A SALUTE TO VETERANS @ PEOPLESBANK PARK WITH FORMER PITTSBURGH STEELER ROCKY BLEIER!

TODAY, THE YORK REVOLUTION HOSTED A SALUTE TO VETERANS!  PRE GAME CONSISTED OF AN HONOR GUARD AND TAPS BEING PLAYED!  A MOVING TRIBUTE TO THE SOLDIERS WHO PAYED THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE!  A CROWD OF 3,563 WATCHED THE REVS BEAT THE SUGAR LAND SKEETERS 3-1!  THE MAIN EVENT THE REVOLUTION BROUGHT IN VIETNAM VETERAN & 4X SUPER BOWL WINNER: ROCKY BLEIER TO OBSERVE THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IN THE U.S.A.!  ROCKY PENNED HIS MEMOIR: FIGHTING BACK!  A GREAT READ ON HIS STRUGGLE THROUGH THE WAR AND HIS COMEBACK IN THE NFL!  A TRUE HERO AMONG US AND IT WAS A PLEASURE MEETING ROCKY @ PEOPLESBANK PARK!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH VIETNAM VETERAN & 4X SUPER BOWL CHAMPION, ROCKY BLEIER AND YOURS TRULY!

GETTING A CHANCE TO TALK WITH ROCKY!!!

ABOVE IS A GAME TICKET SIGNED BY ROCKY!  I HAD HIM INSCRIBE HIS 4 SUPER BOWL WINS FROM THE 1970'S!!!

ABOVE IS A 2011 UPPER DECK CARD SIGNED BY ROCKY!  THIS WAS FROM HIS PLAYING DAYS @ NOTRE DAME!  HE WAS ON THE 1966 NATIONAL CHAMPION TEAM!!

SENATOR & MLB HOF'ER JIM BUNNING PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 85!

JIM BUNNING OF KENTUCKY DIED ON FRIDAY AT 85, SIX YEARS AFTER DEPARTING THE U.S. SENATE, AND 45 PLUS YEARS AFTER HE FINISHED A PRO BASEBALL CAREER THAT LANDED HIM IN THE HALL OF FAME IN 1996!  JIM PLAYED FOR THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES AND THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES!  HE IS THE ONLY PITCHER TO THROW A NO HITTER ON FATHER'S DAY!  BUNNING WON 224 GAMES AND STRUCK OUT 2,855 BATTERS, AND MADE THE ALL-STAR TEAM NINE TIMES!  IN 2014, JIM MADE AN APPEARANCE AT YORK SPORTS NIGHT!  I WAS ABLE TO SECURE AN AUTOGRAPH AND A BLURRY PICTURE WITH THE SENATOR!  HE IS THE ONLY PERSON TO HAVE PITCHED IN MLB AND THE UPPER CHAMBER!

ABOVE IS A 1998 PACIFIC TRADING CARD FROM JIM BUNNING!  HE INSCRIBED HOF 96!

A BLURRY PICTURE WITH SENATOR JIM BUNNING FROM 2014 @ YORK SPORTS NIGHT!

FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR RYBACK MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN HARRISBURG,PA!!

PRO WRESTLING EMPIRE HELD THEIR 2ND OF 3 SHOWS PLANNED FOR 2017 @ THE HISTORIC ZEMBO MOSQUE IN HARRISBURG, PA!  THIS BUILDING HOSTED THE WWF FROM THE 1960'S THROUGH THE EARLY 1980'S!  THE MAIN ATTRACTION  WAS FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR RYBACK!  SINCE RYBACK HAD SHOULDER SURGERY HE WAS UNABLE TO WRESTLE.  FILLING IN FOR RYBACK WAS FORMER WWE SUPERSTAR GENE SNITSKY!  ALSO ON THE SHOW BIG SEAN STUDD, AND JONATHAN GRESHAM!  MANAGER ANDY VINEBERG WAS HIS STELLAR SELF.  TOO BAD THE WWE DOES NOT USE MALE MANAGERS ANYMORE, ANDY WOULD BE A NICE ADDITION!   AS A SURPRISE, FORMER WWE REFEREE & TIMEKEEPER MARK YEATON WAS IN ATTENDANCE!  HE OWNS KEEPING TIME COLLECTIBLES AND HAD A STAND SET UP INSIDE THE ZEMBO MOSQUE!  

A CROWD OF 350 FANS WATCHED THE ENTERTAINING SHOW!  PWE RETURNS SATURDAY OCTOBER 21ST.  THE NWO WITH SCOTT HALL, KEVIN NASH, X-PAC, ERIC BISCHOFF, SCOTT NORTON, AND BUFF BAGWELL HEADLINE THAT SHOW!  TICKET PACKAGES TO MEET THE STARS RANGE FROM $100 THRU $60! YOU CAN VISIT THEIR WEBSITE WWW.PROWRESTLINGEMPIRE.COM OR ON FACEBOOK! 

ABOVE IS A SIGNED WWE TOPPS CARD FROM RYBACK WITH AN INSCRIPTION FEED ME MORE!!

A PROMOTIONAL PHOTO SIGNED BY RYBACK WITH A FEED ME MORE INSCRIPTION!

ABOVE ARE THE TICKETS FROM THE WRESTLING EVENT!

ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH FROM FORMER WWE REFEREE&TIMEKEEPER MARK YEATON!  HE HAS A STAND THAT SELLS THE ABOVE MERCHANDISE!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED WRESTLING EVENT CARD FROM BIG SEAN STUDD!  HE IS THE SON OF THE LATE BIG JOHN STUDD!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO FROM THE HOLLYWOOD'S FINEST!  INCLUDING THE WINNER ANDY VINEBERG!

THE BIG GUY RYBACK WITH US!!

FORMER WWE REFEREE/TIMEKEEPER MARK YEATON AND I!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH THE WINNER ANDY VINEBERG AND I!  TOO BAD THE WWE DOES NOT USE MALE MANAGERS ANYMORE!  ANDY IS HIGHLY UNDERRATED AS A MANAGER ON THE INDY SCENE!  THANKS FOR ENTERTAINING THE FANS!

SOME MEMBERS OF THE HOLLYWOOD'S FINEST EDDIE SMOOTH, DANI, LASZLO ARPAD

FORMER NBA STAR MUGGSY BOGUES MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN FREDERICK, MD!!

LAST EVENING, THE FAMILY ATTENDED A FREDERICK KEYS GAME IN FREDERICK MD!  AN ANNOUNCED CROWD OF 8,052 WATCHED THE KEYS DEFEAT THE WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS 10-1!  A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY FORMER NBA AND DUNBAR HIGH(MD) STAR MUGGSY BOGUES DREW US IN TO NYMEO FIELD AT HARRY GROVE STADIUM!  I DID SOME PRE GAME AUTOGRAPHING WITH THE KEYS AND BLUE ROCKS.  BELOW IS WHAT I SECURED!  TOP ORIOLE PROSPECT RYAN MOUNTCASTLE HAD 2 HITS AND 2 RBI'S AND IS CURRENTLY BATTING .331!   WE PLAN TO ATTEND ANOTHER KEYS GAME THIS SEASON BASED ON UPCOMING PROMOTIONS AT NYMEO FIELD!!

THE CREW WITH FORMER NBA STAR MUGGSY BOGUES!!

TOP ORIOLE PROSPECT RYAN MOUNTCASTLE AND I PRE-GAME!!

ABOVE ARE GAME PROGRAMS AND A BASKETBALL SIGNED BY MUGGSY BOGUES!

THE CREW PRG-GAME!

ABOVE IS A PROGRAM PAGE SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING FREDERICK KEYS:
TANNER CHLEBORAD
BLAINE BEATTY
RYAN MOUNTCASTLE
LUIS GONZALEZ
STEVE LAURINO
REID LOWE
AUSTIN HAYS
MIKE BURKE
DREW TURBIN
MARKAL JONES

ABOVE ARE 2 BLUE ROCKS AUTOGRAPHS:

YUNIOR MARTE
ANDERSON MILLER

HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY TO BALTIMORE ORIOLE GREAT BROOKS ROBINSON!

TODAY, THE GREATEST 3B AND ORIOLE BROOKS ROBINSON CELEBRATES HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY!  BROOKS IS THE LONGEST TENURED ORIOLE PLAYER WITH 23 YEARS IN CHARM CITY, YENCE THE NICKNAME:  MR. ORIOLE!  IN 2015, I MET BROOKS AT HIS CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT IN YORK, PA!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BROOKSIE!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH BROOKSIE!

ABOVE ARE 2 BASEBALL CARDS SIGNED BY MR. ORIOLE: BROOKS ROBINSON!

FORMER BALTIMORE RAVEN WR MICHAEL JACKSON DIES IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT!!

TODAY IT WAS REPORTED THAT FORMER BALTIMORE RAVEN WIDE RECEIVER MICHAEL JACKSON DIED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN TANGIPAHOA, LOUISIANA!  MICHAEL WAS RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AS A CAR PULLED OUT ON THE HIGHWAY!  THE DRIVER OF THE CAR WAS KILLED AS WELL!  THE 48 YEAR OLD HAD AN EIGHT YEAR CAREER WITH THE CLEVELAND BROWNS AND BALTIMORE RAVENS FROM 1991-1998!  MICHAEL LEAD THE RAVENS IN THEIR 1ST YEAR IN 1996!  HE  CAUGHT 76 RECEPTIONS FOR 1,201 YARDS AND A LEAGUE HIGH 14 TOUCHDOWNS!  HE WAS PART OF A PROLIFIC OFFENSE FOR THE RAVENS IN 1996!  VINNY TESTAVERDE WAS THE QUARTERBACK ALONG WITH FELLOW WIDE RECEIVER DERRICK ALEXANDER WHO FORMED AN ENTERTAINING OFFENSE THAT YEAR DESPITE WINNING ONLY 4 GAMES IN 1996!  IN 1997, MICHAEL JACKSON ALONG WITH STEVON MOORE VISITED MY WIFE'S RETAIL STORE!   MICHAEL WAS SMILING THE WHOLE VISIT AND HAD AN AFFECTIONATE PERSONALITY!  REST IN PEACE TO MICHAEL AND HIS FAMILY!  

ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH FOOTBALL CARD FROM MICHAEL JACKSON!  NOTICE THE ORIGINAL RAVENS UNIFORM AND HELMET? 

ABOVE IS A SIGNED FOOTBALL CARD FROM STEVON MOORE!  HE ALSO APPEARED WITH MICHAEL IN 1997!  HE WAS AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE 1996 RAVENS TEAM!

A WWF WRESTLING PROGRAM FROM A HERSHEYPARK ARENA HOUSE SHOW IN 1991!!

TODAY, I WAS ORGANIZING SOME OF MY COLLECTION WHEN I RAN ACROSS A WWF WRESTLING PROGRAM.  THE PROGRAM WAS FROM A HOUSE SHOW AT THE HERSHEYPARK ARENA! THE DATE WAS NOVEMBER 15, 1991 INCLUDED IS AN EVENT LINEUP WITH RESULTS!  THAT EVENING I DID SOME AUTOGRAPHING AND COLLECTED 2 SIGNATURES!  THE FORMER RING ANNOUNCER MEL PHILLIPS AND ROAD AGENT ARNOLD SKAALAND!  WHAT I REMEMBER MOST ABOUT THE ENCOUNTER, ARNOLD WAS CHEWING ON A CIGAR AND HAD CIGAR JUICE ON HIS HAND AS HE WIPED MOST OF IT AWAY AND SIGNED MY PROGRAM!  REMNANTS OF THE CIGAR ARE ON MY PROGRAM!  26 YEARS LATER, I STILL REMEMBER THE ENCOUNTER WITH ARNOLD!

THE COVER OF A 1991 WWF PROGRAM FROM A HOUSE SHOW AT THE HERSHEYPARK ARENA IN HERSHEY, PA!

ABOVE IS AN EVENT LINEUP FOR THE HOUSE SHOW IN HERSHEY, PA!

ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH FROM MEL PHILLIPS!  MEL WAS A RING ANNOUNCER FOR THE WWF!  HE LATER WAS FIRED FOR INDISCRETIONS WITH STAFF!

ABOVE IS A PROGRAM PAGE FROM THE GOLDEN BOY, ARNOLD SKAALAND!  HE WAS THE MANAGER FOR BRUNO SAMMARTINO AND BOB BACKLAND!  AT THIS HOUSE SHOW, HE WAS A ROAD AGENT FOR THE WWF!  ARNOLD ALSO WRESTLED FOR THE WWWF AND WAS A PART OWNER OF THE COMPANY BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WWWF!

FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR JEB BUSH TO PURCHASE THE MIAMI MARLINS!

NEWS BROKE LAST WEEK THAT THE MIAMI MARLINS WILL BE SOLD TO A GROUP LED BY FORMER GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA JEB BUSH!  BUSH ALONG WITH FUTURE HALL OF FAMER DEREK JETER WILL PURCHASE THE TEAM FOR 1.3 BILLION DOLLARS!  BUSH WILL BE THE "CONTROL PERSON" AND WOULD HAVE ULTIMATE CONTROL OVER FRANCHISE DECISIONS!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH FORMER GOVERNOR JEB BUSH AND I!  THIS WAS IN 2009 AT THE CENTRAL  PENNSYLVANIA MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO SIGNED BY JEB BUSH INSCRIBED WITH ALL THE BEST!