Raffles!

THE RIDE

OK - I was a little slow in cutting this latest blog.

We rode from Los Gatos High School to Mt. Eden road and back. It was a good little ride. Mt. Eden was a short burst of hill, or as Coach Don might call it, a small bump. The downhill was fun.

ONCE IN A LIFETIME OFFER!

Today I'm going up to Comcast in the City to tape Bip Roberts, former major league baseball player, talking about his offer. He's giving a one hour batting instruction for me to raffle off. Friday I'm going to Sharks Ice to talk to the man who scored the biggest goal in Sharks history, Jamie Baker. He's offering up an hour of hockey lessons for the effort. You might be interested to know that Jamie called me from a clinic he was teaching down in San Jose. Jamie is an excellent coach. Besides being an all-around great guy and extremely knowledgeable resource, he's either coaching his daughter's hockey team or leading a clinic for wanna-be NHL'ers. So you'll definitely get your money's worth.

Both he and Bip know what they're talking about and are excellent teachers. Besides coaching Skyline High School's baseball team to the local Championship, I once watched Bip clean up the swing of former major leaguer, F.P. Santangelo in the batting cage in the bowels of AT&T Park. I think we all left wondering what F.P.'s career would have been like with Bip as his personal hitting coach! The guy simply knows what a good swing is and how to get the most out of an at-bat. So for all you little league dads or moms this is one opportunity you don't want to miss.

Raffle tickets go on sale Monday. We're only raffling 50 tickets for each package. A ticket will run you $20.00. You can donate online at my web page: http://pages.teamintraining.org/sj/moabtour09/keck

Or you can pay by check or even cash in person. Make checks payable to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or LLS.

When you donate, be sure to email me at kevin.eck@mac.com with a way to contact you and whether you'd like the NHL package with Jamie or the MLB package with Bip. Depending on how many tickets you buy, I'll send you a number or numbers for the the drawing.

We'll draw numbers when each package gets the full 50 entrants. Remember we're only giving 50 chances for each package so make sure you or your kid gets the best chance of winning! Buy as many tickets as you can afford. How many people do you know have the opportunity to get one on one coaching from Jamie Baker or Bip Roberts?

So enter for a great package and a great cause. 75% of all proceeds go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma society, the rest goes to send me to Moab to actually ride!