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 9 of the series (9 of 24). All scoring will take place June 2nd through the 8th. Participation in the derby is strictly optional so feel free to find the cache and watch all the action from the grandstand. Game on!
I know it sounds like a tall tale, but I actually know someone who was loitering outside of Wrigley Field and got nearly got beaned by a home run ball hit out of the ballpark. Too bad he failed to get himself a souvenir.