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!