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Pedaling through downtown Petaluma, Calif., known to astute baseball Authentic Roy Halladay Jersey fans as the hometown of 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 Ryan Howard Jersey spot on his shoulder -- and got back in the game. He Cole Hamels Jersey 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
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O'Donnell is becoming a bit of a celebrity as the journey spins along. Before he started the trip, Cliff Lee Jersey 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 Phillies Roy Halladay Jersey in baseball and its unique characteristics with his commitment to bicycle riding as a viable and efficient transportation mode," the letter reads, adding that O'Donnell's ride hopes to promote healthy, active and sustainable lifestyles, including the benefits of bike Phillies Cole Hamels Jersey riding, as Adrian Gonzalez Jersey well as promoting the benefits of food cooperatives Red Sox Carlton Fisk Jersey and encouraging support of local food Red Sox Carl Crawford Jersey 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.

"I woke up the next morning and was like, 'Did that really happen?'" O'Donnell says. "I saw the jersey and was like, 'It did happen! That's awesome!'"

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 Red Sox Adrian Gonzalez Jersey and Sun Life Stadium, showed him the team's two World Series trophies, escorted him into the dugout, introduced him to outfielder Authentic Cole Hamels Jersey Logan Morrison, another Twitter follower, interviewed him on TV and decked him out with shirts, shorts and Authentic Ryan Howard Jersey hats.

And then the pinnacle: O'Donnell got to meet one Carl Crawford Jersey 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 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."