CHICAGO CUB P JAKE ARRIETA PITCHES A NO HITTER ON SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL!

LAST EVENING, CUBS P JAKE ARRIETA PITCHED THE SIXTH NO-HITTER THIS SEASON IN MLB!  JAKE BECAME THE FIRST 17 GAME WINNER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL!  THE CUBS BEAT THE DODGERS 3-0 BEHIND 12 STRIKE OUTS THROWN BY ARRIETA!  FOR ORIOLE FANS, IN 2013 JAKE WAS TRADED TO THE CUBS FOR STEVE CLEVENGER AND SCOTT FELDMAN!  A CHANGE OF SCENERY FOR JAKE HAS BEEN WELL!  FOR THE ORIOLES THIS SEASON, A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT CONSIDERING LAST SEASON WINNING THE AL EAST TITLE AND BEING 4 GAMES AWAY FROM THE WORLD SERIES!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO CARD FROM AN ORIOLES FANFEST IN 2012!

GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLING FEATURING JEFF JARRETT & KEVIN NASH SLAMS INTO METRO BANK PARK IN HARRISBURG,PA!!!

TONIGHT, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLING @ METRO BANK PARK IN HARRISBURG, PA!  A GLORIOUS NIGHT FOR WRESTLING UNDER A FULL MOON IN THE STATE CAPITOL OF PENNSYLVANIA!  A SPARSE CROWD OF APPROXIMATELY 100-150 FANS TURNED OUT FOR THIS STADIUM SHOW!  FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR JEFF JARRETT IS THE OWNER/PROMOTER OF THIS PROMOTION!  THE HEADLINDER WAS 2015 WWE HALL OF FAMER, KEVIN NASH!  THE AUTOGRAPHING WAS EASY AS THERE WERE NOT ALOT OF FANS GOING AFTER THE SIGNATURES OF THE STARS!  THE SHOW WAS ENTERTAINING AND WELL WORTH THE $10 GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS!  WITH SO FEW FANS IN ATTENDANCE, YOU COULD SIT ANYWHERE IN THE SEATING BOWL BEHIND HOME PLATE!  THE RING WAS PLACED OVER HOME PLATE!  AFTER TONIGHT, THE CREW WAS TRAVELING BY CAR TO RICHMOND, VIRGINIA FOR TOMORROW EVENING'S SHOW!  I LIST THE SHOW RESULTS BELOW WITH THE PHOTOS AND AUTOGRAPHS I COLLECTED!  IF GLOBAL WRESTLING COMES TO YOUR AREA IT IS WELL WORTH CHECKING OUT THE PRODUCT!

PAT BUCK DEFEATED DIRTY MONEY
PEPPER "THE BODY" PARKS BEAT KEVIN MATTHEWS ( A LOCAL WRESTLER)
KIMBER LEE DEFEATED CHERRY BOMB IN A DIVA'S MATCH
EDDIE SMOOTH (A LOCAL WRESTLER) BEAT BLK JEEZ AND SONJAY DUTT IN A 3 WAY MATCH
CHRIS MASTERS ( FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR) BEAT BRIAN MYERS
THE BULLET CLUB ( NO KARL ANDERSON) ONLY HIS PARTNER DOC GALLOWAY BEAT ALI AKBAR & SEIYA SANADA
AFTER THE MAIN EVENT, JEFF JARRETT AND KEVIN NASH POSED FOR PICTURES IN THE RING WITH FANS!!!

 ABOVE ARE SIGNED CARDS FROM THE FOLLOWING WRESTLERS:
KEVIN NASH
JEFF JARRETT
CHRIS MASTERS
SONJAY DUTT

 ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH MY DAUGHTER & I WITH JEFF JARRETT & 2015 WWE HOF, KEVIN NASH!  AFTER THE SHOW, THEY MET THE FANS INSIDE THE WRESTLING RING!  IT WAS A GREAT TREAT FOR MY DAUGHTER TO GO INSIDE THE RING!!

 ABOVE IS POSTER FROM THE EVENT @ METRO BANK PARK!

 FORMER TNA STAR SONJAY DUTT!!

 FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR CHRIS MASTERS PUTTING ME IN A SIDE HEAD LOCK!

2015 WWE HOF KEVIN NASH PRE SHOW!!!

FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR, CHRIS MASTERS PRE SHOW!!

 A SHOT OF THE RING PRE SHOW FOR GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLING!!!

A LOOK AT THE SPARSE CROWD PRE SHOW!!

 GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLING ON THE SCOREBOARD @ METRO BANK PARK!!

 A LOOK BEHIND HOME PLATE FROM OUT SEATS!  A GREAT VIEW FOR THE EVENING'S ACTION!  2015 WWE HOF, KEVIN NASH IN THE RING WITH ALI AKBAR & SEIYA SANADA!

FORMER WWE/TNA SUPERSTAR AND CURRENT OWNER/PROMOTER OF GLOBAL FORCE WRESTLING JEFF JARRETT!

RED LAND'S (PA) OWN, DANNY SHEAFFER IN THE LOCAL NEWS IN YORK, PA!!!

AS THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES HEATS UP THIS WEEK WITH RED LAND PLAYING EXTREMELY WELL!  OUR LOCAL PAPER THE YORK(PA) DAILY RECORD FEATURED AN ARTICLE ABOUT FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER DANNY SHEAFFER!  HE WAS ON THE LAST RED LAND CHAMPIONSHIP LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM FROM RED LAND IN 1974!  DANNY HAD A 18 YEAR CAREER IN MLB AND CURRENTLY MANAGES THE PRINCETON RAYS, THE ROOKIE LEVEL AFFILIATE OF THE TAMPA BAY RAYS!  IN 1996, DANNY APPEARED @ THE 32ND ANNUAL YORK (PA) SPORTS NIGHT.  I WAS ABLE TO SECURE DANNY'S AUTOGRAPH AT THE EVENT!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE OF DANNY SHEAFFER!  AS THE CURRENT RED LAND'S LEAGUE LITTLE BASEBALL TEAM BATTLES THIS WEEK IN WILLIAMSPORT, PA, DANNY WAS ON THE 1974 RED LAND LLWS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM!!

BASKETBALL NIGHT @ SANTANDER STADIUM FEATURING BASKETBALL TRICKSTAR, JACK RYAN!!!

TONIGHT, MY DAUGHTERS AND I ATTENDED BASKETBALL NIGHT @ SANTANDER STADIUM!  THE 1ST 1,000 FANS RECEIVED A MINI-BASKETBALL!  WE RECEIVED A RAIN CHECK FOR THE MINI-BASKETBALLS!  APPARENTLY THE BALLS WERE IN U.S. CUSTOMS!  CONSIDERING THIS IS THE YORK REVOLUTION AND THEIR PROMOTIONS,  I AM NOT SURPRISED!  BEFORE THE GAME, JACK RYAN ENTERTAINED FANS WITH HIS TRICKSTAR SHOW AND THE FANS SEEMED TO ENJOY HIS WORK!   JACK HAS ENTERTAINED NBA AND COLLEGE BASKETBALL AUDIENCES WITH HIS WORK!  WE BOUNCED AFTER THE PRE SHOW TO WATCH RAVENS PRE SEASON FOOTBALL!

 ABOVE IS JACK RYAN AUTOGRAPH SIGNED AS "BLACKJACK"

 ABOVE ARE RAIN CHECKS FOR THE MINI-BASKETBALL!

 POSTING UP AGAINST JACK PRE-GAME!!!

 ABOVE IS A SHOT WITH THE GIRLS, JACK, AND MYSELF!!!

 MY DAUGHTER GETTING HER CHANCE TO SPIN THE BASKETBALL ON HER FINGER!!

 MY YOUNGEST SPINNING THE BASKETBALL ON HER FINGER!!!

HAPPY 74TH BIRTHDAY TO FORMER BALTIMORE ORIOLE SLUGGER, JOHN "BOOG" POWELL!!

TODAY, ORIOLE HALL OF FAMER JOHN "BOOG" POWELL CELEBRATES HIS 74TH BIRTHDAY!  THE 4X ALL STAR HAS A BARBEQUE STAND @ ORIOLE PARK!  IN HIS POST BASEBALL CAREER, BOOG HAS CREATED A NITCH SELLING HIS BBQ!  HE HAS AUTHORED BOOKS ON BBQ!  AMONG HIS OTHER BASEBALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:  2X WORLD SERIES CHAMPION (1966 & 1970) AND THE AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP IN 1970!

 ABOVE @ OPENING DAY THIS YEAR IN BALTIMORE!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO OF BOOG!  INSCRIBED TO TODD, BEST WISHES!

LARRY THOMAS, AKA THE SOUP NAZI MAKES AN APPEARANCE @ NYMEO FIELD FOR SEINFELD NIGHT IN FREDERICK, MD!

LAST EVENING, THE FAMILY ATTENDED SEINFELD NIGHT @ NYMEO FIELD @ HARRY GROVE STADIUM IN FREDERICK, MD!  A CROWD OF 7,866 FANS TURNED OUT ON AN 89 DEGREE NIGHT FOR BASEBALL IN FREDERICK, MD!  THE FREDERICK KEYS DEFEATED THE CAROLINA MUDCATS 1-0 IN A FAST MOVING 2 HOUR GAME!  KIDS RUN THE BASES AND FIREWORKS ENDED THE EVENING @ NYMEO FIELD!  I DID PRE GAME AUTOGRAPHING WITH THE CAROLINA MUDCATS!  THE TEAM IS HIGH A AFFILIATE OF THE ATLANTA BRAVES!  LARRY THOMAS SIGNED PRE GAME AND THROUGH THE WHOLE GAME!  HE POSED FOR PICTURES AND SIGNED ANY ITEM PRESENTED TO HIM, INCLUDING SOUP LADLES!  IN BETWEEN INNINGS OF THE GAME, THE SCOREBOARD SHOWED CLIPS OF THE SEINFELD SHOW!  ONE OF THE ALL TIME CLASSIC SITCOMS ON TELEVISION!  BELOW IS WHO I RECEIVED:

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM FROM THE SOUP NAZI, LARRY THOMAS!  HE INSCRIBED THE PROGRAM TO THE MILLERS AND I ASKED HIM TO SIGN HIS FAMOUS QUOTE, " NO SOUP FOR YOU"
A SIGNED TOPPS CELEBRITY WORN MEMORABILIA CARD BY LARRY THOMAS!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED LOGO SHEET OF THE CAROLINA MUDCATS SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING COACHES & PLAYERS:
LUIS SALAZAR (MGR)
JOSE MOTA (COACH)
CARLOS MENDEZ (HITTING COACH)
DERRICK LEWIS (PITCHING COACH)
JOHAN CAMARGO
CARLOS FRANCO
REED HARPER
TANNER KRIETEMEIER
JOEY MENESES
BRANDON BARKER
CLAYTON COOK
JUSTIN JACKSON
RICHIE TATE
ROB WHALEN
SAL GIARDINA
JOSEPH ODOM
DUSTIN PETERSON
TYLER BROSIUS

 A PICTURE WITH THE SOUP NAZI, LARRY THOMAS & I FROM NYMEO FIELD IN FREDERICK, MD!

 CREME OF CRAB SOUP AT THE GAME, INCLUDING BREAD!  KEEPING WITH THE THEME OF THE SOUP NAZI!!

 THE CREW WITH THE SOUP NAZI!  THE KIDS WALKED UP TO THE TABLE JUST LIKE IN THE SHOW AT THE RESTAURANT, AND LARRY SAID HIS FAMOUS QUOTE TO THE KIDS, "NO SOUP FOR YOU"  CLASSIC STUFF!!  YOUTUBE IS GREAT TO SHOW THE KIDS A GREAT SITCOM FROM THE 90'S!!!!!

THE SOUP NAZI SIGNING MY CARD FROM SEINFELD NIGHT @ NYMEO FIELD!!!  AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE PICTURE, LARRY WAS WEARING HIS CHEF TOP FOR THE APPEARANCE ON SEINFELD NIGHT!!!

 COACH JOSE MOTA SIGNING FOR A FAN @ NYMEO FIELD!!!

 LONGTIME MGR. LUIS SALAZAR OF THE CAROLINA MUDCATS!!

 FIREWORK NIGHT ALONG WITH SEINFELD NIGHT & KIDS RUN THE BASES ALONG WITH A FREDERICK KEYS WIN!!

 MY DAUGHTER FINISHING RUNNING THE BASES AFTER THE GAME IN FREDERICK, MD!

 PRE GAME @ NYMEO FIELD FOR SOME AUTOGRAPHING OF THE CAROLINA MUDCATS!!

OUTSIDE NYMEO FIELD @ HARRY GROVE STADIUM FOR SEINFELD NIGHT IN FREDERICK, MD!!!

BALTIMORE ORIOLE 2B JONATHAN SCHOOP TO APPEAR @ GREAT MOMENTS TOMORROW IN WHITE MARSH, MD!!!

TOMORROW IS A OFF DAY FOR THE ORIOLES BEFORE THEY RETURN TO PLAY ON FRIDAY!  ORIOLE 2B JONATHAN SCHOOP IS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR A FEE AT THE GREAT MOMENTS STORE!  THE PRICES FOR A FLAT ITEM/BASEBALL ARE $39 & DELUXE ITEMS ARE $49!  INSCRIPTION TICKETS ARE $10!  IN 2014, I OBTAINED SCHOOP'S AUTOGRAPH AT THE ORIOLE STORE IN YORK, PA!

 ABOVE IS AN ORIOLE PHOTO CARD SIGNED BY JONATHAN SCHOOP!

 ABOVE IS SCHOOP SIGNING FOR THE FANS @ THE ORIOLE STORE LAST YEAR!

ABOVE IS ONE MORE SHOT OF JONATHAN SIGNING FOR THE FANS @ THE ORIOLE STORE IN YORK, PA

BALTIMORE RAVEN WR STEVE SMITH, SR. ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT AFTER THE 2015 SEASON!!!

TODAY, RAVENS WR STEVE SMITH, SR. ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT AFTER THIS SEASON!  THIS UPCOMING SEASON WILL BE STEVE'S 15TH IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.  HE WAS DRAFTED IN THE 3RD ROUND OUT OF UTAH BY THE CAROLINA PANTHERS IN 2001.  THE 5X PRO BOWLER PLANS TO ADD TO HIS STATS AND HOPEFULLY A RING IN FEBRUARY, JUST LIKE RAY LEWIS A FEW YEARS AGO!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED CARD FROM STEVE SMITH, SR.  HE SIGNED THIS CARD @ THIS YEAR'S LARDARIUS WEBB SOFTBALL GAME IN BALTIMORE!

 ABOVE STEVE SIGNING JUST A FEW AUTOGRAPHS BEFORE ENTERING THE RAVEN'S LOCKER ROOM AFTER THE CHARITY SOFTBALL GAME THIS PAST MAY!

THE 1ST GOP PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO ON THE FOX NEWS NETWORK TONIGHT!!!

TONIGHT, THE GOP FIELD FOR PRESIDENT WILL HAVE A DEBATE!  A TOTAL OF 10 CANDIDATEDS (THE TOP 10 IN POLL RANKING) WILL DEBATE IN THIS SHOWDOWN!  THIS GOT ME THINKING OF THE AUTOGRAPHS I HAVE OF THE GOP CANDIDATES!  I DO NEED DONALD TRUMP IN MY COLLECTION!  LIVING IN PENNSYLVANIA, I WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE CANDIDATES AS THEY COME THROUGH THE COMMONWEALTH!  THE 20 ELECTORAL VOTES WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS THE 2016 PRESIDENCY!  BELOW ARE THE LISTED GOP 2016 CANDIDATES THAT I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION!  WHEN THE DEMOCRATS HAVE THEIR 1ST DEBATE IN OCTOBER, I WILL LIST THE AUTOGRAPHS I HAVE FROM THAT SIDE OF THE AISLE!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED TIME MAGAZINE FROM GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE!!!! BELOW THE MAGAZINE IS A PHOTO SIGNED BY FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR, JEB BUSH!!

 ABOVE IS A BOOK SIGNED BY SENATOR MARCO RUBIO (FL)

 ABOVE IS A BOOK SIGNED BY FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED GEORGE W. BUSH CAMPAIGN SIGN SIGNED BY FORMER SENATOR RICK SANTORUM!  ALSO, ON THE SIGN IS DICK CHENEY'S AUTOGRAPH FROM A 2000 CAMPAIGN STOP @ MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY!!

ABOVE IS DICK CHENEYS' AUTOGRAPH!!!

FORMER GREEN BAY PACKER GM RON WOLF WILL BE RIGHTFULLY INDUCTED IN TO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME, THIS WEEKEND!

THIS SATURDAY, YORK COUNTY NATIVE RON WOLF (CLASS OF '56 SUSQUEHANNOCK & GLEN ROCK,PA) WILL BE PART OF THE CLASS OF 2015 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME!  RON WAS A GM FOR THE OAKLAND RAIDERS, TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS & THEN THE GREEN BAY PACKERS!  RON WAS THE GM FOR PACKERS SUPER BOWL XXX1 VICTORY!  RON WAS AT THE HELM OF THE PACKERS DURING THEIR RESURGENTS IN THE 1990'S!  IN 1994, I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN RON'S AUTOGRAPH @ THE 30TH ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT @ THE "OLD" CENTRAL YORK HIGH SCHOOL IN YORK, PA!  NO PHOTO WITH RON, JUST HIS AUTOGRAPH!  (WITH HIS INDUCTION IN THE PRO FOOTBALL H.O.F., HIS VALUE GOES UP)

ABOVE IS A RON WOLF AUTOGRAPH ON A PROGRAM PAGE FROM THE 30TH ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT!  DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT YEAR, THE SHOW WENT ON AS PLANNED!  RON WAS 1 OF THE FEW STARS TO APPEAR AT THE SHOW!  JOE PATERNO WAS SCHEDULED, HOWEVER HIS PLANE WAS STUCK IN STATE COLLEGE, PA!  THE NEXT YEAR, JOE PA ATTENDED THE 31ST ANNUAL YORK SPORTS NIGHT!

THE 3RD ANNUAL BROOKS ROBINSON GOLF CLASSIC @ REGENTS' GLEN COUNTRY CLUB IN YORK, PA!!!!

TODAY, I ATTENDED THE 3RD ANNUAL BROOKS ROBINSON GOLF CLASSIC HELD @ THE REGENTS' GLEN COUNTRY CLUB IN YORK, PA!  MR. ORIOLE HIMSELF, BROOKS ROBINSON TRAVELED UP FROM MARYLAND FOR HIS NAMED EVENT!  A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR GOLF WITH WARM SUNNY SUMMER LIKE WEATHER!    THIS TOURNAMENT IS TIED IN WITH THE YORK REVOLUTION BASEBALL TEAM!  BROOKS IS PART OWNER OF THE TEAM AND GOT HIS START IN YORK, PA WITH THE YORK WHITE ROSES MINOR LEAGUE TEAM IN THE MID 50'S!

 ABOVE ARE 2 BUBBLE GUM CARDS SIGNED BY BROOKS!  ONE IS INSCRIBED WITH HOF 83!

 ABOVE IS A FLIER FOR THE 3RD ANNUAL BROOKS ROBINSON GOLF CLASSIC!

 ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH MR. ORIOLE, BROOKS ROBINSON!  ONE OF THE NICEST HALL OF FAMERS A FAN COULD RUN INTO!  THE OTHER:  BALTIMORE COLT LENNY MOORE!

 

2005 WWE HOF ROWDY RODDY PIPER PASSES AWAY YESTERDAY IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA!

YESTERDAY, NEWS BROKE THAT WWE HOF ROWDY RODDY PIPER PASSED AWAY FROM AN APPARENT HEART ATTACK AT HIS HOME IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA!  A TRUE ENTERTAINER IN THE WWF/WWE AND TRUE LOSE AT THE AGE OF 61 YEARS OLD!  SO MANY MEMORIES, AS HOT ROD PLAYED THE "BAD GUY" ROLE TO A TEE!!  FROM HIS FAMOUS PIPER PIT'S TO SEEING A LIVE PIT IN BALTIMORE AS AN 11 YEAR OLD!  A FAN TRIED TO JUMP INTO THE RING AND ATTACK PIPER!  HE LAID THE BOOTS/KNEES ON THE UNRULY FAN!  THEN BALTIMORE CITY COPS CARRIED THE FAN OUT AS THEY WERE PUNCHING/USING THEIR WOODEN BATONS ON THE FAN!  SEARED IN MY MEMORY!  I ASKED PIPER IF HE RECALLED THE ENCOUNTER?!  HE SAID, THAT HAPPENED SO OFTEN AND HE PROCEEDED TO TELL ME HE WAS STABBED 3X BY UNRULY FANS!  A GREAT STORY!  IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, PIPER APPEARED IN LANCASTER, PA @ CLIPPER MAGAZINE STADIUM!  I FINALLY MET THE LEGEND AND HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN NICER TALKING TO FANS LIKE HE WAS YOUR LONG LOST FRIEND!  THANKS HOT ROD FOR THE MEMORIES AND REST IN PEACE!!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED LJN WRESTLING FIGURE OF HOT ROD!  ONE OF HIS ORIGINAL FIGURES MADE IN THE MID-1980'S!!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO FROM HOT ROD ALONG WITH A SIGNED CARD INSCRIBED WITH HOF 05

 A CONGENIAL PHOTO WITH THE HOT ROD!!!

 TALKING TO HOT ROD AND CREATING MEMORIES!!

 HOT ROD "SQUEEZING" A SIDE HEAD LOCK ME!  I ASKED FOR IT, AND HE DELIVERED!  THANKS FOR CREATING A MEMORY FOR ME HOT ROD!!!

 HOT ROD TALKING TO MY DAUGHTER!

 TALKING TO HIM ABOUT AN INCIDENT WITH HOT ROD AND AN UNRULY FAN IN BALTIMORE FROM 1984!