"For Love of the Game" LbNA #24882 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | The little Rings  |
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| Plant date: | Aug 29, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Auburn Hills |
| County: | Oakland |
| State: | Michigan |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Haldeman's Hope |
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| Last found: | Oct 5, 2008 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFaFaFFFam |
| Last edited: | Oct 14, 2019 |
Box missing again, will try to replace 10/2018
Park Name: Auburn Hills Civic Center Park Baseball Field
Entrance: Squirrel Rd. south of University Dr. and just
north of Cross Creek Pkwy. From I-75 take
University Dr. (exit 79) east to Squirrel Rd.
Fee: None
Clues: Fun, easy but you will need several facts regarding
to baseball, Detroit Tigers, and Tiger Stadium.
So read clues first before venturing out.
This letterbox is in memory of my brother who past away the summer of 2006. He was a very caring, creative person and a loving brother and uncle. His greatest passion was for baseball and the Detroit Tigers. He loved the history of the game, knowing every stat he could store in his head, and of course the thrill of a close game or pennet race. He knew the true meaning of the term "for love of the game". So for our love of him, the clues for this letterbox will try to maintain a baseball theme and traditions of the game.
The start of this game starts like any other baseball
game - at home plate. While here think of how many times Hank Aaron must have been here on his way to the home run record of 755.
Travel 270 feet (90 feet between each base)until you are almost back home looking at where you started. Look beyond that point to find a game time refreshment.
From there you can find a trail between 2 future baseball bats. As you enter the trail, ponder how many bats
Pete Rose must have used to accomplish the career hit record of 4,256.
At the start of the trail, add the numbers from the year of the last season the Tigers played in Tiger Stadium.
(ex. 2006 - 2+0+0+6 = 8) A hint is that it is less than the 216 stitches exactly on a MLB regulation ball. Take that many paces TWICE along the trail until a decision to be made is as obvious as Barry Bonds steroids use. Continue on trail, you will know you are on the correct path when you see a a baseball field for fish on right and a double play tree on left.
Continue on path and you will come to a bleecher seat looking onto the fish's baseball game. As you sit and cheer for the home team, reflect on the great memories the Tigers have given us (1935,1945,1968,1984 World Series Championships). Then realize the path to follow is the path that goes around the watery field.
Go to the 2nd multiple intersection, choose the path up the large pitcher's mound. At the top you will see the away team's bench( away team's because it is broken). Have a seat and recall some of the great Tiger players of the past: George Kell, Ty Cobb, Al Kaline, Willie Horton, Charlie Garringer, Hank Greenberg, Alan Trammel, Miguel Cabrerra, Maglio Ordonez, Justin Verlander, and my brother's favorite Lance Parrish. The direction to go is to 1st base as if at homeplate.
Along this path know how many feet between homeplate and 1st base and travel that many paces until you see where very young future baseball players can play. Imagine if Cal Ripken ever dreamed of playing in or setting the record of 2,632 consecutive games. Travel straight to 2nd base and find a double made of pine.
Looking to the right, you will see and need to go where to have a hotdog - the All-American baseball snack (even without "Charlie the singing hotdog guy") and a place to sit and eat.
Travel through the "Colorado Rockies" team and take the path "straight up the middle" to a post and another decision. Know the TOTAL number of outs in a FULL
9 inning baseball game. Continue straight and travel that many paces from the post to find yourself standing between 2 large foul poles.
Just as in the classic poem "CASEY AT BAT", to your left you will see a fallen hero, "the mighty Casey has stuck out". Your prize (the winning run) will be at the base of a large piece of American history just as baseball is a large piece of American history.
This box will keep with the letterbox tradition of "trinket exchange", but with a twist. Please feel free to exchange baseball trading cards or other memorbilia or any other gift.
To get back to where you parked, travel back to the pavilion, then past the playground and see the field where you started
Park Name: Auburn Hills Civic Center Park Baseball Field
Entrance: Squirrel Rd. south of University Dr. and just
north of Cross Creek Pkwy. From I-75 take
University Dr. (exit 79) east to Squirrel Rd.
Fee: None
Clues: Fun, easy but you will need several facts regarding
to baseball, Detroit Tigers, and Tiger Stadium.
So read clues first before venturing out.
This letterbox is in memory of my brother who past away the summer of 2006. He was a very caring, creative person and a loving brother and uncle. His greatest passion was for baseball and the Detroit Tigers. He loved the history of the game, knowing every stat he could store in his head, and of course the thrill of a close game or pennet race. He knew the true meaning of the term "for love of the game". So for our love of him, the clues for this letterbox will try to maintain a baseball theme and traditions of the game.
The start of this game starts like any other baseball
game - at home plate. While here think of how many times Hank Aaron must have been here on his way to the home run record of 755.
Travel 270 feet (90 feet between each base)until you are almost back home looking at where you started. Look beyond that point to find a game time refreshment.
From there you can find a trail between 2 future baseball bats. As you enter the trail, ponder how many bats
Pete Rose must have used to accomplish the career hit record of 4,256.
At the start of the trail, add the numbers from the year of the last season the Tigers played in Tiger Stadium.
(ex. 2006 - 2+0+0+6 = 8) A hint is that it is less than the 216 stitches exactly on a MLB regulation ball. Take that many paces TWICE along the trail until a decision to be made is as obvious as Barry Bonds steroids use. Continue on trail, you will know you are on the correct path when you see a a baseball field for fish on right and a double play tree on left.
Continue on path and you will come to a bleecher seat looking onto the fish's baseball game. As you sit and cheer for the home team, reflect on the great memories the Tigers have given us (1935,1945,1968,1984 World Series Championships). Then realize the path to follow is the path that goes around the watery field.
Go to the 2nd multiple intersection, choose the path up the large pitcher's mound. At the top you will see the away team's bench( away team's because it is broken). Have a seat and recall some of the great Tiger players of the past: George Kell, Ty Cobb, Al Kaline, Willie Horton, Charlie Garringer, Hank Greenberg, Alan Trammel, Miguel Cabrerra, Maglio Ordonez, Justin Verlander, and my brother's favorite Lance Parrish. The direction to go is to 1st base as if at homeplate.
Along this path know how many feet between homeplate and 1st base and travel that many paces until you see where very young future baseball players can play. Imagine if Cal Ripken ever dreamed of playing in or setting the record of 2,632 consecutive games. Travel straight to 2nd base and find a double made of pine.
Looking to the right, you will see and need to go where to have a hotdog - the All-American baseball snack (even without "Charlie the singing hotdog guy") and a place to sit and eat.
Travel through the "Colorado Rockies" team and take the path "straight up the middle" to a post and another decision. Know the TOTAL number of outs in a FULL
9 inning baseball game. Continue straight and travel that many paces from the post to find yourself standing between 2 large foul poles.
Just as in the classic poem "CASEY AT BAT", to your left you will see a fallen hero, "the mighty Casey has stuck out". Your prize (the winning run) will be at the base of a large piece of American history just as baseball is a large piece of American history.
This box will keep with the letterbox tradition of "trinket exchange", but with a twist. Please feel free to exchange baseball trading cards or other memorbilia or any other gift.
To get back to where you parked, travel back to the pavilion, then past the playground and see the field where you started