IRVING, Texas – Next week marks the second straight year members of the Dallas Cowboys will join coach Jason Garrett in switching sports for charity.
Garrett will join
Jason Witten
,
Miles Austin
,
DeMarco Murray
,
Dez Bryant
,
Brandon Carr
,
Bruce Carter
,
Sean Lee
,
Jason Hatcher
, and
Doug Free
in a home run competition to benefit The Salvation Army on Wednesday, May 8 at 4 p.m. Each competitor will have 10 chances to send a ball over the fence, with each home run earning $1,000 and an extra swing. The last pitch comes with the chance to send $2,000 sliding into home for the Youth Education Town of The Salvation Army in Arlington.
This marks the second year Reliant Energy will sponsor the event, which raised $40,000 last year for the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization.