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!!!!
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