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Meet the Auctioneer – Patrick B. Haggerty Bethesda Big Train is pleased to welcome back our auctioneer, Patrick Haggerty. Pat calls Benefit Auctions for schools, hospitals and other philanthropic causes all over the country. He is known for his high energy and audience rapport. In his other life, Pat is a journalist in Washington, DC who covers Congress, the White House and the federal agencies and is a regular on the speaking circuit providing the “inside scoop” on Washington and the legislative process. [email protected] (301) 942-1996, P.S. If you think you recognize Pat as the speaking/humor coach trying to teach Borat the “NOT!” joke in the “BORAT” movie. You’re correct, that’s him. Live Auction Item Value Item Description 1 $800 Bryce Harper Autographed Washington Nationals Jersey Donated by Bethesda Big Train This authentic Washington Nationals jersey has been personally hand signed by Washington Nationals All-Star outfielder Bryce Harper. A must have for any Nationals fan! 2 $800 Chris Davis Autographed All-Star Game Jersey Donated by Bethesda Big Train Baltimore Orioles star Chris Davis led the majors with 53 home runs and 138 RBIs which resulted in him being named to his first All-Star team. Make sure you bid on this rare authentic All-Star Game jersey signed by the man otherwise known as Crush! 3 $600 Cal Ripken Jr. Autograph Package Donated by Cal Ripken Jr. Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. visited Shirley Povich Field over the summer and left some things just for the auction! Enjoy this jersey, bat, baseball and #8 scoreboard number from the original Povich Field scoreboard all signed by the Ironman himself! 4 $2,000 Luxury Costa Rica Resort and Spa Vacation Donated by Florblanca Resort This romantic resort sits along one the best surf beaches on Costa Rica’s Pacific coastline, the five-mile Santa Teresa Beach Break. But Florblanca is more remote jungle lodge than surfer hangout. Four romantic nights in a superior one bedroom villa can be yours where monkeys dangle from the trees as you dine on world-class meals and sip fine wines with the Pacific as your backdrop. 5 Priceless Dinner for 8 with ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian at Bethesda’s Hard Times Cafe Donated by Tim Kurkjian and Hard Times Cafe Enjoy a special evening with ESPN Baseball Tonight analyst Tim Kurkjian at the Hard Times Cafe in Bethesda. The certificate is good for appetizers, entrees, as well as non-alcoholic beverages for 8 people. | 4 | 2013 Bethesda Baseball Holiday Auction Item Value Item Description 6 $500 State of the Art Weber Grill Donated by Doug Cashmere and ACE Hardware Take home a state-of-the-art Weber Grill from Ace Hardware, perfect for the summertime and baseball season. This Spirit E-310 will make any BBQ infinitely better! 7 $1,000 2 Round Trip Tickets on JetBlue Airways Donated by JetBlue Airways Enjoy a luxurious flight on JetBlue Airways for you and one other person. Tickets are valid between Washington D.C. and any location in Florida anytime over the next year. 8 $200 Drew Storen Autographed Jersey and Baseball Donated by Drew Storen Bethesda Baseball Holiday Auction special guest Drew Storen of the Washington Nationals will personally sign his jersey and a baseball for you on the spot! 9 $1,000 Jackie Robinson “42” Autographed and Framed Movie Poster Donated by Charity Fundraising Packages “42” tells the story of Jackie Robinson and, under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey, Robinson’s signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the first African-American player to break the baseball color barrier. This movie poster is signed by Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Christopher Meloni, Lucas Black, Alan Tudyk, T.R. Knight, John C. McGinley, James Pickens Jr., Ryan Merriman, Max Gail & Brett Cullen. 10 $650 Are You Ready for Some Football? Donated by Logan Schneider Redskins vs. Chiefs, FedEx Field and you! It doesn’t get much bigger than that. Watch RGIII put his stomp on the first place Kansas City Chiefs when they come into town on Sunday, December 8th, 2013. Catch all of the action, and maybe even a pass, with 2 tickets located in the third row behind the end zone. Also included is a RGIII autographed Redskins mini helmet! 11 $400 Washington Nationals Framed Lithographs Donated by Carrie Engel Washington baseball is at the top of D.C. sports and you can be too with this framed photo and lithographs from Washington Nationals stars Bryce Harper, Stephen Strasburg, Jayson Werth, Gio Gonzalez, and Ryan Zimmerman. 12 $800 Bruce Springsteen Autographed Record Album Donated by Charity Fundraising Packages Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and...Bruce Springsteen! Baseball is America’s pastime and here is your chance to bid on Springsteen’s seventh record album, Born in the U.S.A, signed by “The Boss” himself! 2013 Bethesda Baseball Holiday Auction | 5 | 100’s - Books Bidding Closes at 6:15 p.m. Min. Item Item Description Bid 100 $5 Saving the Pitcher by Will Carroll Donated by Bruce Adams Saving the Pitcher addresses all aspects of pitcher injuries, pitcher abuse, pitcher workload, pitcher mechanics, and most importantly, injury prevention. Knowledge from doctors, trainers, coaches, pitchers, biomechanists, and researchers make this book the first complete look at pitcher health. These injuries don’t have to happen. From major leaguers to little leaguers, this book is a must read for pitchers, parents, and baseball fans everywhere. Retail Value: $15 101 $10 MLB Baseball Media Guide Pack Donated by Alan Alper Major League Baseball Media Guides from the Washington Nationals (2005 & 2012), Pittsburgh Pirates (2008), and Philadelphia Phillies (2009). Retail Value: $30 102 $5 Uppity by Bill White Donated by Peggy Engel A true pioneer as an African-American athlete, sportscaster, and top baseball executive, White has written his long-awaited autobiography in which he will be candid, open, and as always, most forthcoming about his life in baseball. Retail Value: $15 103 $4 Miracle Man by Nolan Ryan Donated by Bruce Adams Sports Illustrated calls him a living legend--the miracle man of baseball with an incredible forty-eight major league pitching records. Nolan Ryan talks about professional athletes, his image, and family in this candid memoir. Retail Value: $10 104 $5 Walter Johnson by Henry Thomas Donated by Bruce Adams Henry Thomas wrote one of the most detailed and insightful biographies about the Big Train himself, Walter Johnson. It is filled with incredible stories about Walter Johnson and gives every reader some insight to one of the greatest pitchers of all time. Retail Value: $15 105 $5 Whatever Happened to Baseball? by Jeff Potter Donated by Bruce Adams This is the story of youth baseball, and how it has changed in the last 40 years. Many of these changes have been for the worse. Baseball “back in the day” was fun & innocent and filled with great coaches that taught the right life lessons out on the ball fields. Today, there are serious problems with the game. Potter explains these changes and how everyone can fix them for the better.Retail Value: $15 106 $12 Let Freedom Ring by Kitty Kelley, signed by the author Donated by Peggy Engel Accompanied by an insightful essay and captions from bestselling author Kitty Kelley, as well as a moving foreword by Marian Wright Edelman, Let Freedom Ring commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington and celebrates the crescendo of the Civil Rights movement in America. Retail Value: $30 | 6 | 2013 Bethesda Baseball Holiday Auction 100’s - Books Bidding Closes at 6:15 p.m. Min. Item Item Description Bid 107 $12 American Pastimes, The Very Best of Red Smith by Daniel Okrent Donated by Bruce Adams Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith was the most widely read sportswriter of the last century and the first to win the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Daniel Okrent presents the best of Smith’s inimitable columns—miniature masterpieces that remain the gold standard in sportswriting. Here are Smith’s indelible profiles of sports luminaries, which show his gift for distilling a career’s essence in a single column. Unforgettable accounts of historic occasions are joined by more offbeat stories that display Smith’s unmistakable wit, intelligence, and breadth of feeling. Retail Value: $30 108 $16 The Jewish Americans by Beth Wenger Donated by Bruce Adams This magnificently illustrated book, companion to the major PBS television documentary produced by David Grubin, tells the history of Jews in America in a captivating and accessible collection of first-person accounts, interviews, distinguished scholarly writings, and profiles of prominent Jews as well as ordinary Jewish immigrants.Retail Value: $40 109 $10 The Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles Donated by Peggy Engel Signed by the author, The Aurora County All-Stars is about a 12 year old boy, who is finally ready to start playing baseball again after being sidelined for a year with a broken elbow. However, the only game of the year has been scheduled for the exact same time as the town’s 200th-anniversary pageant. Now he must face the pageant’s director and get his team out of this mess. Through the long, hot month of June, he makes surprising and valuable discoveries about family, friendship, poetry . and baseball. Retail Value: $16 www.bigtrain.org 2013 Bethesda Baseball Holiday Auction | 7 | 200’s - Big Train Bidding Closes at 6:20 p.m. Min. Item Item Description Bid 200 $100 A week of 2014 Big Train Summer Baseball Camp Donated by Bethesda Big Train Treat your child to a week of the area’s leading summer