PARTICIPATION IN SCORING ASPECT IS STRICTLY OPTIONAL SO FEEL FREE TO FIND THE CACHE AND WATCH ALL THE ACTION FROM THE GRANDSTAND.
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 18 of the series (18 of 24). All scoring will take place August 11th through the17th. Participation in the derby is strictly optional so feel free to find the cache and watch all the action from the grandstand. Game on!
The history of baseball is peppered with great nicknames. Some of my favorites, in no particular order, are:
"Mr. October" - Reggie Jackson
James "Cool Papa" Bell
"Shoeless Joe" Jackson
Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd
Mark "The Bird" Fidrych
"Eye Chart" - Doug Gwosdz
"The Human Rain Delay" - Mike Hargrove
What are some of your favorites? Feel free to list them in your log.
The cache itself is super duper easy!