Travel Bug Dog Tag Geo-Catching McCovey

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Owner:
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Released:
Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Origin:
California, United States
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Current Goal

To visit ballparks and geocaches along the way to Dominica, and then return to the San Francisco Bay area. Will this Travel Bug ever be able to visit as many caches as Stretch hit home runs?

About This Item

Geo-Catching McCovey

A Hall of Fame player, Willie McCovey batted .270, with 521 home runs. He was Rookie of the Year in 1959, the league's most valuable player in 1969, and led the league in home runs three times.

One of his most famous drives was one that was caught. In the 1962 series, with runners on base, he nailed a pitch with a blistering drive towards right field. Somehow, the second baseman (Bobby Richardson) threw up his glove and caught it -- if the ball had been hit only a few inches away, the Giants would have won it all.

McCovey captured the ideal of a first baseman: 6-foot-4, left-hander, a slow runner, and an awesome slugger. The Giants ballpark now stands next to McCovey Cove, where a statue of this great player can be found.

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Tracking History (16581.7mi) View Map

Dropped Off 12/31/2009 lagrac placed it in shelter from the storm Wisconsin - 795.22 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 12/29/2009 lagrac retrieved it from Pins and Needles Wisconsin   Visit Log

Clever idea for a TB you've got here.

I'll get this guy moving for you again shortly.

Discovered It 11/2/2009 MNWild11 discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered this TB. It doesn't look like the posted picture any longer. I left it for another cacher to move along. Thanks for sharing.

Dropped Off 11/1/2009 4nhand placed it in Pins and Needles Wisconsin - 20.49 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/27/2009 4nhand retrieved it from Warm up for the trek Minnesota   Visit Log

just "dropped" it off, now picking it back up to log miles. Again, not sure this is the correct TB as the figurine is not here and a different item has been attached to the tag.
Dropped Off 10/27/2009 4nhand placed it in Warm up for the trek Minnesota - 896.98 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 10/27/2009 4nhand grabbed it   Visit Log

I think I found the dog tag for this TB, but no little man. The tracking number matches, but the item attached to tag is a laminated paper referencing "MaxB on the River" in Niles, MI. Sooo...not sure if this is the same tag or not, or what happened to the baseball player. Picked this up in Oakdale, MN at GC1YDM2.
Dropped Off 4/16/2009 LucknJoe placed it in K.C.A.C. Illinois - 15.78 miles  Visit Log

Not to far from the home of th Kane County Cougars a single A farm team of the Oakland As.
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/14/2009 LucknJoe retrieved it from Weeping Willow Wonderland - Take 2 Illinois   Visit Log

Will be moving along soon!
Dropped Off 4/12/2009 Babygirl64 placed it in Weeping Willow Wonderland - Take 2 Illinois - 591.68 miles  Visit Log
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