AMERICA'S GOT TALENT PARTICIPANT IVAN PECEL PERFOMS AT THE WALDNER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA!

TONIGHT,  THE FAMILY ATTENDED THE PERFORMANCE OF IVAN PECEL AT YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA!  THIS SHOW IS PART OF FALLFEST WEEKEND FOR ALUMNI OF THE COLLEGE! IVAN ENTERTAINED THE CROWD WITH HIS COMEDY AND JUGGLING! A GREAT EVENING OF ENTERTAINMENT TO OPEN THE ALUMNI WEEKEND!  IVAN AUDITIONED FOR THE 1ST SEASON OF AMERICA'S GOT TALENT AND MADE IT INTO THE SEMI FINALS !

 ABOVE ARE PROGRAM CARDS FROM THE IVAN PECEL JUGGLING SHOW!  HE SIGNED THESE CARDS FOR ME AFTER THE SHOW!

 A PHOTO SHOT AFTER THE PERFORMANCE WITH IVAN PECEL AND US!

A SHOT OF THE VIDEO SCREEN PRE SHOW!  THIS LED INTO IVAN'S PERFORMANCE AT WALDNER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON THE CAMPUS OF YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA!

THE WWE RETURNS TO THE SWEETEST PLACE ON EARTH FOR A HOUSE SHOW IN HERSHEY, PA!!

LAST EVENING, MY DAUGHTERS AND I ATTENDED A LIVE WWE HOUSE SHOW AT THE GIANT CENTER IN HERSHEY, PA!  THIS WAS THE WWE'S 2ND HOUSE SHOW FOR 2016 @ THE SWEETEST PLACE ON EARTH!  AN ESTIMATED CROWD OF 4,000 FANS TURNED OUT TO SEE THE SMACK DOWN ROSTER AT THE GIANT CENTER!  I DID SOME AUTOGRAPHING PRE SHOW OUTSIDE THE CENTER!  NO LUCK AS SOME FANS AND I WERE TOLD TO RETURN TO THE FRONT OF THE GIANT CENTER!  HAD A CHANCE TO SEE CARMELLA PULL INTO THE GIANT CENTER!  INSIDE THE ARENA I OBTAINED 3 AUTOGRAPHS. THE LIST INCLUDED MIKE ROME, DASHA FUENTES, AND FIT FINLEY!  I INCLUDE MATCH RESULTS AND PHOTOS FROM THE SHOW!


DOLPH ZIGGLER BEAT THE MIZ IN A NON TITLE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

APOLLO CREWS DEFEATED ERICK ROWAN

THE HYPE BROTHERS BEAT THE ASCENSION

KANE DEFEATED BRAY WYATT

SMACK DOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS HEATH SLATER & RYHNO BEAT THE AMERICAN ALPHA, THE USOS AND BREEZANGO IN A FATAL 4 WAY TAG TEAM MATCH

BARON CORBIN DEFEATED JACK SWAGGER

IN A WOMEN'S SIX LADIES TAG TEAM MATCH:  SMACK DOWN WOMEN'S CHAMPION BECKY LYNCH, NIKKI BELLA, AND NAOMI DEFEATED CARMELLA, ALEXA BLISS, AND NATAYLA!

THE MAIN EVENT: IN A TRIPLE THREAT MATCH SMACK DOWN CHAMPION A.J. STYLES BEAT DEAN AMBROSE AND JOHN CENA!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED WCW CARD FROM FIT FINLEY!  FIT WAS A ROAD AGENT FOR THE HOUSE SHOW IN HERSHEY, PA!  DEAN MALENKO WAS THE OTHER ROAD AGENT WHO I WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN!  HE WAS VERY BUSY IN/OUT OF THE CURTAIN!

ABOVE ARE SIGNED PHOTOS FROM THE FOLLOWING RING ANNOUNCERS:
DASHA FUENTES(SHE INSCRIBED THE MILLERS, IT WAS VERY NICE TO MEETING YOU @ #WWEHERSHEY)

MIKE ROME

ABOVE IS A SELFIE WITH DASHA FUENTES AND MY DAUGHTER AND I!

MY DAUGHTERS AND I WITH MIKE ROME!

A SELFIE WITH ROAD AGENT FIT FINLEY AND I !

A CROWD ASSEMBLES OUTSIDE THE GIANT CENTER IN HERSHEY, PA!

YORK PA'S OWN CIVIC LEADER VONI B. GRIMES ATTENDED THE PLAYOFF GAME OF THE YORK REVOLUTION!

TONIGHT, FAMILY AND FRIENDS ATTENDED THE 3RD PLAYOFF GAME FEATURING THE YORK REVOLUTION AND THE SUGAR LAND SKEETERS! A SELL OUT WAS ON HAND TO SEE THIS PLAYOFF GAME ON A GORGEOUS EVENING FOR BASEBALL.  AS A SIDE NOTE, THE TICKETS WE RECEIVED WERE "FREE" AND THE TEAM WAS TRYING TO SET A PLAYOFF  RECORD FOR ATTENDANCE!  THIS WAS  A 1ST FOR ME REGARDING PLAYOFFS AND FREE TICKETS!  I KNEW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED "FREE TICKETS"!  I PLANNED ON NOT GETTING ANY AUTOGRAPHS OR PICTURES, AN OFF NIGHT FOR ME!  HOWEVER, THAT CHANGED WHEN I RAN INTO CIVIC LEADER VONI B. GRIMES.  HE WAS SELLING HIS MEMOIR AND SIGNING COPIES!  I WAS ABLE TO GRAB AN AUTOGRAPH AND PHOTO!  HE PENNED BRIDGING TROUBLED WATERS!  IN ADDITION TO HIM BEING AN AUTHOR, A GYM IS NAMED AFTER HIM IN YORK, PA!  THE 93 YEAR OLD SERVED IN WORLD WAR II!  AS VONI SAID, " IT IS BETTER TO HAVE AN EDUCATION AND NOT NEED IT, THAN IT IS TO NEED AN EDUCATION AND NOT HAVE IT"!

ABOVE IS AN UNSIGNED PLAYOFF PROGRAM FROM TONIGHT'S GAME!

ABOVE ARE 2 SIGNED GAME TICKETS FROM VONI B. GRIMES!

ABOVE IS A SELFIE WITH  93 YEAR OLD WWII VETERAN AND CIVIC LEADER VONI B. GRIMES AND I!

BALTIMORE RAVENS DEFENSIVE LINE COACH CLARENCE BROOKS PASSES AWAY FROM ESOPHAGEAL CANCER!

YESTERDAY, THE BALTIMORE RAVENS ANNOUNCED THE PASSING OF LONGTIME DEFENSIVE LINE COACH CLARENCE BROOKS!  CB BATTLED CANCER FOR NEARLY 2 YEARS AND LOST HIS BATTLE ON THIS EARTH!  CB WAS THE LONGEST TENURED COACH!  HE WAS HIRED IN 2005 BY THEN HEAD COACH BRIAN BILLICK!  HE HAD A LOT OF IMPACT ON HIS PLAYERS AND INFLUENCED PRO BOWLERS FOR THE RAVENS!  REST IN PEACH, COACH!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PROGRAM PAGE FROM CLARENCE BROOKS!  THIS WAS OBTAINED IN 2014!  CLARENCE WAS ALWAYS ACCOMMODATING AS HE MADE HIS WAY INTO THE STADIUM!  HE ALWAYS WORE HIS SUPER BOWL 47 RING!

THE TAMPA BAY RAYS DEFEAT THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES AT CAMDEN YARDS!

A FRIEND AND I ATTENDED AN RAYS/O'S GAME WITH FREE TICKETS! A CROWD OF 19,233 WATCHED THE ORIOLES LOSE 7-6 TO THE VISITING TAMPA BAY RAYS!  A SPARSE CROWD WATCHED THE RAYS TAKE THE FIRST GAME OF A 4 GAME SET!   THE PROMOTION FOR THE EVENING WAS ORIOLE ALUMNI NIGHT!  THE GUESTS INCLUDED LARRY SHEETS, SCOTT MCGREGOR, AND DON STANHOUSE.  WE WALKED RIGHT UP TO THE AUTOGRAPH STATION AND THERE WAS NO LINE!  TAMPA BAY RAYS FRANCHISE PLAYER 3B EVAN LONGORIA HAD A 3 RUN HOME RUN IN THE 1ST INNING AND BATTED IN 5 OF THE 7 RUNS THE RAYS SCORED!  AS A SIDE NOTE, IT AMAZES ME HOW FEW FANS TURNED OUT FOR THE START OF THIS SERIES!  IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MANY FANS TURN OUT THIS WEEKEND FOR THE REST OF THE SERIES FEATURING THE LAST PLACE TAMPA BAY RAYS!

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED LOGO PAGE FROM THE FOLLOWING TAMPA BAY RAYS:
RICHIE SHAFFER
BRENDON GUYER (FROM A 2014 GAME)
LOGAN FORSYTHE (FROM A 2014 GAME)
MIKIE MAHTOOK
BEN ZOBRIST  (FROM A 2014 GAME)

ABOVE IS A SIGNED TICKET STUB FROM EVAN LONGORIA!  A TIP OFF THE CAP TO EVAN. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME I HAVE RECEIVED AN EVAN AUTOGRAPH.  HE CAME OUT OF THE DUGOUT FOR PREGAME STRETCHING AND SIGN DOWN THE LINE FOR FANS!

ABOVE IS ARE SIGNED PHOTO CARD FROM THE ORIOLE ALUMNI SIGNING:
DON STANHOUSE ( INSCRIBED FULLPACK FOR HIS NICKNAME; HE APPRECIATED ME MENTIONING THE NICKNAME)
LARRY SHEETS
SCOTT MCGREGOR (INSCRIBED WITH 83 WORLD CHAMPS)

THE ORIOLE BIRD EATING MY BUDDIES HEAD!

RAYS 3B EVAN LONGORIA WARMING UP AFTER SIGNING FOR THE FANS!!

A PRE GAME SHOT AS WE WERE DOING SOME PRE GAME AUTOGRAPHING WITH THE TAMPA BAY RAYS!

AN AUTOGRAPH SIGNING STATION WITH DON STANHOUSE, LARRY SHEETS AND SCOTT MCGREGOR!  NO LINE AT ALL AS YOU COULD WALK RIGHT UP TO THE TABLE!

ABOVE IS A PICTURE WITH "FULLPACK" DON STANHOUSE!  HE WAS THE CLOSER FOR THE 1979 AL CHAMPION ORIOLE TEAM!  HE GOT HIS NICKNAME FROM THEN MGR. EARL WEAVER WHO WOULD SMOKE A FULL PACK OF CIGARETTES IN THE DUGOUT AS DON PITCHED!!

AN AD ADVERTISING THE ORIOLES ALUMNI AUTOGRAPH SIGNING!  A SMALL CROWD ATTENDED THE GAME DESPITE THE ORIOLES BEING IN PLAYOFF CONTENTION!  NO WAIT FOR THIS LINE, AS YOU COULD JUST WALK UP AND GET AUTOGRAPHS/PICTURES!!

THE BALTIMORE RAVENS START THEIR 21 SEASON IN CHARM CITY HOSTING THE BUFFALO BILLS!!

THE 2016 NFL SEASON STARTS TODAY (9/11) FOR THE RAVENS.  THEY HOST THE BUFFALO BILLS @ M &T BANK STADIUM IN DOWNTOWN B-MORE.  SEVERAL PLAYERS  FROM THE RAVENS RETURN FROM SEASON ENDING INJURIES LAST SEASON!  QB JOE FLACCO AND STEVE SMITH, SR. RETURN THIS YEAR WITH THE OPENER!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED PHOTO FROM JOE FLACCO!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED FOOTBALL CARD FROM STEVE SMITH, SR.!

OBSERVING THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES FEATURING AUTOGRAPHS FROM FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH & FORMER VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY!!!

TODAY MARKS THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11!  NEARLY 3,000 AMERICANS WOULD DIE IN THE ATTACKS BY ISLAMIC TERRORISTS!  ANOTHER 6,000+ AMERICANS WERE INJURED ON THIS HORRIFIC DAY!  THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, THE PENTAGON, AND A FIELD IN SHANKSVILLE, PA WERE AREAS ATTACKED BY AL-QAEDA!  AIRPLANES OVERTAKEN BY THESE TERRORISTS CAUSED GREAT DAMAGE ON AMERICAN SOIL!  THE WORST ATTACK ON THE HOME FRONT SINCE PEARL HARBOR IN 1941!  

 ABOVE IS A SIGNED CAMPAIGN POSTER FROM FORMER VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY!  THIS WAS OBTAINED AT A RALLY ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE ELECTION DAY IN 2000!  THE RALLY WAS HELD AT PUCILLO GYMNASIUM ON THE CAMPUS OF MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY IN PENNSLYVANIA!  AS A SIDE NOTE, THE PA US SENATOR RICK SANTORUM SIGNED THE CAMPAIGN SING!

A SIGNED COPY OF DECISION POINTS BY FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH!

THE COVER OF FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S MEMOIR: DECISION POINTS!

PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS LED BY RB SAQUON BARKLEY PLAY PITT PANTHERS TODAY @ HEINZ FIELD IN PITTSBURGH,PA!

TODAY, PENN STATE RENEWS THEIR RIVALRY WITH THE PITT PANTHERS!  THIS WAS A BIG RIVAL GAME IN THE 70'S AND 80'S!  THE TWO TEAMS LAST PLAYED IN 2000 AT THREE RIVERS STADIUM IN PITTSBURGH!  RUNNING BACK SAQUON BARKLEY LOOKS TO HAVE HIS 2ND 100 RUSHING YARD GAME!  THE SOPHOMORE CAME OUT LAST YEAR AS A FRESHMAN PHENOM!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH RB SAQUON BARKLEY FROM PENN STATE!  THIS WAS TAKEN AFTER LAST SEASON'S GAME WITH ARMY IN HAPPY VALLEY!!

2016 USA OLYMPIC SWIMMER HALI FLICKINGER SWIMS HER WAY INTO PEOPLES BANK PARK IN YORK,PA!!

ON LABOR  DAY IN THE USA, I ATTENDED A YORK REVOLUTION GAME FEATURING SPRING GROVE, PA NATIVE AND 2016 USA OLYMPIC SWIMMER HALI FLICKINGER!  SHE COMPETED IN THE 200 METER BUTTERFLY!  SHE FINISHED IN 7TH PLACE IN THE FINAL!  WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT TO MAKE THE OLYMPIC TEAM!  KUDOS FOR REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES AND MOREOVER YORK COUNTY PA!!!  AS A SIDE NOTE, IT WAS STAR WARS NIGHT!  I INCLUDED A PHOTO WITH CHEWBACCA!

ABOVE ARE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SIGNED BY 2016 OLYMPIC SWIMMER: HALI FLICKINGER

2 SIGNED PHOTOS FROM HALI
AN EVENT CARD PROMOTING THE EVENT SIGNED BY HALI!!

A SELFIE WITH HALI FLICKINGER!

HALI SIGNING MY ITEMS AT THE SIGNING STAGE!

I HAD TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH CHEWBACCA!  HE HAD TO BE OVER 7FT TALL!