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Optimus Prime

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Ghostbusters

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He's even got a proton pack and a ghost trap.

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Voldemort from the "Harry Potter" series

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Sauron from "Lord of the Rings"

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Cherry from "Planet Terror" at the Lionsgate booth

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Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones from "Pirates of the Caribbean"

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Foxxy Sports interviewing a Spartan

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This gal made a dress out of a freebie bag given at the Warner Bros booth

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Pirates of the Caribbean toys

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Pirates of the Caribbean booth

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Leia, Obi-Wan and Jabba

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The Golden Compass

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Duck Dodgers and Marvin the Martian

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The Jericho cast (Skeet Ulrich and Ashley Scott seen here) signing at the Inkworks Booth

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Andy Samberg and co-writers for Hot Rod

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Neil Gaiman and Jane Goldman for "Stardust"

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Neil Gaiman and Roger Avery for Beowulf

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"Spiderwick Chronicles" Panel

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Jon Favreau making a surprise appearance for "Iron Man"

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Steven Spielberg live via satellite

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Harrison Ford and Spielberg for the next Indiana Jones movie

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Indiana Jones movie

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Marion Ravenwood is in the 4th movie!

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JJ Abrams

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Star Trek panel

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Zachary Quinto will be Spock in the Star Trek movie

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Leonard Nimoy will be in the movie too!

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Jessica Alba

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Jessica Alba and Dane Cook

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Jessica and Dane promoting their movie "Good Luck Chuck"

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One of my favorite panels

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Dane was making fun of Jessica's shoes

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Nice shoes...you can't see them here but they were gold flats.

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Yes! I was at the right place at the right time.

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Waiting for Jessica and Dane to arrive.

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The crowd is waiting...

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Too many photographers in the way

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Nice pic of both of them together

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The "Good Luck Chuck" signing was the highlight of my Con this year.

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Water is good for you.

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Jessica is signing a poster of herself

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This is Jessica Alba.

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There is Jessica Alba.

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Did I mention that's Jessica Alba?

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Here's a closer look

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Oh and Dane Cook was signing too.

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This was at the Lionsgate Booth

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Dane is signing a poster of himself for "Good Luck Chuck"

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Dane is giving the crowd some attention

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Did I take enough pictures? I think so.

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Yay! My autographed poster from Jessica...

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...and she made it out to me :)

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Peter Fonda and Ben Foster for the "3:10 To Yuma" panel

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"Midnight Meat Train" panel

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"Midnight Meat Train" panel

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The writers of the "Saw" movies

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FRIDAY - First panel is for "Get Smart". We were surprised to see most of the cast.

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"Get Smart" panel

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"Get Smart" panel

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"Get Smart" panel

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Shannyn Sossamon and Ed Burns for "One Missed Call"

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"One Missed Call" panel

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"One Missed Call" panel

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"One Missed Call" panel

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"One Missed Call" panel

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Kate Beckinsale in the "Whiteout" panel

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"Whiteout" panel

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More Kate

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and more Kate

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I like Kate Beckinsale

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Bye Kate! And Joel Silver

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Kate is posing for the press.

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Zack Snyder talking about his next film, "Watchmen"

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Clive Owen

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"Shoot 'Em Up" panel

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And that's the director, Michael Davis

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Ridley Scott for the "Blade Runner" DVD panel

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"Blade Runner" panel

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"Blade Runner" DVD panel

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SATURDAY - Michelle Ryan is the new "Bionic Woman"

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"Bionic Woman" will be on NBC

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"Bionic Woman" panel

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Michelle Ryan is British.

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"Bionic Woman" panel

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"TV Guide" panel

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Skeet Ulrich, Matt Dallas and Masi Oka for the "TV Guide" panel

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"TV Guide" panel

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Introducing the "Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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"Heroes" panel

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Practically the whole cast was there! So cool.

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And Kevin Smith will write and direct a "Heroes: Origins" episode

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And Danny Bonaduce was there to ask a question to the "Heroes" panel

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Then we went down to Hall H for more movie studio panels. We were in the back.

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We're taking pictures of the screens. This is the "Hulk" panel with Ed Norton.

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And Liv Tyler is going to be in the "Hulk" movie too.

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"Iron Man" panel

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Robert Downey Jr is Tony Stark

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Gwyneth Paltrow is Pepper Potts

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Terence Howard is Jim Rhodes

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And Milla Jovovich was there for the next "Resident Evil" movie

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"Resident Evil" panel

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Sam Raimi is producing "30 Days of Night"

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Josh Hartnett is in "30 Days of Night"

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Josh in the "30 Days of Night" panel

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Ben Foster will also be in "30 Days of Night"

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Judd Apatow promoting "Superbad"

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Seth Rogen co-wrote "Superbad"

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Seth is funny in "40 Year Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up"

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Jonah Hill and Michael Cera are in "Superbad"

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"Superbad" panel

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And Christopher Mintz-Plasse is Fogell (aka McLovin)

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SUNDAY - Nicolas Cage and his son Weston for their comic "Voodoo Child"

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Mary McCormack and Rory Cochrane for the "Right At Your Door" panel

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"Right at Your Door" panel

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"Dragon Wars" panel

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"Pathology" panel

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Milo Ventimiglia from "Heroes" is in "Pathology"

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"Pathology" panel

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Amie and a pink R2 droid

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Ernest and his new friend watching "Dumb and Dumber" on his PSP

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Amie, Roxanne, James, Mary, Francis and Ernest

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Dinner at Uno's Thursday night

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Me, Ernest, James

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A couple of sailor gals

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Group pic Friday morning

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Ernest trying to protect himself from the sun

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Jason with the "Hot Fuzz" guys

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Group pic Saturday morning

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These girls posted a sign for "free beatings".

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My heroes are Roxanne and Amie.

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We're not seeing the Pirates play, so we'll be the pirates. Arrr!

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Day 1 - We took a red eye from SAN to BOS. Layover at O'hare. Lets have chicharon (pork rinds) for breakfast...nice

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The guys are grabbing for Jojo's chicarones....and he's happy about it.

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We're in Boston, just off the subway and walking to the hotel. We're in front of the library at Copley Place.

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Outside Fenway Park on Yawkey Way

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Stopping to eat lunch

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My first dog of the trip, an italian sausage

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Jojo under the sign

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We're on the Fenway Park tour before the game.

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The view from our bleacher seats

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Ernest, Jojo and Julius sitting in their seats

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Tom has joined us, since he bought his tickets after us.

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Taking pictures of each other...it was obvious we weren't locals.

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The Red Sox are playing the SF Giants today and this asterisk is for Barry Bonds.

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Bonds gets an asterisk next to his HR stats because of steroid allegations.

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Julius wants a picture with the prop.

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There's my hot dog that got passed up 10 rows diagonally to me.

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Julius

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Julius holding another prop that belonged to the Giants fans next to us.

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Yes! The Red Sox beat the Giants 1-0.

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Group picture during the tour.

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Another group pic.

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Day 2- New York. I set up Jaymazing Race and here's team #1 - Jojo and Ernest.

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Jaymazing Race is a spin-off of Amazing Race. Team #2 - Julius and Tom.

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And the teams are given their clues. First destination - Rockefeller Center.

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First pit stop - Gray's Papaya...great dogs...Julius and Tom were the first to arrive, so I bought them lunch.

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And the race ends at John's Pizzeria...great pizza. Congratulations to Julius and Tom for winning Jaymazing Race.

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Tom and Jojo on the "S" shuttle between Grand Central and Times Square.

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We stopped at Strawberry Fields and saw the John Lennon memorial in Central Park.

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The guys walking in Times Square.

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The view from our bleacher seats at the Yankee game

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Day 3 - Tom goes home, but the rest of us take the Yankee Stadium tour.

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Yankee Stadium 3rd base side

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Yankee Stadium 1st base side

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The construction site of the new Yankee Stadium across the street

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The new home for the Yankees will be ready Opening Day 2009.

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Monument Park out in left field of the ballpark.

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That's me and our tour guide behind me.

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Plaques dedicated to key figures in Yankee history

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Yes, we're about to walk onto the warning track and down to the dugout.

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One more group pic.

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There's Julius in the dugout.

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And Jojo and Ernest in the dugout.

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Jason pretends to wave his visor to the fans.

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Ernest waves to the crowd.

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Ernest looking out onto the field.

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Group pic of us leaning on the dugout rail.

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Me standing along the first baseline.

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Julius intently watching the game.

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The guys trying to get a rally going.

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Shea Stadium - Mets vs. Twins. The view from our seats

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7th inning stretch time - and you can see the home run apple

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Shea outfield and scoreboard

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Mets fans for the day

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group pic after the game...Mets beat the Twins 8-1.

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Day 4 - Jojo goes home. We rent a car and drive to Cooperstown and see the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Me in front of the Padres locker.

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Trevor Hoffman, the all-time saves leader.

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Tony Gwynn gets inducted to the hall of fame this year!

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Tony Gwynn

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Cal Ripken, Jr also get inducted to the Hall this year.

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The induction is on 7/29.

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Wall of enlarged baseball cards of the inductees.

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The first five players to be inducted.

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Dave Winfield is the first player to be inducted as a Padres player.

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Placeholders for Gwynn's and Ripken's plaques.

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Recent inductees.

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More recent hall of famers.

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The ceiling of the room where I just took the pictures.

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The main gallery of the Hall and Julius.

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Ernest taking pictures.

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Ernest and his Cracker Jack card.

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Jason and his Cracker Jack card.

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Julius and his Cracker Jack card.

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Day 5 - Washington DC...we walked around the National Mall during the day. Here's the White House from the North Lawn.

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Army Memorial

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White House from the South lawn.

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Washington Monument

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Julius

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Ernest

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WWII Memorial

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WWI Memorial with the Lincoln Memorial in the distance

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Julius and California

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WWII Memorial

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WWII Memorial with the Washington Monument

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Group picture at the WWII Memorial

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Lincoln Memorial from the Reflection Pool

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Washington Memorial from the Reflection Pool

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Taking a break.

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Korean War Memorial

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Korean War Memorial

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Korean War Memorial - the etchings are amazing

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Vietnam Memorial

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Vietnam Memorial Wall

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Vietnam Memorial Wall

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Vietnam Memorial Wall - etching a name onto paper.

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Washington Memorial and Reflection Pool from the base of the Lincoln Memorial

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Lincoln Memorial

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Group pic

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Lincoln Memorial

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Me on the top steps of Lincoln Memorial

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Taken from top steps of the Lincoln Memorial

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Me again...thanks for taking the pic, Juls.

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Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Cemetary.

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Tomb of the Unknowns

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John F. Kennedy Memorial and the eternal flame

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Kennedy Memorial

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RFK Stadium - Washington Nationals vs. Detroit Tigers

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RFK Stadium - feels and looks like Qualcomm Stadium

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RFK Stadium outfield

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View from our seats in RFK

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Group pic taken by Ernest's co-worker Edgar, who was there on business and joined us.

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Day 7 - Milwaukee. We have to drop by the Milwaukee Brewing Company

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And we must take the free brewery tour.

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Ernest drinks beer but Julius really likes Miller.

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Group pic.

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A view of the processing and packaging area.

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Miller Brewing Company tour

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Shipping area...nothing stays here for more than 48 hours

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All the beers that the Miller brewery makes and ships.

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The brewery is the heart of Miller Valley

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Brew kettles

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Lauter tuns to process the beer

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Miller Inn, where free beer is waiting for us.

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The caves, where the beer used to be stored.

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Another pic of the caves

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Alas, we have arrived at the Miller Inn

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Its Miller Time!

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Next stop is the beer garden for more free beer.

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What are you guys carrying? A Berry Weiss?!? I can hear "YMCA" being played now.

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Driving to Miller Park for the Milwaukee Brewers vs. Kansas City Royals.

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They've got their nachos and their seats. These are happy guys.

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Yup, there's Julius enjoying his nachos.

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The view from our field seats.

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First base side of Miller Park

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Third base side of Miller Park and Bernie's slide in the distance

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The 5 racing sausages!

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Italian sausage wins...our chorizo came in 4th.

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Group pic after the game.

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Miller Park

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Juls, get away from the net!

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Brewers beat the Royals, 11-6.

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Ernest showing the giveaway of the Mike Caldwell bobblehead that we got.

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Day 9 - Chicago and we're off to U.S. Cellular Field. Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs

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US Cellular Field - left field

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US Cellular Field - centerfield scoreboard

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There's our seats, as high as you can go.

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The view from our seats

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Self-taken group pic of us watching the game

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group pic after the game. Cubs win 3-0.

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After the game, we met up with one of my college roommates, Sean, and we stop for a Chicago-style hot dog.

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Take a look at this rare occurrence...Ernest finished his beer before anyone else.

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Day 10 - We made our way to the United Center to see the Michael Jordan bronze statue.

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Group pic with the statue

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Julius

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me

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Jordan

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Wrigley Field - the view from our bleacher seats

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Wrigley Field - right field

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Wrigley Field - left field

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Ernest enjoying his BBQ nachos

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Wrigley Field

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The lights are on in Wrigley Field

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Group pic

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Cubs win! Cubs lose a 5-run lead in the 9th, but win it back. Final score 10-9.

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Ernest yells "Hot dog!" and makes me laugh.

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A view of the bleachers and scoreboard after the game

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A good look at the ivy after the game.

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Gotta take a picture in front of the Wrigley Field neon sign.

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Day 12 - Detroit. We got Comerica Park to see the Tigers play the Texas Rangers

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Comerica Park - left field and scoreboard.

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Julius once again enjoying nachos.

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Comerica Park - center field

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Comerica Park - entrance

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Comerica Park - That's me in our seats...but we won't be here long.

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Group pic

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Me and Mickey

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Uh oh...rain delay

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Is the rain going to stop...its pretty heavy and its been going for more than an hour.

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Doh! The game is cancelled.

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Day 13 - Cleveland. We go to Jacob's Field to see the Cleveland Indians host the Oakland A's.

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The view from our seats.

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Jacob's Field - first base side

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Jacob's Field - third base side

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Jacob's Field

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Group pic after the game

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Jacob's Field

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And we'll end with this picture of Julius eating an apple. Nice pose.