Metallica in Philly

Friday night Dave my son Eric and I went to the Metallica show in Philly. The was also supposed to have Avenged Sevenfold and Volbeat as opening acts only one of them made as Synyster Gates' wife went into labor and A7X didn't play this show would have been more disappointing if I had not just seen the full show from A7X and Volbeat 3 days earlier in Hershey PA so I wasn't as disappointed as some were of the news.  The show started an hour later and they had some DJ Mix Master Mike who wasn't very good, would have just rather heard the songs he had but..... Then Metallica hit the stage and played for about 2 hours and 15 minutes played almost everything I wanted to hear except Fuel but in it's place they played Creeping Death so it's all good was a great show Big Screens, fireworks, lasers, fire etc....... as you would expect from a stadium show and they didn't disappoint.  This is the 3rd time seeing them (1988 & 1998) and this was the best show by far had it all!

Volbeat

Volbeat

Volbeat - Setlist

  

1. The Devil's Bleeding Crown
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2. Seal the Deal
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3. Lola Montez
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4. Heaven nor Hell / A Warrior's Call
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5. Sad Man's Tongue
   (with "Ring of Fire" intro)
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6. Let It Burn
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7. Black Rose
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8. Hallelujah Goat
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9. The Hangman's Body Count
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10. Dead but Rising
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11. Still Counting

Robert Trujillo on Big Screen

Kirk Hammett stage left in front of us.

Packed House

For Whom the Bell Tolls

James & Massive crowd all around

Drum Circle - James on Big Screen

Moth into Flame

 Metallica - Setlist

  

1. The Ecstasy of Gold
   (Ennio Morricone song)
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2. Hardwired Intro
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3. Hardwired
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4. Atlas, Rise!
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5. For Whom the Bell Tolls
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6. Creeping Death
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7. The Unforgiven
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8. Now That We're Dead
   (with extended middle drum… more )
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9. Moth Into Flame
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10. Wherever I May Roam
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11. Halo on Fire
    (followed by Kirk and Rob's… more )
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12. Motorbreath
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13. Sad but True
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14. One
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15. Master of Puppets
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16. Fade to Black
    (preceded by 'Through the Never movie' clip incl. 'Eye of the Beholder' intro played from a tape)
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17. Seek & Destroy
18. 1. Encore:
    2. Battery
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    3. Nothing Else Matters
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    4. Enter Sandman
       (with 'The Frayed Ends of Sanity' outro)

Tim Tebow & Columbia Fireflies @ Delmarva

Most of what we saw in Delmarva 

 Keith and I had schedule to take a half day off work and make the trek to Salisbury, MD to see the Columbia Fireflies and Tim Tebow vs. Dalmarva Shorebirds for a newly scheduled 6:05 Doubleheader the  problem was the weather, as it was SUPPOSED to be a chance of showers turned out to be 3 1/2 hours of rain for the drive down  and then 2 hours standing in the rain from the gates opening at 5pm until Columbia came out to warm up close to 7 pm for a few minutes until they were told to go back into the locker as more rain was coming.  Tebow did sign a couple autographs before warming up and then more after they were told to go back to locker room problem being it had started to rain again and Tim used his pen by the time I was able to drop my SI to him it was pretty much a spent sharpie see pictures below. I was able to get Luis Carpio and Jonathan Hurst on cards I had before the Tebow began signing.  So almost a total wash out as it was an 11 hour adventure didn't see 1 pitch and got an almost readable autograph from Tebow and 6 cards signed. Oh well maybe another time lol you collect regularly stuff happens.  I did get a SGA Delmarva Shorebirds hat as we were 1 of the 1st 500.

Tim Tebow & Fireflies warming up

 

Tim Tebow signed SI? 

The actual Tim Tebow watered down autograph

Jonathan Hurst & Luis Carpio autographs

Ebay Football lot

I purchased this 6 card autographed football card lot for $1 buy it now and $2 Shipping so .50 each there a little older 1997 - 2000 but I didn't have any of them so why not.
1) Trevor Gaylor - 2000 Bowman.
2) Jesse Haynes - 2000 Platoff Contenders NFLE # 183.
3) Chris Hovan - 2000 PressPass.
4) Robert Holcombe - 1998 Collecors Edge.
5) Brian Kelly - 1998 PressPass.
6) Byron Hanspard - 1997 Proline Memorabila.

Avenged Sevenfold Hershey PA May 9th

I had won tickets to the Giant Center Hershey, PA show from a local radio station then decided to sell them as I was going to the Metallica show in Philly 3 days later and A7X & Volbeat where playing that show too.  A couple days before the show a friend asked if I wanted to go with them as they had an extra Suite ticket with food, drink & parking all free so who could turn that offer down!  It was a great time and show this show also had Motionless in White as the opening act besides Volbeat and Headliner A7X.  Here are the set-lists:

A7X set-list:

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
(Elton John song)
Back in Black


(AC/DC song)
1. The Stage
   
   
2. Afterlife
   
   
3. Hail to the King
   
   
4. Paradigm
   
   
5. Buried Alive
   
   
6. So Far Away
   
   
7. Nightmare
   
   
8. God Damn
   
   
9. Drum Solo
   
   
10. Almost Easy
    
    
11. Sunny Disposition
    
    
    (First time performed in the US)
12. Warmness on the Soul
    
    
    (Instrumental)
13. Planets
    
    
14. Acid Rain
    
    
    Encore:

1. Bat Country
2. A Little Piece of Heaven
   
   
3. Unholy Confessions
   
   

Volbeat Set-List:

1. The Devil's Bleeding Crown
2. 
   
    Lola Montez
   
3. Wild Rover of Hell
   
   
4. Sad Man's Tongue
   
   
   ('Ring of Fire' by Johnny Cash as intro)
5. Black Rose
   
   
6. Doc Holliday
   
   
7. Another Day, Another Way
   
   
8. Let It Burn
   
   
9. Slaytan
   
   
10. Dead but Rising
    
    
11. Seal the Deal
    
    
12. Still Counting
    
    

Motionless in White Set-list:

1. A-M-E-R-I-C-A
2. l
   Loud (Fuck It)
   
3. Dead as Fuck
   
   
4. Devil's Night
   
   
5. Reincarnate
   
   
6. Abigail
   
   
7. 570
   
   

Marion Grice

I went to a card show today at the Capital City Mall it was small maybe 10 dealers. I wasn't really looking for anything besides Atlantic League baseball and new Ravens. One dealer had a mixed box of memorabilia and autograph cards 2 for $3 I found 5 and offered $5 he accepted boxes were full of junk autos (Signature Rookies and common Memorabilia cards) I did find a couple Eric Gagne jersey cards now with the Long Island Ducks and a Mark Clayton Jersey #'d to 50 and a Lardarius Webb jersey and I liked this 2014 Panini Select Prizm Marion Grice Autograph # RA-MG & #'d 04/35 a nice crd for a buck probably would have been pissed if I purchased a box and this was my HIT tho. 

Blue Jays @ Yankees May 3rd

I had to go to NYC for a couple of days for a training class for work so 5 of us decided to take in a game at Yankee Stadium.  We stopped for a beer after work and taking the subway to the stadium and with the line to get in the gate we missed the top of the first usually no big deal this time it was 4-0 before we got in and the Yanks would bat.  Was a good game as the Yankees came back to win it 8-6 and Aaron Judge hit a bomb to center and went 3-4 & Chapman got the save, so it was a good time.  I had been to the old Yankee Stadium but this was my first time to the New Yankee Stadium.

Bleeker & Beware of Darkness

On Saturday after the Ravens Draft Party Dave and I went to the Bleeker, Beware of Darkness, Astro Lasso & Youthfool concert at the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, PA was a free show for us as I had won the tickets from the local rock station 105.7 The X.  So was a nice capper to the day.  We were not going to do autographs or anything extra just went to see the show but I got a Beware of Darkness set-list and got a couple picks from Bleeker's one each from Bassist Mike Vandyk & Guitarist Cole Perkins.

Set-list Beware of Darkness

Youthfool

Beware of Darkness

Kyle Nicolaides of Beware of Darkness

Astro Lasso