:  L.A. ANGELS VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES @ ORIOLE PARK........

MAY 29TH:  WWE HALL OF FAMER ROWDY RODDY PIPER @ CLIPPER MAGAZINE STADIUM.....

JUNE 6TH:  2015 EAGLES FANFEST  @ THE EAGLES ENDZONE; THE ROCKVALE OUTLETS IN LANCASTER, PA  (PLAYERS & TIME T.B.A.).....

JUNE 19TH:  GAME SHOW NIGHT W/ PAT SAJAK @ HARRY GROVE STADIUM; PAT SAJAK BOBBLEHEAD NIGHT; WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS PLAY THE FREDERICK KEYS......

JUNE 27TH:  FORMER MLB SUPERSTAR DARRYL STRAWBERRY FOR FAITH & FAMILY NIGHT @ SANTANDER STADIUM .......

JUNE 28TH:  TEAMSTERS DAY @ METRO BANK PARK FEATURING THE ALTOONA CURVE VS. HARRISBURG SENATORS......

JULY 10TH:  WASHINGTON NATIONALS VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES @ CAMDEN YARDS.....

JULY 13TH:  OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER & CURRENT PENN STATE HEAD WRESTLING COACH CAEL SANDERSON FOR WRESTLING NIGHT @ SANTANDER STADIUM ....... 

AUG. 15TH:  SEINFELD NIGHT @ HARRY GROVE STADIUM FEATURING LARRY THOMAS (THE SOUP NAZI); CAROLINA MUDCATS PLAY FREDERICK KEYS......

SEPT. 11TH:  LGC MARKETING PRESENTS:  THE 4TH ANNUAL BALTIMORE FOOTBALL FESTIVAL....PLAYERS/OWINGS MILLS, MD/METRO CENTRE/TIME T.B.A.!!!!

EVENT SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE & ADDITIONAL EVENTS WILL BE ADDED UPON NOTICE.......

BALTIMORE RAVEN WR MICHAEL CAMPANARO APPEARS @ GREAT MOMENTS IN WHITE MARSH, MD!!

YESTERDAY,  RAVEN WR MICHAEL CAMPANARO HAD A "FREE AUTOGRAPH SIGNING" AT GREAT MOMENTS IN WHITE MARSH, MD.  ACCORDING TO A READER OF MY BLOG,  AROUND 30 FANS WERE IN ATTENDANCE WHILE THE READER WAS GETTING A AUTOGRAPH!  THE 7TH ROUND PICK FROM RIVER HILL, MD HOPES TO HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT THIS SEASON FOR THE RAVENS!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO FROM MICHAEL!  THIS WAS OBTAINED FROM LAST YEAR'S BALTIMORE FOOTBALL FESTIVAL!

 A PICTURE WITH MICHAEL FROM LAST YEAR'S RAVENS TRAINING CAMP!!!

DARREN "DUTCH" DAULTON APPEARS @ CLIPPER MAGAZINE STADIUM IN LANCASTER, PA!!!

TONIGHT, FORMER PHILLIE DARREN DAULTON APPEARED AT A LANCASTER BARNSTORMERS GAME!  IN 2012, I WAS ABLE TO MEET DARREN AT YORK SPORTS NIGHT!  HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1993 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES THAT LOST TO THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS IN THE WORLD SERIES!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED BASEBALL CARD FROM DARREN DAULTON!