Jeffrey K. Lyles' Movie Files

My job’s allowed me to meet some really fascinating people. Actors, football players, beauty pageant winners, cheerleaders, singers, directors and some truly wonderful people who unfortunately will never be featured in magazines or on TV to share their amazing stories.

Every so often, I’m able to meet celebrities, which is always an interesting proposition for me. There’s the excitement of talking to someone whose work you admire, but then there’s that apprehension of talking to someone you’ve always enjoyed and they turn out to be a jerk. For me, that means I have a hard time seeing them in the same way so there’s always the chance of a star sullying your opinion of them in a brief five-minute span. Multiply that by a thousand or so if it’s someone you enjoyed when you were a kid/teenager.

But given the opportunity to meet one of my teenage heroes — WWE Hall of Famer Bret “The Hitman” Hart — I figured it was worth the risk to meet one of my two favorite wrestlers. Sting’s the other one. Bret was in Maryland on June 13 as the featured Legend of Wrestling for the Bowie Baysox. The Baysox are a minor league team, but the fun, family atmosphere typically makes it more enjoyable than major league games.

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