On Thursday April 9th, 2009 Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart along with friends Courtney Stewart and Henry Pearson were killed by a drunk driver. Their friend Jon Wilhite survived the crash but remains hospitalized.

As a huge baseball fan and friend of a victim of a drunk driver I felt that there was something I had to do. So this year I will be raising money for MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) by catching baseballs!!

You know how some schools hold read-a-thons to raise money for charity and kids get their family and friends to pledge money for every book? Well, that's kind of what I'm doing in 2009, except I will be catching baseballs instead of reading books!

Over the past 33 years I have caught 4,885 baseballs at professional baseball games. over 3,700 of those baseballs are from Major League Games! While the majority of the baseballs that I catch come during batting practice I have caught 99 game home run balls!

Let's say I end up catching 200 balls between the Major League and Minor League games that I go to. If you were to pledge a nickel per ball, you'd end up donating $10 to this cause. If you pledge one dime per ball, that would be $20. And so on. There's a small chance that I might only snag 50 balls this year, but it's possible that I'll catch more than 200 baseballs!!

Your pledge will cover ALL Major League Baseballs and Minor League Baseballs that I catch from the World Baseball Classic in March through the entire 2009 baseball season including the Playoffs and World Series!!

My goal in 2010 will be to raise $10,000 for MADD!

This is where I hope that my family, friends, fellow Ballhawks, baseball fans, baseball players and everyone else will come through and make a pledge on each baseball that I catch this summer!

MADD is not a crusade against alcohol consumption – MADD's mission is to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime, and prevent underage drinking.

With the money that can be raised through my Ballhawking effort it will give MADD a chance to raise awareness and help victims of this senseless crime known as Drunk Driving!

Your information will remain private and only your name, website / company and pledge amount will be listed on my website. All pledges will be handled directly by MADD's Orange County California Chapter. When you fill out this form it goes directly to MADD and then they send me the information to post on the donor list on my Website. All I do is list each donor on my website!

Making a pledge only takes a minute, and once you're done, you'll have the option of adding your name, website / company to the list of Donors! To see the entire list of donors please CLICK HERE!