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It's Spring, The Grass is Green...Let's Play Ball! Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

OReviewer: Hello,

As there's been no response to my earlier note, I am forced to archive this listing.

If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the near future, just contact me email, including the GC Code, and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

Thanks,
-OReviewer

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Hidden : 1/10/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

5/14/2016 - PLEASE RECALCULATE THE PUZZLE TO GET THE NEW COORDINATES FOR THE CACHE!


The Cache is NOT at the Listed Coordinates.The listed coordinates are for an entrance to Elysian Park in Hoboken, New Jersey. The park is the only remaining part of the original ELYSIAN FIELDS, the site of the FIRST "ORGANIZED" BASEBALL GAME!

On June 19, 1846, the Knickerbockers led by Alexander Cartwright played the New York Nine at Elysian Fields, in what is widely accepted as the first organized Baseball game between two clubs.

Left Click the Courier and Ives lithograph entitled "The American National Game of Base Ball, Grand Match for the Championship at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, N.J." to watch the Classic Abbot and Costello routine, "Who's On First". It will provide the necessary info to solve the puzzle.





The Cache is a Large Bison Tube containing a Log and pencil.



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Zngpu gur cynlre'f anzr jvgu gur cbfvgvba gung ur cynlf, v.r. gur yrggre, naq vafreg gur nffbpvngrq ahzore vagb gur vapbzcyrgr pbbeqvangrf naq purpx lbhe fbyhgvba ng gur obggbz bs gur pnpur cntr. Uvqr: Jurer 2 sraprf zrrg haqre n ebpx! CYRNFR ERCYNPR NF SBHAQ! .

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)