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Pedaling through downtown Petaluma, Calif., known to astute baseball fans as the hometown of Angels of Anaheim Torii Hunter Jersey Reds slugger Jonny Gomes, O'Donnell took the worst of an encounter with slick pavement and an uncooperative train track. He fell, uttered a few choice words, examined his bike, which wasn't too banged up, surveyed his road rash -- a gnarly gash in his knee, a rosy spot on his shoulder -- and Brewers Ryan Braun Jersey got back in the game. He reached his friend's house in Berkeley that evening.
"He's amazed me so far," says Scaturro, who's following O'Donnell, along with a growing number of fascinated online onlookers, on the cyclists's Facebook page
"That kid is tough. It's a hard, hard adventure to do, but he's doing great."
O'Donnell is becoming a bit of a celebrity as the journey spins along. Before he started the trip, he and Jim crafted a letter that they sent out to all 30 Major League clubs informing them of the adventure.
"This trip combines Darren's avid interest in baseball and its unique characteristics with his commitment to bicycle riding as a viable and efficient transportation mode," the Brewers Rickie Weeks Jersey letter reads, adding that O'Donnell's ride hopes to promote healthy, active and sustainable lifestyles, including the benefits of bike riding, as well as promoting the benefits of food cooperatives and encouraging support of local food banks and volunteering in one's community."
Teams have noticed and jumped into the escapade themselves.
O'Donnell was invited onto the field before a game at Tropicana Field, where he met pitcher David Price, with whom he had traded tweets, and the Rays' bike-friendly manager, Joe Maddon. The Rays presented him with a jersey bearing No. 11, signifying that St. Petersburg was the 11th stop on his itinerary.
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In Miami, after being discovered on Twitter by Marlins marketing supervisor Boris Menier, O'Donnell rolled into another Major League welcome. Menier gave O'Donnell a tour of the club's offices and Sun Life Stadium, showed him the team's Authentic Ryan Braun Jersey two World Series trophies, escorted him into the dugout, Jered Weaver Jersey introduced him to outfielder Logan Morrison, another Twitter follower, interviewed him on TV and decked him out with shirts, shorts and hats.
And then the pinnacle: O'Donnell got to meet one of his father's heroes, former Reds star, Hall of Famer and current Florida special assistant Tony Perez.
"That was something else," Jim O'Donnell says. "It seems like something Authentic Jered Weaver Jersey great happens everywhere he goes. We're just extremely proud of him. He set his mind to do this, he planned it out, and now he's getting it done. It's fantastic."
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But there's no time to celebrate Brewers Zack Greinke Jersey ... yet. Wheels roll on. Darren has more American asphalt to conquer, cities and stadiums to visit, and magic to discover.
For example, he's learned how valuable a smartphone can be. He's been able to do radio and Ryan Braun Jersey newspaper interviews while riding, take photos, write journals at night and post them online, and get directions and road conditions from Jim and his girlfriend, Amber, who have been in contact with state and city transportation departments.
He's been comped breakfasts and Gatorades by random diner and convenience-store patrons enchanted by his story.
He's begun splurging on inexpensive hotel rooms rather than camping out in abandoned lots or under bridges, having learned that lesson in the middle of Texas when he heard "some sort of wildlife rustling up against my tent ... maybe it Kendry Morales Jersey was a raccoon or armadillo. I assumed it wasn't an alligator."
He's enjoying all the ballgames and stadiums. He took in the beauty of the ballpark Authentic Zack Greinke Jersey by the Bay from upper-level seats at AT&T Park in San Francisco and correctly predicted a stirring extra-inning comeback victory by the D-backs in Phoenix.
He and Baltimore starter Jeremy Guthrie have traded tweets about possibly biking to Camden Yards together when O'Donnell arrives there Torii Hunter Jersey in early August.
O'Donnell has ridden up to 166 miles in a single day and seems to be getting mentally stronger with each leg of the route.
And he's pitching a shutout against America's high gas prices, too.
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"I know he's gonna do it."
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