Welcome to the 2017 home run derby! Every Saturday morning a new cache will be released. After it is published you will have roughly a week to find it and select a slugger to represent you in that week's edition of the home run derby. Select one player and include his name in your log. The number of home runs he hits the following week (starting the Friday after cache publication) is your score; don't worry, we will handle all the scoring. The series will be cumulative points from April through September, with a week off over the All Star break.
The "catch" is every player must be unique, so FtF has choice of any player, second to find will have second pick and so on. The cache hiders will also be playing so the cache owner will select fifth each week.
This is week 11 of the series (11 of 24). All scoring will take place June 16th through June 22nd. Participation in the derby is strictly optional so feel free to find the cache and watch all the action from the grandstand. Game on!
In August 1996, the White Sox held a promotion called the Dog Days of Summer that allowed fans to bring their canine companions to New Comiskey Park and sit with them in the bleachers. “It sold out in a heartbeat,” says Gallas. “It sold out every year I was there, and it sold out well in advance.” By 1998, the Montreal Expos, too, were hosting a dog day afternoon at Olympic Stadium, and a year later the Minnesota Twins were packing in the pooches at the Metrodome. Gallas had unleashed a promotion that has become a standard in minor and major league baseball.
San Diego Padres fans, bring your dog to the game on June 29, 2017 for the Dog Days of Summer at Petco Park.