Monday, June 29, 2015

BALTIMORE ORIOLE JIMMY PAREDES TO APPEAR AT THE ORIOLES STORE IN THE YORK(PA) GALLERIA MALL!!!

TODAY, BALTIMORE ORIOLE DH JIMMY PAREDES IS TO APPEAR  AT THE OFFICIAL TEAM STORE OF THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES.  THIS IS THE 2ND FREE SIGNING AT THE YORK GALLERIA MALL!  JIMMY HAS BEEN A CONTRIBUTOR IN THE DH SPOT FOR THE ORIOLES THIS SEASON!  I MET JIMMY AT THIS YEAR'S ORIOLES FANFEST, THUS NOT NEEDING TO ATTEND THIS SIGNING!  I HOPING FOR A SIGNING EVENT WHERE I NEED A CURRENT ORIOLE TO APPEAR AT THE STORE!
ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO CARD FROM JIMMY PAREDES!  THIS WAS OBTAINED FROM THE 2015 ORIOLES FANFEST!

Sunday, June 28, 2015

THE ALTOONA CURVE INVADE METRO BANK PARK TO PLAY THE HARRISBURG SENATORS!!

TODAY THE FAMILY ATTENDED OUR YEARLY EMPLOYEE PICNIC AT METRO BANK PARK IN HARRISBURG, PA!  PLENTY OF FOOD, CONVERSATION, AND BASEBALL WERE SERVED UP ON A GORGEOUS DAY FOR BASEBALL!   A CROWD OF 6,744 WATCHED THE HARRISBURG SENATORS WIN THE 1ST GAME 3-2 OVER THE ALTOONA CURVE!  TODAY WAS A DOUBLEHEADER FROM ALL THE RAIN YESTERDAY.   I DID SOME AUTOGRAPHING BEFORE THE GAME!  IN MY OPINION, NOT A STELLAR DAY FOR 'GRAPHING! MY TOP GET:  6'8" TYLER GLASNOW (A TOP PITCHING PROSPECT FOR THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES)
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED LOGO SHEET FROM THE FOLLOWING ALTOONA CURVE:
KEVIN RIGGS (HITTING COACH)
JOSH SMITH
CHAD KUHL
CLARIO PEREZ
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED CARD FROM TYLER GLASNOW!  HE IS A TOP PITCHING PROSPECT FOR THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES!
 GREAT SEATS FOR OUR GAME TODAY @ METRO BANK PARK!!
ANOTHER CUP COLLECTED FROM MY STADIUM TOUR AND A PRACTICE BALL GIVEN TO MY DAUGHTER!  THE BALL WAS THROWN TO HER FROM ALTOONA CURVE IF EDWARD SALCEDO DURING BATTING PRACTICE!!

Saturday, June 27, 2015

FORMER NEW YORK MET/YANKEE SUPERSTAR DARRYL STRAWBERRY MAKES AN APPEARANCE @ SANTANDER STADIUM IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA!!!

TODAY, THE GIRLS AND I ATTENDED FAITH & FAMILY NIGHT @ SANTANDER STADIUM!  THE MAIN ATTRACTION WAS FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SUPERSTAR, DARRYL STRAWBERRY!  THIS EVENT WENT ON AS SCHEDULED DESPITE A DREARY DAY (A CONSTANT STEADY RAIN, ALL DAY) IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA!  THE YORK REVOLUTION GAME WAS POSTPONED, HOWEVER DARRYL'S MEET & GREET/TESTIMONY WENT ON WITHOUT DELAY!  1,000 FANS TURNED OUT FOR DARRYL, DESPITE THE WEATHER!  HIS APPEARANCE WAS SPONSORED BY THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF YORK, PA & ALLEN MARK BRITTEL!  I GOT A SELFIE WITH DARRYL WHO INSISTED ON TAKING THE PHOTO, A COOL MOMENT!  
 ABOVE ARE BASEBALL CARDS SIGNED BY DARRYL!  IF YOU ARE A CERTAIN AGE, WHEN COLLECTING BASEBALL CARDS, DARRYL WAS THE CARD TO GET IN THE MID 80'S!  HE WAS DESTINED FOR THE HALL OF FAME, HOWEVER DRUGS/ALCOHOL DERAILED HIS CAREER!
 ABOVE IS A PROGRAM SIGNED BY DARRYL!!
ABOVE IS A SELFIE WITH DARRYL, WHO INSISTED ON TAKING THE PHOTO!  A COOL MOMENT!!
 FREE STARBUCKS CUPS GIVEN OUT PRIOR TO THE MEET & GREET!
 ABOVE IS DARRYL AND HIS DAUGHTER SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR THE FANS!!
DARRYL GIVING HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE THE MEET & GREET!  A POWERFUL TESTIMONY THAT RANKS UP THERE WITH LIZ MURRAY & TED DIBIASE SPEECHES THAT I HAVE HEARD!

Thursday, June 25, 2015

2005 WWE HALL OF FAMER JIMMY HART TO APPEAR WITH LANCASTER CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING THIS SATURDAY!!

THIS COMING SATURDAY, THE LANCASTER HOST RESORT WILL HOST A NIGHT OF L.C.W.  THE HEADLINER FOR THE EVENT, 2005 WWE HALL OF FAMER JIMMY HART WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE!  SINCE IT IS THURSDAY, I THOUGHT I WOULD THROW A THROWBACK PICTURE UP ON THE POST!  IN SEPTEMBER 1992, I MET JIMMY OUTSIDE THE VENERABLE HERSHEYPARK ARENA BEFORE A TV TAPING!  JIMMY CUT A PROMO FOR WNNK-FM.  THE PROMO WAS VINTAGE JIMMY, AS HE TOLD EVERY ONE IN RADIO LAND, TO COME OUT THE HERSHEYPARK ARENA FOR A NIGHT OF WWF ACTION!  I REMEMBER IT LIKE YESTERDAY! FOR THE RECORD, I WILL BE ATTENDING THE DARYL STRAWBERRY EVENT IN YORK, PA; THIS WILL PRECLUDE ME FROM ATTENDING THE LCW EVENT WITH JIMMY HART!
 ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH FROM JIMMY HART!  THE AUTOGRAPH IS IN A WRESTLEMANIA VIII PROGRAM SIGNED BY SEVERAL OTHER WWE SUPERSTARS!!
 ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH THE MOUTH OF THE SOUTH, JIMMY HART AND I OUTSIDE HISTORIC HERSHEYPARK ARENA!

Friday, June 19, 2015

WHEEL OF FORTUNE HOST PAT SAJAK AND THE FREDERICK KEYS AT NYMEO FIELD @ HARRY GROVE STADIUM IN FREDERICK, MD!!!

TONIGHT, THE FAMILY CAUGHT UP WITH FAMILY IN FREDERICK, MD!  WE WATCHED THE FREDERICK KEYS DEFEAT THE WILMINGTON BLUE HENS 5-1!  A CROWD OF 7,073 WATCHED THE GAME TAKE ONLY 2 HOURS & 16 MINUTES TO PLAY!  FIREWORKS, KIDS RUN THE BASES, AND  A PAT SAJAK BOBBLE HEAD WERE THE PROMOTIONAL GOODIES FOR THE GAME!  THE 1ST 1,000 FANS RECEIVED A PAT SAJAK BOBBLE HEADA BIG CROWD(SEVERAL HUNDRED FANS) WAITED FOR THE GATES TO OPEN @6PM FOR THE 7PM GAME!  QUITE A TURNOUT FOR PAT, WHO SIGNED FOR NEARLY 2 HOURS HIS BOBBLEHEADS OR ANY OTHER ITEMS WHO MAY HAVE WANTED SIGNED!  IN ADDITION TO ACQUIRING PAT'S AUTOGRAPH, I DID SOME AUTOGRAPHING OF THE FREDERICK KEYS BEFORE THE GAME!  THEY ARE THE HIGH A MINOR LEAGUE AFFILIATE OF THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES!  I HIT A HOME RUN WITH AUTOGRAPHS FROM THE KEYS, HIGHLIGHTED BY C CISCO CHANCE.  HE IS RATED AS THE 4TH BEST OVERALL PROSPECT OF THE ORIOLES!  I AM SURE HE WILL BE THE FUTURE CATCHER OF THE ORIOLES, CONSIDERING MATT WIETERS IS A FREE AGENT AT THE END OF THE SEASON!  THE PLAYERS HAVE TO WALK OUT OF THE CLUBHOUSE DOWN THE STAIRS TO THE FIELD!  THIS MAKES FOR GREAT ACCESS TO THE PLAYERS!  AFTER THE GAME, I WENT OVER TO THE BLUE ROCKS SIDE, AND RECEIVED A FEW SIGNATURES FROM THE SINGLE A TEAM OF THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS!
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED BOBBLE HEAD OF PAT SAJAK, THE LONGTIME HOST OF WHEEL OF FORTUNE!!
 ABOVE IS THE BOX SIGNED BY PAT!!   HE SIGNED IN A GOLD SHARPIE!
ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM FROM PAT!!  HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN NICER AND SIGNING ALL 3 ITEMS FOR ME!!
 ABOVE IS A LOGO SHEET OF THE WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS, SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS/COACH:
LOGAN MOON  ( A TOP OUTFIELD PROSPECT FOR THE ROYALS)
ABRAHAM NUNEZ (HITTING COACH)
ERIC SKOGLUND  ( A TOP PITCHING PROSPECT FOR THE ROYALS)
RAMON TORRES (IF)
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED LOGO SHEET OF THE FREDERICK KEYS SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING KEYS PLAYERS/COACHES:
JOSH HART
GREGORY LORENZO
JOHN RUETTIGER
BRENDEN WEBB
ANTHONY GARONIA
JEFF KEMP
ADRIAN MARIN
LOGAN UXA
STEEL RUSSELL
WYNSTON SAWYER
CHANCE SISCO
AUSTIN WYANS
DONNIE HART
JON KELLER
CHRIS LEE
WILLIAMS LOUICO
NIK NOWOTTNICK
DYLAN RHEAULT
AUSTIN URBAN
CODY WHEELER
JIMMY YACABONIS
MIKEY OBRIEN
TUCKER NATHANS
 PAT SAJAK WITH THE CREW @ HARRY GROVE STADIUM!!
 KANSAS CITY ROYAL TOP PITCHING P PROSPECT 6'7 ERIC SKOGLUND AND I AFTER THE GAME!  HE WAS CHARTING PITCHES  BEHIND HOME PLATE! 
 OUTSIDE NYMEO FIELD AT HARRY GROVE STADIUM, AS A MASSIVE CROWD AWAITED THE GATES TO OPEN AND RECEIVE THEIR PAT SAJAK BOBBLE HEAD!  THE 1ST 1,000 FANS GOT ONE!!
 THE CREW IS AWAITING THEIR TURN TO RUN THE BASES AFTER THE GAME AND FIREWORKS!!!
 C CHANCE CISCO WALKING TO THE FIELD AFTER SIGNING SOME AUTOGRAPHS!
 SOME KEYS PLAYERS SIGNING PRE GAME!!
MORE KEYS PLAYERS SIGNING BEFORE THE GAME, A GREAT WAY TO SECURE SOME FUTURE BALLPLAYERS AT MINOR LEAGUE STADIUMS!


Friday, June 12, 2015

THE 2015 BACHELORETTE WINNER, JOSH MURRAY APPEARS @ CLIPPER MAGAZINE STADIUM!!!

TONIGHT,  A FRIEND AND I ATTENDED THE LANCASTER BARNSTORMERS GAME WITH THE SOMERSET PATRIOTS!  (ATLANTIC LEAGUE, INDEPENDENT BASEBALL)  THE FREE TICKETS WERE A NICE GESTURE ON A HOT, STEAMY NIGHT FOR BASEBALL!  A SPARSE CROWD ATTENDED THE GAME WON BY THE SOMERSET PATRIOTS!  I DID SOME "AUTOGRAPHING" WITH THE MAIN ATTRACTION FOR ME BEING JOSH MURRAY,  2015 BACHELORETTE WINNER!  AS A SIDE NOTE, FORMER BALTIMORE ORIOLE ROBERT ANDINO PLAYS FOR THE SOMERSET PATRIOTS!  I AM SURE ROBERT IS HOPING FOR A COMEBACK WITH MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL!
 ABOVE ARE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SIGNED BY JOSH MURRAY:
AN OFFICIAL ATLANTIC LEAGUE BALL
A PHOTO SIGNED BY JOSH, THESE WERE PROVIDED BY THE STADIUM!
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROMOTIONAL SCHEDULE SIGNED BY JOSH MURRAY!!
 ABOVE ARE AUTOGRAPHS SIGNED BY FORMER ORIOLE & CURRENT SOMERSET PATRIOT, ROBERT ANDINO!  HE SIGNED A GAME PROGRAM & THE ORIOLE PHOTO CARD WAS SIGNED FROM A PREVIOUS ORIOLE FANFEST!!
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM FROM LUKE HUGHES!!
 ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH FORMER ORIOLE, ROBERT ANDINO!!
ABOVE IS LUKE HUGHES SIGNING FOR FANS BEFORE THE GAME!!
 JOSH AND I TALKING ABOUT HIS CHANCES OF APPEARING ON THE SHOW, DANCING WITH THE STARS!  A LOCAL EATERY, LOXLEY'S SPONSORED HIS APPEARANCE TO THE BALLPARK!!
THE 2015 BACHELORETTE WINNER, JOSH MURRAY AND I!  HE TOOK THE TIME TO TALK WITH HIS FANS AND YOU WERE NOT RUSHED THROUGH THE LINE!

Thursday, June 11, 2015

2007 WWE HALL OF FAMER "THE AMERICAN DREAM" DUSTY RHODES PASSED AWAY TODAY!

SAD NEWS TO REPORT TODAY FROM THE PRO WRESTLING WORLD, 2007 WWE HALL OF FAMER DUSTY RHODES PASSED AWAY.  THE 69 YEAR OLD WAS A FAN FAVORITE IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION FROM THE 70'S THRU THE 80'S!  HIS BOUTS WITH NATURE BOY RIC FLAIR WERE CLASSICS!  DUSTY HAD GREAT "MIC" SKILLS IN AN ERA WHERE FEW WRESTLERS COULD TALK WELL!  SOME OF HIS FAMOUS SAYINGS, "I'VE WINED AND DINED WITH KINGS AND QUEENS....AND I'VD SLEPT IN ALLEYS AND ATE PORK AND BEANS!!"  "THE SON OF A PLUMMER, THE AMERICAN DREAM, DUSTY RHODES!  HE CERTAINLY BOASTED CHARISMA DESPITE HIS OVERALL APPEARANCE!  BOTH DUSTY'S SONS WRESTLE AS GOLDUST AND STARDUST!    THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES BIG DUST AND GODSPEED TO HIS FAMILY!!
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO FROM THE AMERICAN DREAM!!  THIS WAS OBTAINED FROM WRESTLEREUNION 2 IN 2004!!!
 ABOVE IS A OLD WWF DOLL FROM DUSTY'S WWF DAYS IN THE EARLY 90'S!  A PICTURE WITH BIG DUST IS INCLUDED FROM WRESTLEREUNION 2!!!!

BALTIMORE ORIOLE C CALEB JOSEPH SET TO APPEAR AT THE ORIOLES STORE IN THE YORK, PA GALLERIA MALL!!!

TODAY, ORIOLE CATCHER CALEB JOSEPH WILL MAKE A FREE APPEARANCE AT THE OFFICIAL ORIOLES TEAM STORE IN THE YORK PA GALLERIA MALL!  THIS WILL BE THE 1ST OF 3 SIGNINGS HELD THIS SUMMER AT THE STORE! HAVING MET CALEB AT THIS YEAR'S ORIOLES FANFEST, I DID NOT HAVE TO TAKE A DAY OFF FROM MY CAREER!  I'M HOPING FOR A PLAYER APPEARANCE THAT I NEED FOR MY ORIOLE COLLECTION!
C CALEB JOSEPH POSING WITH MY DAUGHTER FROM THIS YEAR'S ORIOLES FANFEST!
ABOVE IS A SIGNED 1STT BOWMAN CHROME CARD BY ORIOLE C CALEB JOSEPH!!!

Saturday, June 6, 2015

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES FLY INTO THE ROCKVALE OUTLETS FOR THEIR ANNUAL AUTOGRAPH SIGNING!!!

TODAY, I ATTENDED THE ANNUAL PHILADELPHIA EAGLE AUTOGRAPH SIGNING AT THE EAGLE ENDZONE IN LANCASTER, PA!  THIS ANNUAL SIGNING EVENT IS A FREE AUTOGRAPH SESSION.  THE WEATHER WAS FAIRLY MILD FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IN THE RED ROSE CITY!  LOCAL MEDIA WPMT-TV AND WSOX-FM ATTENDED THE EVENT!  BOTH STATIONS BROADCAST THE EAGLE GAME IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. (TV &RADIO)  A MASSIVE CROWD ATTENDED THIS YEAR'S SIGNING WITH AN ESTIMATED 1,000 FANS TURNING OUT AT THE ROCKVALE OUTLETS!  THIS YEAR'S LINEUP INCLUDED LB BRANDON GRAHAM, DT VINNY CURRY,  K CODY PARKEY, AND WR JORDAN MATTHEWS!  I WAS ABLE TO SECURE ALL 4 PLAYERS DESPITE SOME SLOW MOVING LINES!  GRAHAM AND MATTHEWS HAD THE LONGEST LINES OF THE 4 PLAYERS TODAY!
 ABOVE IS WR JORDAN MATTHEWS SIGNING MY 8X10 PHOTO.  HE CAME OUT TO SIGN FOR SOME FANS,  BEFORE LEAVING THE EVENT!!
 ABOVE IS K CODY PARKEY!!!
 ABOVE IS DT VINNY CURRY!!!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO OF BRANDON GRAHAM!
 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO OF JORDAN MATTHEWS!!!  ( A RATHER WEAK SIGNATURE)
ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO OF  CODY PARKEY, INSCRIBED WITH FLY, EAGLES FLY!
ABOVE IS LB BRANDON GRAHAM!!!

ABOVE IS A FREE SHIRT GIVEN AWAY AT THE SIGNING!
ABOVE ARE SIGNED PHOTOS
EAGLE LOGO:
VINNY CURRY
CODY PARKEY
PREVIOUS AUTOGRAPHS:
KENNY JACKSON
BRANDON GRAHAM
JEREMIAH TROTTER
TRA THOMAS
PHOTO OF LINCOLN FINANCIAL STADIUM:
CODY PARKEY
PREVIOUS AUTOGRAPHS:
CULLEN JENKINS
DEMECO RYANS
MYCHAL KENDRICKS
JEREMY MACLIN
JON DORENBOS
RILEY COOPER
BRENDON BOYKIN
EARL WOLFF

Monday, June 1, 2015

PRO WRESTLER TOMMY ROGERS, 1/2 OF THE TAG TEAM, "FANTASTICS" PASSES AWAY TODAY!

SAD NEWS IN THE PRO WRESTLING WORLD TODAY!  1/2 OF THE TAG TEAM FANTASTICS, TOMMY ROGERS PASSED AWAY IN HAWAII.  HIS TAG TEAM PARTNER, BOBBY FULTON REPORTED THE LOSS!  THE 54 YEAR OLD LIVED IN HAWAII FOR A DECADE.  THE FANTASTICS WERE A TAG TEAM WHO COMPETED IN THE MID-SOUTH, NWA, AND WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING.  THE TEAM NEVER COMPETED IN THE WWF/E.  IN 2004, I MET TOMMY ROGERS AT WRESTLEREUNION 2 IN KING OF PRUSSIA, PA.  
ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM FROM WRESTLEREUNION 2 SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING WRESTLERS:
DOMINIC DENUCCI
TERRY FUNK
TOMMY ROGERS -(RIP TOMMY)
DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE
PRETTY BOY LARRY SHARPE
BOBBY FULTON
DORY FUNK
THE REF, DICK WOEHRLE

 

TODD'S UPCOMING AUTOGRAPH SCHEDULE!!!

TODD'S UPCOMING EVENT PAGE:

JUNE 6TH:  2015 EAGLES FANFEST  @ THE EAGLES ENDZONE; THE ROCKVALE OUTLETS IN LANCASTER, PA  (PLAYERS INCLUDE:  VINNY CURRY, BRANDON GRAHAM, JORDAN MATTHEWS + CODY PARKEY FROM 12-3PM).....

JUNE 19TH:  GAME SHOW NIGHT W/ PAT SAJAK @ HARRY GROVE STADIUM; PAT SAJAK BOBBLEHEAD NIGHT; WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS VS. 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 AKA (THE SOUP NAZI); CAROLINA MUDCATS VS.  FREDERICK KEYS......

SEPT. 11TH:  LGC MARKETING PRESENTS:  THE 4TH ANNUAL BALTIMORE FOOTBALL FESTIVAL @ METRO CENTRE IN OWINGS MILLS, MD....PLAYERS TBA/5-10PM!!!!

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