Behind the scenes w/ bon jovi, kid rock, bachelors, blackhawks, & my white sox 1st pitch

• heres a pic of me & bon jovi w/ a ton of backstage pictures to come!

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• heres a pic of head coach of the white sox ozzie guillen with a ton of pictures to come of what its like to throw out the first pitch at a major league baseball game

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• here's a pic of of kid rock- more backtage pics to come!

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• heres a pic of what its like to take out my buddies from the blackhawks and bachelor after the convention!

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• me & the ball throwing out the first pitch at the white sox game against the mariners!

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• pitcher freddie garcia in my ear coaching me

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• gordon beckham came out to give me some advice

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• me: "oz, advice pls!" ozzie: "just trow da f'ing peetch- u not peechn 9 innings u gonna hit da dirt anyway!"

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• taking some of the rockit ranch people- jamie, tim, jon & amy w/ me out on the field!

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• warming up before the big pitch!

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• pitcher john danks signed my ball after a strike!

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• great shot from above- to see what its like to throw out the first pictch- watch video on billydec.com!

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• me & mascot southpaw!

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• yes i put ketchup on my hotdog- anything you put around me i will put on!

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• benefit for unleashed pups & prc dogs at dog friendly patio at rockit wrigley w/ dog wine!

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• meeting at rockit wrigley w/ pan roasted salmon w/tomato granola, kobe rockit burger w/truffle fries, & a s.w. salad

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• on to sunda.. some of my fav saki!

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• tuna poki that i sent out to a facebook fan

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• love sick radio performing at rockit

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• love sick radio opened for bon jovi!

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• more cupcakes sent us cupcakes.. dammit!

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• meeting outside sunda with new veranda!

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• getting a break at my workout room

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• on comes rockit w/ great reviews.. but following me even when trying to escape at home!

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• blackhawks convention passes gave them out to 10 lucky winners on twitter & facebook because i knew i would be seeing them- another reason to follow me on twitter!

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• plans w/ blackhawks & bachelor.. didnt think they would mix but turned out each was fan of the others!

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• bachelor's jake pavelka in town running marathon for american cancer society

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• me & blackhawks troy bauer!

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• bachelor's jason & molly mesnick.. they just got married.. you can see she's sporting the new ring!

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• my blackhawks swede homies- viktor stalberg & niklas hjalmarsson!

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• me & my rockit staff.. btw thats our employee of the month wall behind us

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• me & seabrook

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• shot of the security system at underground monitoring the people outside waiting to get in

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• things getting crazy

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• girls having fun!

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• jon from office

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• my facebook & twitter friends!

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• ug crazy!

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• nice friends rockin it w/ me!

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• ahmed, arturo & grant!

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• manager travis & the underground girls

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• david mariotti- chicago tribune sports writer- all kinds of sports writers in the house from convention!

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• dj matt roan getting crazy in the underground booth

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• took a picture of this girls tatoo- thought it was cool- definition of integrity

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• 4am closing up shop w/ patrick kane

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• my new viking stove rocks! Making pb&j wheat pancakes w/fresh blueberries from my garden & turkey bacon

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• healthy & delicious!

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• biked to quiet spot on water doing lil yoga saying thx to nike for the phat rockit ranch shoes!

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• my new bike from village cycle

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• seems like a lot more people are jet skiing- 3 people on this!

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• looking south on lake shore drive from north ave- love this shot

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• looking north w/ ice cream man!

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• new nature walk

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• at lincoln park pond where i always go

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• seals at the lincoln park zoo- will see them in africa next week!

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• heading to solider field for bon jovi concert!

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• backstage w/ bon jovi!

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• just walking around soldier field w/ bon jovi badge! so beautiful!

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• kid rock amazing opener

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• different angles of him performing

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• crowd so excited

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• kid rock amazing opener for bon jovi! giving chi sports props- then blackhawks toews, sharpe, keith brought stanley cup out! crowd goes nuts!

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• crowd so excited for hawks on stage

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• kid rock on stage

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• side of the stage so dark!

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• underneath soldier field

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• this is what it looks under the stage!

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• went backstage to say hi to bon jovi- super nice guy! really excited to be in chicago- its his last concert before he travels over seas. he talked about how he switched up his set from the night before & loves the chicago crowd!

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• kid rock getting off stage and walking past us

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• this is where the stanley cup sleeps when its not shown! right now its w/ kid rock in his dressing room!

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• kid rocks drum set

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• here are 2 security guys giving me access to get on stage w/ 50,000 people

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• this is what its like to be on stage w/ 50,000 people!

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• on the walk ramp where performing to get out in the crowds

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• stage

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• shot of stage

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• more people at the concert- happy im on this side of the ropes!

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• standing in front of the screens

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• screen

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• screen shot

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• so excited that i went all the way to the farthest seat in the back- great shot of historic soldier field

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• iconic soldier field

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• performing

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• performing

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• performing

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• afterwards went to sunda to check on michael bay, director of transformers & had a seaweed salad w/ crab on it because i heard it cleanses you.. needed that before another night of drinking at underground all over again w/ the blackhawks!

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• next moring woke up- went to rei to find gear for my africa trip

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• stocking up on mosquito protection so don't get malaria on safari in africa nxt wk..

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• body net lil overboard?

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• taking a steak, pastor & puerco tostatas break at tecalitlan exican restaurant on chicago ave

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• thought this might be a fun african safari hat! but still looking for what to wear.. if you have any suggestions hit me on facebook or twitter!

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Everyone has been asking me what’s it like to be asked to hang backstage w/ bon jovi, to stand on the pitchers mound at a major league baseball game and throw out the 1st pitch in front of tens of thousands of screaming fans, take the most well known people from the show “the bachelor” out to play pool in the middle of one of my night’s out with all the guys from the blackhawks (and did they all get along), and much much more????  So here are a sample of my crazy pics attached from last few days to all who are missing out on getting them (and way more) first in real time by following me on twitter, and by being friends with me on facebook… sign up already… who knows… maybe next time you can join me! (as I take twitter/facebook friends with me from time to time too!)