Ball Four
A
cache
by by korth; original concept by dayvi
Hidden:
10/8/2003
Size:
 (Small)
Difficulty: 
Terrain: 
(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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The fourth and final cache in the "Ball" series. The first three
are prerequisites to this one.
Caches in the "Ball" series
Ball
One: Sick's Seattle Stadium
Ball
Two: Kingdome
Ball
Three: Safeco Field
Ball
Four
This cache owes its name to Ball Four, the brilliant
exposé written by Jim Bouton, former Seattle Pilot. Though the book
doesn't directly relate to the cache, I do wish to recommend it to
anyone who loves baseball -- especially if you live in Seattle.
The listed coordinates will take you to a familiar place,
though, chances are you've never been there before. There is
nothing hidden at this spot. Using the clue from the "Ball Three"
cache should get you pretty close to a small laminated three-digit
number that is located near the cache listing. Call that number
YYY.
The actual cache is hidden at the coordinates:
N 47° 35.XXX
W 122° 19.YYY
The value for XXX? If you've found the "Ball One" and
"Ball Two" caches, you've been given a clue in the form of a
question. The answer to that question is the name of a former major
league baseball player. All you have to do is determine how many
home runs the mystery player hit in his career. Multiply that
number by 149 and take the last three digits of the result. Those
three digits are XXX.
The cache is a small ammo can, and should contain some
baseball-related goodies, and, a copy of the Ball Four book. If you
take the book, please treat this as a "lending library" and return
the book to the cache as soon as possible, so other cachers can
borrow it.
Good luck!
Additional Hints (
Decrypt
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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)
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[WP] Hfr Onyy Guerr pyhr, gura ybbx nobhg 10 srrg jrfg
[Final] Guvax "n pna bs pbea" va onfronyy
(Decrypted Hints)
Find...
 Ball Four Book Cover
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 October 5 by korth (232 found)
Yes, its still on the way - expect the cache to be active in another week or so, thanks and sorry for the ongoing delays ... lots of changes in the last year in this park .....
[view this log] |  September 29 by Ice and Wind (0 found)
Any update on this one?
[view this log] | June 18 by korth (232 found)
Allright, extensive park work appears to be complete and plantings have taken hold. Will try to replace the cache in the next week or so. Thanks for your patience, I look forward to getting this classic up and running again soon.
[view this log] |  March 4, 2008 by PNWadmin (0 found)
Unarchiving cache at owner's request.
[view this log] |  March 2, 2008 by ljkdh (198 found)
Knew this was archived but heard it would be here for a few more days so thought we would finish this series. Found the very nice scenic park where final should have been...but never did find the actual cache.
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Current time: 11/22/2009 8:43:38 AM
Last Updated: 10/6/2009 5:44:43 AM
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
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