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Second Base Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/1/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

As of the date this cache was placed, there have been 20 second basemen inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Do your homework before heading out to this cache. The coordinates shown are for the entrance to the Horn Rapids County Park not the cache. Parking is off to the left after entering the park. Please bring your own pen.

It has been a tradition among the teams in major league baseball to retire a revered player's jersey number. Use the web or baseball almanac to discover the jersey numbers that were retired for HOF second basemen:

Roberto Alomar, Toronto Blue Jays ____ ____(A, B)

Rod Carew, Minnesota Twins ____ ____ (C, D)

Nellie Fox, Chicago White Sox ____ (E)

Joe Morgan, Cincinnati Reds ____ (F)

Ryan Sandberg, Chicago Cubs ____ ____ (G, H)

Jackie Robinson, all MLB teams ____ ____ (I, J)

Bill Mazeroski, Pittsburgh Pirates ____ (K)

Bobbie Doerr, Boston Red Sox ____ (L)

Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers ____ (M)

Red Schoendienst, St. Louis Cardinals ____ (N)

Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis Cardinals, didn't have a number but his name is honored alongside the retired numbers of other Cardinals. In what year did Hornsby retire? ____ ____ (P, Q)

Find the cache at:

N (I)____(J*3)____.(M)____(B)____.(G*H)____(F)____(D+2-10)____

W (A)____(L)____(K)____.(E)____(P*2)____.(C-1)____(N)____(Q)____

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

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)