OK, Hokie softball fans. Two years ago it was Poppin’ It and we raised over $21,000 for the softball program. Last year,it was Ten for the Win and we raised $65,000 for the program. I now present you Dollars for Dingers, inspired by those BOOMing Beauties from Virginia Tech that are leading the nation in home runs. As often has been the case, TWHokie has been the inspiration for this latest challenge. When he proposed our Ten for the Win Challenge – The Sequel, one of his personal metrics was pledging $10 per home run. Well at the moment, he’s happily on the hook for $270. I have watched the Hokies practice a number of times and have watched Coach Pete challenge the ladies to hit 100 HRs in an hour and they often pull it off. Looks like practice must make perfect since we have now seen balls off Hokie bats fly out of Wilmington, Clearwater, and Texas the past three weeks. So let’s have some fun with this. I am going to join TWHokie in his challenge and also pledging $10 per dinger. And I’m making my retroactive although you don’t have to do so. AND…..we have a very generous donor who I spoke with last night that is going to match the dollars up to $25,000. He is so confident in the TSL family that he just mailed me a check for $10,000 as the first payment (he said that he “knows that TSL readers will step up and jump in”). So jump in, folks. ANY AMOUNT WORKS!!! $1 per Dinfer. $2 per dinger, $5 per dinger...It all adds up. We already have $40 per “BOOM.” Let’s see what we can do!!! Either respond to the thread or send me a note at [email protected]. We’ll collect the dollars at the end of the season unless anyone wants to pay as you go. And if you want to send a one-time donation, that’s appreciated as well. Our usual method of handling these fun drives is for you to write your check to "Virginia Tech Athletic Fund - Softball" and send it to me at Chip Grubb 8155 Bent Mountain Road Roanoke, VA 24018 I then gather all the checks together, create an easy spreadsheet for the Hokie Club to follow and then Coach Pete hand delivers them to the Hokie Club to insure that the softball program gets credit for the dollars. It's a bit clunky and requires some extra work, but that way we KNOW it gets to the right place. Thanks for your support!!! The ladies and the coaches sincerely appreciate it. Let’s Go Hokies!!!!