U.S. REP. LOU BARLETTA ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR PENNSYLVANIA U.S. SENATE SEAT!

YESTERDAY, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE LOU BARLETTA ANNOUNCED HIS U.S. SENATE CANDIDACY  IN PENNSYLVANIA!  LOU IS A LUZERNE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA NATIVE AND PLANS TO CHALLENGE THE CURRENT U.S. SENATOR OF PA BOB CASEY!  THE POLITICAL SEASON SHOULD HEAT UP NEXT YEAR ALONG  WITH THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IN PA!  INTERESTING TO TRACK THESE TWO RACES FOR POLITICOS!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO FROM A 2016 TRUMP RALLY IN HERSHEY!  LOU WAS THERE DOING SOME "POLITICKING"!

ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH FROM U.S. REP. LOU BARLETTA!!

DREW MCINTYRE IS THE NEW NXT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!

LAST EVENING, DREW MCINTYRE WON THE NXT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OVER GLORIOUS BOBBY ROODE!  THE MATCH WAS A THRILLING MAIN EVENT FOR NXT BROOKLYN!  THE ENTIRE SHOW WAS FAST MOVING WITH 5 MATCHES!  IN JUNE, I MET DREW IN BEL AIR, MD!  AFTER THE SHOW HE WAS GRACIOUS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AND TAKING PHOTOS!

ABOVE IS A SELFIE WITH THE NXT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!

 ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH FROM DREW WITH OTHER NXT STARS: RODERICK STRONG, EMBER MOON, AND HEAVY MACHINERY!

FORMER BALTIMORE RAVEN JACOBY JONES CATCHES & RUNS HIS WAY TO PEOPLESBANK PARK!!

LAST WEEKEND, MY FAMILY AND I ATTENDED OUR FINAL YORK REVOLUTION GAME OF THE YEAR IN THE SKYBOX!  I WAS READING THEIR PROGRAM AND WANT TO PROFILE AN UPCOMING NFL APPEARANCE.  FORMER SUPER BOWL WINNER AND BALTIMORE RAVEN JACOBY JONES WILL APPEAR AT PEOPLESBANK PARK IN YORK, PA.  THE YORK REVOLUTION HOST YOUTH FOOTBALL AND SPIRIT NIGHT ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 26TH. JACOBY WILL APPEAR FOR A 90 MINUTE AUTOGRAPH SESSION ON THE CONCOURSE THAT EVENING!  JONES IS A SUPER BOWL 47 CHAMPION WITH THE BALTIMORE RAVENS AND A FINALIST ON DANCING WITH THE STARS!  JACOBY HAD MANY MEMORABLE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE RAVENS IN 2012 AS HE CAPTURED HIS 1ST AND ONLY CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE N.F.L.!

ABOVE IS AN AD FOR THE JACOBY JONES APPEARANCE IN YORK, PA!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED SPORTS ILLUSTRATED COPY OF JACOBY JONES.  A SUPER BOWL XLVII CHAMPION!

A PHOTO WITH JACOBY THE WEEKEND AFTER HE HAD THE CATCH AT THE MIRACLE AT MILE HIGH AGAINST THE DENVER BRONCOS IN 2013!!

2017 WWE HALL OF FAMER DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE APPEARS @ THE GOLD'S GYM IN HARRISBURG, PA!

TODAY I ATTENDED AN AUTOGRAPH APPEARANCE HOSTED BY PRO WRESTLING EMPIRE!  THE EVENT WAS HELD AT THE GOLD'S GYM IN HARRISBURG, PA!  FOOD TRUCKS AND OTHER VENDORS ATTENDED THE SHOW.  THE MAIN ATTRACTION WAS 2017 WWE HALL OF FAMER DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE!  APPROXIMATELY 100 FANS TURNED OUT FOR THE 2 HOUR SIGNING.   I COULD NOT PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A PHOTO AND AN AUTOGRAPH FROM DDP.

DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE HAS ME IN THE DIAMOND CUTTER!

SITTING AT THE TABLE TALKING TO DDP!  HE SPOKE TO EACH ATTENDEE, CAUSING THE LINE TO MOVE "VERY SLOW"!  WELL WORTH THE EXPERIENCE!  AS I WAS ABLE TO MAKE SOME CONTACTS FOR FUTURE SHOWS!

ABOVE IS  AN EVENT FLIER FROM THE EVENT!  THIS WAS A PROMO AD THAT I USED TO ANNOUNCE THE SHOW, LAST MONTH AS I WAS RING ANNOUNCING!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO SIGNED BY DDP!  I HAD HIM INSCRIBE HOF 2017.  ALSO, I RECEIVED HIS BUSINESS CARD, DDP YOGA!!!

FORMER BALTIMORE ORIOLE DON BAYLOR PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 68!

TODAY, SAD NEWS BROKE THAT FORMER ORIOLE DON BAYLOR DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM MULTIPLE MYELOMA!  HE WAS 68 YEARS OLD.  DON PLAYED FOR THE ORIOLES FROM 1970 THRU 1975!  HE HAD A 19 YEAR CAREER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WINNING A WORLD TITLE IN 1987 WITH THE MINNESOTA TWINS.  BAYLOR MANAGED THE COLORADO ROCKIES AND THE CHICAGO CUBS!  DON WON THE NATIONAL LEAGUE MANAGER OF THE YEAR IN 1995 WITH THE ROCKIES!

 REST IN PEACE TO DON BAYLOR!  IN 2015 I MET DON AS HE WAS EXITING AN ORIOLES GAME!  HE WAS A HITTING COACH WITH THE ANAHEIM ANGELS IN 2015!  HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN NICER TALKING TO THE FEW FANS LEFT AFTER THE GAME OUTSIDE CAMDEN YARDS!  THANKS FOR THE CONVERSATION AND YEARS OF PLAYING IN THE 80'S THAT I REMEMBER, DON!  GOD BLESS!

SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ) RETURNS TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE!

LAST WEEK, THE SENIOR SENATOR FROM ARIZONA JOHN MCCAIN RETURNED TO THE SENATE TO VOTE ON A HEALTHCARE BILL.  THE 80 YEAR OLD WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN CANCER!  SENATOR MCCAIN WAS A POW FOR 5 YEARS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.  HE WAS A PILOT IN THE NAVY AND IS A 6 TERM SENATOR REPRESENTING ARIZONA!  MCCAIN RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2000 AND WAS THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE IN 2008.  IN 2005, WHILE IN WASHINGTON, DC I NOTICED THAT AN INDEPENDENT BOOK STORE,  THE TROVER SHOP HOSTED SEN. MCCAIN FOR A BOOK SIGNING!  IT WAS A UNEXPECTED BOOK SIGNING AND PHOTO OP FOR ME!

ABOVE IS THE FRONT COVER OF A SIGNED 1ST EDITION OF CHARACTER IS DESTINY

ABOVE IS A SIGNED COVER PAGE FROM SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH 2008 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: SEN. JOHN MCCAIN!