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Hidden : 11/11/2006
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Nice Park. Open 7:30 AM-10:00PM. Very peaceful in early morning. Beautful houses in the area.

PLEASE DO NOT TAKE PHOTOGRAPH OF SPOLIERS


One of Paterson's Own

Please only place baseball cards or similar items in this cache. The town spends a lot of money removing litter from the part if you do not place the cache where you found it (exactly) it will be removed.

A lot of time has pased since these photographs were taken of this park.

field

rose

greenhouse

rosegarden
The initial cache contents are a signed Chicago Cubs baseball, and five packs of unopened baseball cards some of which are over 10 years old.

This baseball player is one of the most important in the history of Baseball, yet he is not well known.

Come and learn a little baseball history of Paterson's own.

Visit this mystery cache and enjoy a nice walk in the park.

The second stage (the cache) is located at:

GG deg BD min HH.II sec N
AK deg EC min FF.JJ sec W



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A K
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E C
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FF . JJ
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A Consecutive seasons he was named to the American League all-star team
B
How many seasons did he have 100 RBIs or more?

C The Number of the Primary Position he played
D The number of sports he lettered in at East Paterson High
E There is a United States Senator that appears on the sign for the children’s playground.
 
What is the first letter in his last name? Write Down what letter in the alphabet that is. Subtract twelve.
FF His uniform number (two digits)
GG Subtract 14 from the last two digits of the year he led the league in two important categories (two digits)
HH Find the sign in the southwest corner of the park (it is a bit of a walk). See the two middle digits of the year the park was founded? Write them down and subtract thirty. (two digits)
II He was born in December.  What day?
JJ Subtract twenty from the last two digits of the year he entered the Hall of Fame (two digits)
K


How many teams did he play for in the  United States?

Please note that the difficulty on this cache is a 4.5 because not all the information that may be required to complete the above is available at the cache site and may require additional research, intuition, or walking.





Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint 1] Jnyx rnfg gb jurer vg fnlf "V pnaabg punatr lrfgreqnl, V pna bayl znxr gur zbfg bs gbqnl. Naq ybbx jvgu ubcr gbjneq gbzbeebj YRQ" [Hint 2, Position] URcynlrqPS [Hint 3, Cache Location] Ur jnf abg ohfu yrndhr, ohg guvf vf (qrnq pragre!)

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)