BATLIMORE ORIOLE P BRAD BRACH SET TO APPEAR @ THE ORIOLE STORE IN YORK, PA!!!

Tomorrow, the Official Team Store of the Baltimore Orioles with host a free signing with P Brad Brach!  The signing with take place from 11-12pm.  This is the 3rd signing to be held this season!  In 2013, I was able to obtain Brad's autograph in B-more!  Brad was a member of the San Diego Padres!        Below is a logo sheet signed with Brad's signature!

Tyson Ross, Chase Headley, Jedd Gyorko, Huston Street were other players obtained that game!!!!

ATLANTA BRAVE OF NICK MARKAKIS RETURNS TO ORIOLE PARK @ CAMDEN YARDS!!!

Tomorrow, the Atlanta Braves visit Oriole Park!  Former Oriole and current Brave Nick Markakis returns to right field!  Nick spent 9 years patrolling right field at Camden Yards!  He left this season to sign a free agent contract with the Braves!  Heading into the series, Nick is batting .286 with 1 home run!

A signed  8x10  phot of Nick from his 5K run charity event in 2010!

FORMER SENATOR BOB DOLE (KS-R) CELEBRATES HIS 92ND BIRTHDAY, TODAY!

TODAY, FORMER 1996 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE BOB DOLE CELEBRATES HIS 92ND BIRTHDAY!  THE LONGTIME KANSAS SENATOR WAS ALSO A 1976 VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE!  AT THE RATE BOB IS MOVING, HE WILL CATCH ALF LANDON!  LANDON WAS THE 1936 REPUBLICAN NOMINEE WHO LOST TO FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT!  ALF LIVED TO BE 100 YEARS OLD!  IN 2005, I ATTENDED A BOOK SIGNING WITH SENATOR DOLE @ BORDERS IN TYSONS CORNER, VIRGINIA!  THIS WAS HIS RELEASE OF HIS MEMOIR!  THE BOOK IS A HARROWING TALE OF DOLE'S EXPERIENCE IN ITALY DURING WORLD WAR II!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PAGE BY SENATOR DOLE!  I REMEMBER THE BOOK HAD TO BE PLACED IN A CERTAIN WAY FOR HIM TO SIGN WITH HIS LEFT HAND!

 THE COVER OF SEN. BOB DOLE'S MEMOIR, A 1ST EDITION SIGNED BY THE SENATOR!

 A PHOTO ABOVE WITH SEN. DOLE & I! 

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIE ROOKE P AARON NOLA MAKES HIS DEBUT TOMORROW AGAINST THE TAMPA BAY RAYS!!

TOMORROW NIGHT,  THE PHILLIES 2014 1ST ROUND PICK AARON NOLA MAKES HIS PITCHING DEBUT AT CITIZENS BANK PARK!  THE TEAM HAS A PROMOTION FOR 2 TICKETS FOR $27.  NOLA'S JERSEY NUMBER WILL BE 27!  NOLA ATTENDED LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, WAS 2X SEC PITCHER OF THE YEAR, AND 2014 NATIONAL PITCHER OF THE YEAR!  LAST YEAR, I MET AARON AT A READING PHILLIES GAME!  THIS IS THE DOUBLE A AFFILIATE OF THE PHILLIES!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 2014 READING PHILLIES GAME PROGRAM FROM THE #1 PITCHING PROSPECT!!

 AARON SIGNING PREGAME FOR THE FANS FROM A 2014 READING PHILLIES GAME!

 AARON FINISHING SIGNING FOR THE FANS IN READING, PA!!!

2015 WWE HOF LARRY ZBYSZKO TRAVELS TO AMISH COUNTRY FOR LANCASTER CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING!!

TONIGHT,  2015 WWE HALL OF FAMER LARRY ZBYSZKO APPEARS FOR LCW AT THE LANCASTER HOST RESORT IN LANCASTER PA!  THIS APPEARANCE ADDS TO THE LINEUP OF FORMER WWE GREATS MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE RED ROSE CITY!  TICKETS ARE $10 IN ADVANCE FOR GENERAL ADMISSION AND CHILDREN  12 & UNDER GET IN FOR FOR THE WRESTLING EVENT!  AS LARRY WOULD OFTEN SAY, "WELCOME TO LARRYLAND"!

 ABOVE IS A PHOTO TAKEN WITH LARRY AND AN AUTOGRAPHED 8X10 PHOTO OF LARRY!!

2004 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER & CURRENT PENN STATE HEAD WRESTLING COACH SUPLEXES SANTANDER STADIUM!!

THIS EVENING, MY DAUGHTERS AND I ATTENDED WRESTLING NIGHT @ SANTANDER STADIUM!  THE MAIN EVENT WAS 2004 GOLD MEDAL WINNER & CURRENT PENN STATE HEAD WRESTLING COACH, CAEL SANDERSON!  I MUST REPORT ON THE SPARSE CROWD FOR THIS EVENT!  AS WE WALKED UP TO THE GATE,  THERE MAY HAVE BEEN 2 DOZEN PEOPLE WAITING FOR THE GATES TO OPEN!  WE WERE 2ND IN LINE FOR THE MEET AND GREET WITH CAEL!  I AM COMPARING THIS TO THE DARRYL STRAWBERRY EVENT THIS YEAR. ( AN ESTIMATED 1,000 FANS)  MOREOVER, LAST SEASON JENNIE FINCH HAD A RECORD CROWD!  A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SOFTBALL TEAMS TURNED OUT FOR THE FINCH EVENT!  THE FEW WRESTLING TEAMS MET WITH CAEL IN THE SKYBOX SECTION BEFORE THE GENERAL MEET & GREET!  THIS SEASON FOR THE YORK REVOLUTION HAS BEEN A DISAPPOINTMENT WITH OVERALL ATTENDANCE!  THIS AREA IS A PENN STATE MARKET AND IT JUST SURPRISED ME SO FEW FANS SHOWED UP FOR AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER & CURRENT PENN STATE HEAD WRESTLING COACH!  ( IT'S NOT EVERY DAY AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER COMES TO YORK, PA)  BELOW ARE THE ITEMS I RECEIVED BY CAEL SANDERSON!

 ABOVE ARE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SIGNED BY CAEL SANDERSON:
CARD SIGNED BY CAEL
A GAME TICKET SIGNED BY CAEL

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BY CAEL!  I HAD HIM INSCRIBE HIS RECORD OF 159-0 IN HIS NCAA CAREER!

 ABOVE 2004 GOLD MEDAL WINNER & CURRENT PENN STATE HEAD WRESTLING COACH CAEL SANDERSON WITH THE CREW!!  WE R........

 ABOVE IS THE GAME PROGRAM FOR WRESTLING NIGHT WITH CAEL SANDERSON!  NEVER SURPRISED BY THE MARKETING OF THE YORK REVOLUTION:  WHY NOT PUT THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNER & PENN STATE WRESTLING COACH ON THE COVER OF THE PROGRAM!!!?????

 COACH SANDERSON SIGNING MY GAME TICKET AT THE MEET AND GREET!!!  HIS CAULIFLOWER EAR SHOWING!

COACH SANDERSON GIVING A SPEECH TO THE FANS BEFORE HIS MEET AND GREET

WWE HOF RICKY "THE DRAGON" STEAMBOAT & THE SALEM RED SOX INVADE NYMEO FIELD @ HARRY GROVE STADIUM IN FREDERICK, MD!!!

TONIGHT, MY DAUGHTERS AND I CAUGHT UP WITH FAMILY IN FREDERICK, MD!  THIS WAS OUR 2ND INSTALLMENT OF SEEING THE FREDERICK KEYS PLAY!  THEY HOSTED THE SALEM RED SOX IN SINGLE A BASEBALL!  THE KEYS DEFEATED THE RED SOX 6-2 BEFORE 4,522 FANS FUNDAY SUNDAY!  THE CHILDREN WERE ABLE TO PLAY CATCH ON THE FIELD BEFORE THE GAME.  AFTER THE GAME THEY RAN THE BASES!  MOREOVER, 2009 WWE HOF RICKY "THE DRAGON" STEAMBOAT MADE AN APPEARANCE IN FREDERICK, MD!  I REMEMBER SEEING RICKY PERFORM @ THE HISTORIC HERSHEYPARK ARENA IN THE LATE 80'S AND EARLY 90'S!  FURTHERMORE, HE WRESTLED IN BALTIMORE, FREDERICK, EMMITTSBURG, AND LANDOVER, MD!   I DID AUTOGRAPHING BEFORE THE GAME WITH THE SALEM RED SOX!  I RECEIVED MOST OF THE KEYS AT LAST MONTH'S GAME, THEREFORE I DECIDED TO COLLECT THE VISITING TEAM!

 ABOVE ARE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SIGNED BY RICKY STEAMBOAT:
A PRO WRESTLING ILLUSTRATED PINUP FROM RICKY
A LJN WRESTLING FIGURE SIGNED BY RICKY!  HE SEEMED IMPRESSED WITH HIS 1ST WRESTLING FIGURE FROM 1985!  HE TEASED ME IT'S NOT MISSING AN ARM OR LEG!!

ABOVE IS A LOGO SHEET SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING SALEM RED SOX:
JOE NUNNALLY (HITTING COACH)
MICKEY JIANG (COACH)
MIKE ADAMS
TREY BALL ( A TOP 20 PROSPECT)
KYLE KAMINSKA
CHANDLER SHEPARD
BRANDON SHAW
TEDDY STANKIEWICZ ( A TOP 20 PROSPECT)
GERMAN TAVERES
AARON WILKERSON
FORRESTT ALLDAY
ZACH KAPSTEIN
DEREK MILLER
JORDAN BETTS
MAURICIO DUBON ( A TOP 20 PROSPECT)
TZU WEI LIN
WENDELL RIJO  ( A TOP 20 PROSPECT)
JOSE VINICIO

 A SIDE HEAD LOCK APPLIED BY 2009 WWE HOF RICKY STEAMBOAT!!!!  HE IS 62 YEARS OLD, AND HE SAYS HE TRAINS EVERYDAY!  IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE IT!  I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ANY MEMORIES OF WRESTLING IN HERSHEY, PA?  HE TOLD ME HE WRESTLED OVER 6,000 MATCHES!

 A FAMILY PHOTO WITH THE DRAGON!!

A SNAPSHOT OF RICKY'S WWE HALL OF FAME RING!!

 HITTING COACH JOE NUNNALLY SIGNING FOR THE FANS!

 P TREY BALL SIGNING FOR THE FANS, PREGAME!!

IF MAURICIO DUBON HEADING TO THE FIELD AFTER SIGNING FOR ME!  HE IS A TOP PROSPECT FOR THE RED SOX!!

 P TEDDY STANKIEWICZ SIGNING FOR THE FANS!!

 MORE SIGNING ACTION!!

MORE SIGNING ACTION!!!

A GAMEBALL WAS GIVEN TO THE GIRLS PREGAME!!

THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES DEFEAT THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS IN THE OPENER OF THE BATTLE OF THE BELTWAY SERIES!!

LAST EVENING, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED THE NATS/O'S GAME AT CAMDEN YARDS!  THE PROMOTIONAL GIVEAWAY WAS THE ORIOLES ANNUAL FLOPPY HAT!  THE LARGEST CROWD OF THE SEASON 46,289 FANS WATCHED THE ORIOLES BEAT THE NATIONALS WITH A WALK OFF HOME RUN BY JONATHAN SCHOOP!    THE FINAL SCORE WAS 3-2!  THIS WAS A STANDING ROOM ONLY CROWD ON A VERY HUMID NIGHT IN BALTIMORE!  THE OTHER ORIOLES SCORING INCLUDED A SOLO HOME RUN BY ADAM JONES AND A RBI DOUBLE BY MATT WIETERS!  THE NATS PHENOM BRYCE HARPER WAS JUST 1 FOR 4 IN THE GAME!  I DID AUTOGRAPHING BEFORE THE GAME AS THE NATIONALS PITCHERS WERE IN THE LEFT FIELD AREA!  I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN THE FOLLOWING BELOW!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED WASHINGTON NATIONALS BUMPER STICKER BY THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS/COACHES:
TONY TARASCO ( 1ST BASE COACH)
BOB HENLEY (3RD BASE COACH)
BLAKE TREINEN
TANNER ROARK
STEVE MCCATTY (PITCHING COACH)
OCTAVIO MARTINEZ (BULLPEN CATCHER) A FORMER PLAYER FOR THE YORK (PA) REVOLUTION

 ABOVE THE NATIONALS PITCHERS WITH NERF FOOTBALLS WARMING UP!!

 ABOVE IS THE FLOPPY HAT GIVEN AWAY TO THE 1ST 20,000 FANS 21 AND OVER!!

NATS P TANNER ROARK WARMING UP BEFORE THE GAME!

A PHOTO WITH MY DAUGHTER PRE GAME WHILE DOING SOME AUTOGRAPHING WITH THE NATIONALS ALONG THE LEFT FIELD AREA OF CAMDEN YARDS!!

4 BALTIMORE ORIOLES ARE ANNOUNCED FOR 86TH ALL-STAR GAME TO BE HELD @ THE GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK IN CINCINNATI, OHIO!!

TONIGHT,  MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ANNOUNCED THE RESERVES TO THE ALL-STAR GAME!  NO ORIOLE PLAYERS WERE SELECTED TO START THE 86TH GAME IN CINCINNATI!  HOWEVER, 4 ORIOLES WERE SELECTED AS RESERVES:  OF ADAM JONES, 3B MANNY MACHADO, P ZACH BRITTON, AND P DARREN O'DAY!
CONSIDERING THE ORIOLES ARE BATTLING FOR 1ST PLACE IN THE AL EAST, NOT BAD REPRESENTATION FOR THE GAME!  IT HAS COME A LONG WAY WHEN 1 ORIOLE WAS OBLIGATED TO APPEAR IN THE ALL-STAR GAME!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED CARD FROM ZACH BRITTON

 ABOVE ARE PHOTO CARDS SIGNED BY ADAM JONES & DARREN O'DAY!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BY MANNY MACHADO!  THIS IS WHEN HE WAS PLAYING WITH THE DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS!  THE LOW A TEAM OF THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES!

THE WWE VISITS THE GIANT CENTER IN HERSHEY, PA FOR A SMACKDOWN TV TAPING!!!

SOME FAMILY MEMBERS AND I ATTENDED THE WWE SMACKDOWN TAPING IN THE SWEETEST PLACE ON EARTH!  A BIG CROWD (I ESTIMATE 8,000) WATCHED AN ENTERTAINING NIGHT OF WWE ACTION.  THE FAMILY WALKED AWAY HAPPY AFTER WATCHING THEIR 1ST LIVE WWE EVENT!  BELOW I WILL LIST MATCH RESULTS.  MOREOVER, I DID SOME AUTOGRAPHING AND RECEIVED 2 SIGNATURES!  CONSIDERING HOW THE WWE RUNS THEIR SHOWS AND ACCESS TO THE WRESTLERS IS "VERY LIMITED",  I WAS PLEASED WITH WHAT I RECEIVED!  THE WWE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL RETURN FOR A SMACKDOWN TV TAPING ON DECEMBER 1ST!  THEY HAD A PRESALE FOR ATTENDEES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO PURCHASE TICKETS IN OCTOBER!!
MATCH RESULTS FOR THE WWE SMAKEDOWN TV TAPING IN HERSHEY, PA:

BO DALLAS DEFEATED ZACK RYDER
FANDANGO DEFEATED HEATH SLATER
LUKE HARPER DEFEATED JACK SWAGGER
TYLER BREEZE DEFEATED CHARLES BRENNER ( A LOCAL INDY WRESTLER)
BRAY WYATT BEAT DEAN AMBROSE
R-TRUTH BEAT ADAM ROSE
RYBACK DEFEATED MARK HENRY
BRIE BELLA BEAT NAOMI IN A DIVA'S MATCH
PRIME TIME PLAYERS DEFEATED THE ASCENSION
MAIN EVENT:
ROMAN REIGNS BEAT SETH ROLLINS BY DQ

 THE CROWD AWAITS OUTSIDE THE GIANT CENTER FOR THE DOORS TO OPEN FOR THE WWE SMACKDOWN TV TAPING!!  I ESTIMATED 8,000 FANS TURNED OUT FOR THE TV TAPING!!

 MY DAUGHTER WITH WWE REFEREE JOHN CONE BEFORE THE MATCHES BEGAN!!

 THE VIEW FROM OUR SEATS, A GREAT VIEW FOR THE FAMILY TO SEE ALL THE ACTION!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED EVENT CARD FOR THE NEXT WWE EVENT BY DEAN AMBROSE!  AFTER THE MAIN EVENT WITH SETH &  ROMAN, HE CAME OUT TO HELP, HE WORKED THE ROPE LINE AS HE WAS GOING BACK TO THE LOCKER ROOM!  I HAD MY PEN AND CARD READY AND HE SIGNED!   DEAN WAS SHAKING HANDS, HE LOOKED SOMEWHAT SURPRISED, HOWEVER HE SIGNED THE CARD AS FANS AROUND ME APPLAUDED!  GOOD STUFF!  WWE REFEREE JOHN CONE SIGNED THE OTHER EVENT CARD! 

 A BLURRY PICTURE AFTER DEAN WAS DONE SHAKING HANDS AND SIGNING AN AUTOGRAPH FOR ME AS HEADED UP THE RAMP TO FINISH THE SHOW!!  THINGS HAPPENED TOO QUICK FOR ME TO GET A PHOTO OF HIM SIGNING OR A PHOTO WITH ME!!!

THE CREW ENJOYING THE SHOW FROM THE SWEETEST PLACE ON EARTH!!!

 2 CUPS I PICKED UP AT THE GIANT CENTER!!  THE GIANT CENTER IS HOME TO THE HERSHEY BEARS, WHICH IS THE MINOR LEAGUE TEAM TO THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS!!

 A SELFIE WITH WWE REFEREE JOHN CONE AND I!!!!

MY LITTLE UNDERSTUDY DID WELL!  HE GOT A SELFIE WITH ROMAN REIGNS AFTER THE MAIN EVENT!  KUDOS TO BOTH ROMAN AND DEAN FOR WORKING THE ROPE LINE!!  GREAT MEMORIES FROM THE EVENT!!!  BTW, MY LITTLE BUDDY YOU HAVE ARRIVED!    GREAT STUFF!!!!