PARTICIPATION IN THE SCORING ASPECT IS STRICTLY OPTIONAL SO FEEL
FREE TO FIND THE CACHE AND WATCH ALL THE ACTION FROM THE GRANDSTAND.
GAME ON!
Welcome to the 2025 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. Additionally, participants are only allowed to a pick a player once during the season. In all subsequent weeks your pick must be different than any other player you had used in previous weeks.
This is week 18 of the series (18 of 25). All scoring will take place Friday, August 1st through Thursday, August 7th.
Local hero Kyle Stowers grew up as a massive Padre fan. His first favorite player was Khalil Greene. He attended Christian High School in El Cajon. Originally drafted in the second round by the Baltimore Orioles, he didn't have much of an opportunity to play in the majors. That changed in 2024 when he was traded to the Miami Marlins. He played in 50 games but only batted .186.
Things took a huge positive swing this season though. He made the all-star team and is hitting nearly .300 with 22 home runs. Also, in the last game before the all-star break he went 5-5 with three home runs! Then in the first game after the break he swatted two more home runs, establishing a new franchise record with five home runs in a two game span. Maybe one day he will play for the Padres?
You are looking for a bison tube under a SPOR on the left side of the trail if you're walking from the parking coordinates. BYOP and good luck!