THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS BEAT THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES ON ORIOLE ALUMNI NIGHT @ CAMDEN YARDS!!!!

TONIGHT,  A FRIEND AND I ATTENDED OUR LAST ORIOLE GAME OF THIS SEASON!  THEY WERE FREE TICKETS TO SEE THE 2015 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST CHAMPIONS, TORONTO BLUE JAYS BEAT THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES 4-3 IN FRONT OF 19,093!  THE PROMOTION TONIGHT WAS ORIOLE ALUMNI NIGHT!  THE 3 GUESTS INCLUDED AL BUMBRY, JOHN STEFERO, AND LARRY SHEETS!  AFTER THE SIGNING WE MADE OUR WAY TO THE 105.7 THE FAN PRE GAME SHOW IN DEMPSEY'S RESTAURANT!  WE MET FORMER ORIOLE P ROSS GRIMSLEY WHO IS THE CO-HOST OF THE SHOW!  HE WAS SUPER NICE AND EVEN ALLOWED ME TO TRY ON HIS 2014 SAN FRANSISCO GIANTS WORLD SERIES RING ON!!!!  HE WAS A PITCHING COACH FOR THE RICHMOND SQUIRRELS  (DOUBLE A AFFILIATE OF THE GIANTS) LAST YEAR!  HE SAID ALL MEMBERS RECEIVED A RING!  ANOTHER GREAT MEMORY OF WEARING A RING!  AS FAR AS AUTOGRAPHING WITH TORONTO, NO PLAYERS SIGNED BEFORE THE GAME STARTED!  HOME RUNS IN THE GAME:  EDWIN ENCARNACION HIS 36TH OF THE SEASON & RYAN FLAHERTY HIT HIS 9TH HOME RUN OF THE YEAR!  AS A SIDE NOTE, THE ORIOLES WERE GIVING OUT 2016 EARLY BIRD SCHEDULES!  PICTURED IN THE SCHEDULE: ADAM JONES, JJ HARDY, ZACH BRITTON, AND MANNY MACHADO!  NO PICTURES OF CHRIS DAVIS, STEVE PIERCE, AND MATT WIETERS ARE IN THE SCHEDULE!  BASED ON PAST PRECEDENT WITH THE O'S, I DOUBT ANY OF THE 6 FREE AGENTS WILL BE SIGNED IN THE OFFSEASON!  MOREOVER, THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO BARGAIN BASEMENT SHOP!  A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT, CONSIDERING LAST SEASON'S A.L. EAST CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

 ABOVE ARE THE FOLLOWING ORIOLE AUTOGRAPHS:
ROSS GRIMSLEY  (TICKET STUB)
LARRY SHEETS  (PHOTO CARD)
JOHN STEFERO  INSCRIBED WITH 83 WORLD CHAMPS ON PHOTO CARD
AL BUMBRY  INSCRIBED WITH 1983 W.S.C. ON PHOTO CARD

 PRE GAME ON RAINY OVERCAST NIGHT, THE GAME DID START ON TIME WITH HUMID LIKE WEATHER FOR THE 2 HOUR 36 MINUTE GAME!!!

 ROSS GRIMSLEY'S 2014 WORLD SERIES RING!  HE ALLOWED ME TO WEAR HIS RING!  A NICE GESTURE AND GREAT MEMORY FOR THIS BASEBALL FAN!!!

 THE 105.7 THE FAN PRE GAME SHOW WITH FORMER ORIOLE P ROSS GRIMSLEY FROM DEMPSEY'S ON EUTAW STREET!  A SUPER NICE FELLOW, WHO ALLOWED ME TO HOLD AND TRY ON HIS WORLD SERIES RING FROM LAST YEAR!  HE WAS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS DOUBLE A TEAM!!

 FORMER ORIOLE C JOHN STEFERO AND I!  HE WAS ON THE 1983 ORIOLE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM!!

 FORMER ORIOLE CF AL BUMBRY AND I!  HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE 1983 ORIOLE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM!

 A PICTURE OF THE '83 WORLD SERIES RING FROM JOHN STEFERO!!!  JOHN TOLD ME HE DOES NOT WEAR THIS RING TOO OFTEN! 

 THE SIGNING STATION FOR THE ORIOLE ALUMNI EVENT FEATURING LARRY SHEETS, JOHN STEFERO, AND AL BUMBRY!!!  FOR THIS EVENT, A MODEST, STEADY CROWD FOR THE HOUR SIGNING!!

 A SIGN ADVERTISING THE ORIOLE ALUMNI EVENT @ CAMDEN YARDS!

THE RED LAND (PA) LITTLE LEAGUE U.S. CHAMPIONS TAKE BATTING PRACTICE @ SANTANDER STADIUM IN YORK,PA!!!

TODAY, MY DAUGHTERS AND I ATTENDED THE SEASON FINALE FOR THE YORK REVOLUTION BASEBALL TEAM!  I HAD FREE TICKETS AND FOOD VOUCHERS TO USE FOR THE FINALE!  THE MAIN ATTRACTION WAS THIS YEAR'S U.S. LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS:  THE RED LAND BASEBALL TEAM!  A MASSIVE CROWD OF 6,053 FANS SHOWED UP FOR THEIR APPEARANCE ON A GLORIOUS DAY FOR BASEBALL!  BELOW ARE SOME PICTURES AND SOME AUTOGRAPHS I COLLECTED!  I WAS AMAZED AT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE LOOKING TO SNAG AN AUTOGRAPH OR PHOTO WITH THE BOYS!  AFTER A FEW AUTOS, WE WENT TO USE THE FOOD VOUCHERS AND DEPART FOR SOME RAVENS FOOTBALL!

 ABOVE IS A LOGO SHEET FROM RED LAND, THE FOLLOWING SIGNED:
JADEN HENLINE
ADAM CRAMER
DYLAN RODENHABER
COLE WAGNER
CHAYTON KRAUSS
COACH BRET WAGNER

 THE RED LAND TEAM TAKING BATTING PRACTICE @ SANTANDER STADIUM

 JADEN HENLINE SIGNING FOR THE FANS!!!

 DYLAN ROBENHABERS SIGNING MY LOGO SHEET!

 COLE WAGNER SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR THE FANS!!!

THE HUGE CROWD OF 6.053 FANS AWAIT FOR THE GATES TO OPEN AND SEE THE RED LAND TEAM TAKE BATTING PRACTICE!!

TNA IMPACT WRESTLING SLAMS INTO THE 250TH YORK (PA) FAIR @ THE YORK FAIR GRANDSTAND!!

LAST EVENING, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED TNA IMPACT WRESTLING @ THE YORK FAIR GRANDSTAND!  THIS YEAR IS THE 250TH YEAR OF THE YORK (PA) FAIR!  BETWEEN 300-400 FANS TURNED OUT FOR THE OUTDOOR WRESTLING EVENT ON A GORGEOUS NIGHT FOR PRO WRESTLING UNDER THE STARS!  THIS WAS MY 1ST WRESTLING EVENT AT THE HISTORIC YORK FAIR GRANDSTAND SINCE THE MID 1980'S!  BACK IN  1985, THE NWA PROMOTED A SUMMER SHOW WITH JIMMY VALIANT, SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM, AND OLE ANDERSON TO NAME A FEW OF THE STARS FOR THAT HOUSE SHOW!  THEN IN 1987, THE YORK FAIR HOSTED THE NWF WITH SGT. SLAUGHTER, ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER, AND DAVID SAMMARTINO!  THE HISTORIC VENUE WAS BUILT  IN 1926 AND HAS HOSTED SEVERAL BIG TIME ENTERTAINERS INCLUDING: LIBERACE, BILL COSBY, WILLIE NELSON!  SO WITH THAT HISTORY OF THE VENUE, THE WRESTLING EVENT TOOK ON AN OLD TIME FILL, INCLUDING A FEW "SMOKERS" IN THE CROWD @ THE OPEN AIR VENUE!  INTERESTINGLY TO POINT OUT THE BEER GARDEN WAS CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT!  THE SHOW WAS ENTERTAINING AND FAST MOVING WITH 6 MATCHES.  THE RESULTS ARE LISTED BELOW!  AS FAR AS THE AUTOGRAPHING, I WAS SURPRISED WITH THE LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES!  JEFF HARDY WAS SIGNING BEFORE THE MATCH!  ETHAN CARTER III SIGNED AT INTERMISSION!  MATT HARDY SIGNED AFTER THE SHOW!  I DID CALL OUT GAIL KIM AFTER THE SHOW!  SHE WAS PACKING HER VEHICLE , WHEN I YELLED FOR HER!  SHE CAME OVER AND TOOK A PICTURE AND SIGNED A CARD FOR US!  SHE APOLOGIZED FOR NOT HAVING HER DIVA TITLE FOR MY DAUGHTER TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HER!  

TYRUS DEFEATED C.J.ZEMA

THE WOLVES BEAT MANIK & ABSS

TNA WOMEN'S CHAMPION GAIL KIM BEAT AWESOME KONG

TOMMY DREAMER BEAT ELI DRAKE IN A YORK FAIRGROUNDS BRAWL MATCH

BOBBY ROODE WON A 3 WAY MATCH AGAINST DREW GALLOWAY & MR. ANDERSON

ETHAN CARTER III BEAT MATT HARDY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP!  AFTER THE MATCH, MATT WENT THROUGH A TABLE ONTO EC3 WITH THE HELP FROM JEFF HARDY!

A GREAT NIGHT OF WRESTING LIVE IN YORK, PA!!!!!!!!

 ABOVE ARE SIGNED WRESTLING CARDS FROM THE FOLLOWING STARS:
JEFF HARDY
MATT HARDY
GAIL KIM

 ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH JEFF HARDY AND SIGNED BY JEFF!!!
ABOVE IS A TICKET SIGNED BY EC3!!  NO MISTAKING HIS AUTOGRAPH!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH TNA DIVA CHAMP GAIL KIM AND US!!

 OUTSIDE THE HISTORIC YORK FAIR GRANDSTAND, ON A GORGEOUS NIGHT FOR WRESTLING UNDER THE STARS!

 A POSTER AT THE BOX OFFICE FOR THE SHOW AT THE YORK FAIR!!

A SELFIE WITH JEFF HARDY AND I!!

 RINGSIDE FOR THE TNA SHOW AT THE YORK FAIR!!

 TNA CHAMPION ETHAN CARTER III SIGNING FOR THE FANS!!

MATT HARDY SIGNING FOR THE FANS!!

 GAIL KIM VS. AWESOME KONG

 PRE SHOW FOR THE WRESTLING EVENT ON A 80 DEGREE NIGHT FOR WRESTLING!

JEFF HARDY WATCHES AS HIS BROTHER PUTS EC3 THROUGH THE TABLE TO END THE NIGHT!

WWE HALL OF FAMER RICKY "THE DRAGON" STEAMBOAT SET TO APPEAR @ LANCASTER CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING!

TONIGHT, LCW WILL HOST THEIR MONTHLY SHOW AT THE LANCASTER(PA) HOST RESORT!  THE MAIN ATTRACTION WILL BE RICKY "THE DRAGON" STEAMBOAT.  THE WWE HOF WILL MEET AND GREET FANS FOR A FEE AT THE WRESTLING SHOW!  THIS PAST JULY IN FREDERICK MARYLAND, I HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET RICKY!  BELOW ARE THE ITEMS I GOT AUTOGRAPHED FROM RICKY:

 A SIDE HEAD LOCK PUT ON BY THE DRAGON!

 THE HALL OF FAME RING FROM RICKY THE DRAGON STEAMBOAT!

THE 4TH ANNUAL BALTIMORE FOOTBALL FESTIVAL HELD @ THE METRO CENTRE IN OWINGS MILL,MD!!

TONIGHT, THE FAMILY ATTENDED THE 4TH ANNUAL BALTIMORE FOOTBALL FESTIVAL!  FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW, THE EVENT WAS HELD AT THE METRO CENTRE IN OWINGS MILL, MD!  A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FOR THE FESTIVAL WITH GREAT WEATHER FOR FOOD AND FREE AUTOGRAPHS!  A RECORD CROWD TURNED OUT FOR THIS 4TH ANNUAL EVENT!   THIS EVENT IS PLANNED AROUND THE OPENING OF THE NFL SEASON! PLENTY OF PICTURES AND AUTOGRAPHS ARE LISTED BELOW!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED RAVEN CAN WITH THE FOLLOWING RAVENS:
TERRANCE BROOKS (LAST YEAR'S EVENT)
CROCKETT GILMORE (LAST YEAR'S EVENT)
MICHAEL CAMPANARO (LAST YEAR'S EVENT)
TIMMY JERNIGAN (LAST YEAR'S EVENT)
LORENZO TALIAFERRO (LAST YEAR'S EVENT)
KYLE JUSZCZYK              (LAST YEAR'S EVENT)
MARLON BROWN (ATTENDED THIS YEAR'S EVENT)

 ABOVE ARE THE FOLLOWING FOOTBALL CARDS SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING:
LENNY MOORE  (BALTIMORE COLT, INSCRIBED WITH HOF 75)
DARREN WALLER
NICK BOYLE
CARL DAVIS

ABOVE ARE SIGNED 8X10 PHOTOS OF THE FOLLOWING RAVENS:
JEREMY ZUTTAH
ZA'DARIUS SMITH

 BALTIMORE COLT HOF & PENN STATE ALUM, LENNY MOORE AND I!!  LENNY WAS WEARING BOTH HIS 1958 &59 CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS!!

 MORGAN COX AND SAM KOCH ATTENDED THE FESTIVAL!  I RECEIVED THEIR AUTOGRAPHS BEFORE, I JUST NEEDED A PICTURE!

MORGAN COX ALLOWED ME TO WEAR HIS SUPER BOWL 47 RING!  A GREAT MOMENT FOR THIS HARDCORE RAVEN GUY!

 RAVEN ROOKIES LB ZA'DARIUS SMITH & DT CARL DAVIS AT A SIGNING STATION!

WR MARLON BROWN SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AT THE FESTIVAL!

RAVEN ROOKIE TE NICK BOYLE & WR MARLON BROWN AT A SIGNING STATION AT THE 4TH ANNUAL BALTIMORE FOOTBALL FESTIVAL!

 RAVEN ROOKIE WR DARREN WALLER SIGNING MY FOOTBALL CARD!  HE HAS A NICE SIGNATURE FOR A CURRENT PLAYER!

RAVENS C JEREMY ZUTTAH SIGNING MY 8X10 PHOTO!

FORMER NEW YORK MET/YANKEE SUPERSTAR DWIGHT "DOC" GOODEN THROWS 1ST PITCH @ CLIPPER MAGAZINE STADIUM IN LANCASTER,PA!!!

TODAY, MY DAUGHTER AND I ATTENDED OUR FINAL LANCASTER BARNSTORMERS GAME THIS SEASON!  I HAD 2 FREE VOUCHERS FOR A GAME AND NO BETTER GAME TO ATTEND THAN SEEING FORMER N.Y. MET/YANKEE SUPERSTAR DWIGHT "DOC" GOODEN!  DR. K WAS IN ATTENDANCE FOR RECOVERY DAY @ CLIPPER MAGAZINE STADIUM IN LANCASTER, PA!  DOC MEET WITH A GROUP OF RECOVERED PATRONS ON THE FIELD PRE GAME!  DOC THREW A STRIKE DOWN THE MIDDLE FOR THE 1ST PITCH!  DURING THE GAME, DOC SIGNED FREE AUTOGRAPHS AT THE BOX OFFICE @ CLIPPER MAGAZINE STADIUM!  A LIGHTLY ATTENDED CROWD ATTENDED THIS GAME OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND!  THE WEATHER WAS DELIGHTFUL WITH SUNNY SKIES AND WARM WEATHER FOR BASEBALL!

 ABOVE ARE 2 SIGNED TOPPS CARD FROM DWIGHT GOODEN!  HE WOULD NOT INSCRIBE ANYTHING ON THE CARDS!  THE 1 ON THE RIGHT IS DOC'S ROOKIE CARD!
ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE 2 FREE TICKETS TO THE GAME!

 ABOVE IS DOC GETTING READY TO THROW A STRIKE FOR THE 1ST PITCH OF THE GAME!

 DOC PRE GAME ON THE FIELD BEFORE THROWING OUT THE 1ST PITCH!

 ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH DR.K AND MY DAUGHTER &I!!

 ABOVE TALKING SOME BASKETBALL WITH MY DAUGHTER AND I!  HE ASKED WHAT SPORT MY DAUGHTER PLAYS!

THE PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS WITH HEAD COACH JAMES FRANKLIN INVADE PHILADELPHIA TO PLAY THE TEMPLE OWLS!

THIS SATURDAY,  COLLEGE FOOTBALL RETURNS TO KICK OFF THE 2015 SEASON!  PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS PLAY THE TEMPLE OWLS AT LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD @ 3:30PM!  PENN STATE IS A 7 POINT FAVORITE OVER TEMPLE!  THIS STARTS THE SECOND SEASON FOR HEAD COACH JAMES FRANKLIN!  PENN STATE LOOKS FOR A QUICK START TO THE SEASON AS THEIR EARLY PART OF THE SCHEDULE IS LIGHT WITH HEAVYWEIGHT TEAMS!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH COACH FRANKLIN

 ABOVE IS COACH FRANKLIN SIGNING FOR THE FANS!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM FROM JAMES FRANKLIN ALONG WITH A GOLF BALL!  BOTH ARE INSCRIBED WITH WE ARE!

THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF CAL RIPKEN'S JR. CONSECUTIVE GAMES STREAK @ ORIOLE PARK TONIGHT!

TONIGHT, THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES WILL CELEBRATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF CAL RIPKEN'S JR. CONSECUTIVE GAMES STREAK!  CAL WILL THROW OUT THE 1ST PITCH!  RIPKEN PLAYED IN A MAJOR LEAGUE-RECORD 2,632!  CAL WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN 2007!  SOME OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM CAL'S CAREER:  431 HOME RUNS, 3,184 HITS, AND A 1983 WORLD SERIES WINNER!  IN 2006, I GOT CAL TO SIGN A BOOK ENTITLED, THE O'S OF '83 ORIOLE MAGIC!  HE APPEARED AT THE BOOKS A MILLION IN HANOVER, MD DURING OPENING WEEKEND OF ORIOLE BASEBALL!

 ABOVE IS CAL SIGNING MY BOOK AT A SIGNING IN 2006!

 ABOVE IS CAL'S AUTOGRAPH INSIDE A COPY OF ORIOLE MAGIC!

 ABOVE IS THE COVER OF ORIOLE MAGIC!!!