Bronze Baseballer Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By MartyFouts, Adopted by bullit on 01-Jun-02. Waypoint GC5F54

Carl Yastrzemski
Statue by Armand LaMontagne
[url=http://www.sportsmuseum.org]The Sports Museum of New England[/url]
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Baseball has always been the Solid-Rock-Seekers' favorite professional sport to watch. Mr. Seeker has been a die-hard Red Sox Fan since he was just a tot. As a result, we've had our eye on this locationless cache for a long time and have wanted to go to the Sports Museum of New England to see the Carl Yastrzemski statue for this cache, but we've just never "gotten around to it." Now that all locationless caches will be archived at the end of 2005, it appears that we will never be able to log a find for this cache.

However, just in case this web page becomes an "atlas of baseball statues around the world" we are logging as a note the Carl Yastrzemski Statue by Armand LaMontagne at the Sports Museum of New England.

We're sorry to see this locationless cache archived. Hopefully baseball will continue to be America's Pastime (yes, even more popular than geocaching) for generations to come! Thanks for your work in having maintained this cache.

Warren Edward Spahan at the Oklahoma City Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973 and into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1983.

NOLAN RYAN OUTSIDE HOMETOWN PUBLIC BUILDING IN CENTER OF TOWN

CASEY AT THE BAT, Mudville, Holliston, MA
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/history/2003/casey_at_the_bat.htm
In May of 1888, a 24 year-old Harvard graduate wrote one of the most famous works of baseball literature in history. The poem, "Casey at the Bat," written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was published in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, instantly becoming an American classic. 2003 marks the 115th anniversary of "Casey at the Bat" and although it is over a century old, the timeless tale remains a favorite to this day.

The hometown Mudville nine, down by two runs with two outs in the final inning of play, need to get their best player at bat and victory will be theirs. However, the mighty Casey is three batters down in the order and preceded by two less apt hitters, Flynn and Blake. Amazingly, the two reach base with hits leaving the game to be decided by the local town hero. With the crowd cheering, Casey steps to the plate and STRIKES OUT!

The surprise ending made "Casey at the Bat" one of the most beloved sports poems in history and became the cornerstone for many other works, some of which reside at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown. A copy of the score of composer William Schuman's 1953 opera, "Casey," as well as numerous books and paintings about the poem are in the Hall of Fame's extensive collections. Visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and discover the enduring might of Casey.

located outside building in Alvin, Tx.

Here is Nolan Ryan in his home town of Alvin Texas. He has been a real inspiration to a lot of people in the area and Texas over the years.

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I can post this cache because the Montreal Olympic Stadium is not anymore a MLB ball park. There is a bronze of Jackie Robinson in front of the main entrance.

Jack Roosevelt Robinson became the first African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era in 1947. Robinson's achievement has been recognized by the retirement by each Major League team of his uniform number, 42.

Learn more : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson

N 37 46.598 W 122 23.256 Yes these coordinates are very close. This second set is for the tile of my grandson Jordan on McCovey Cove just feet from the Bronze statue of his Grandma's favorite Giant. See Pictures.

I spent many a hours at Candlestick watching Stretch McCovey and the boys play good baseball while pregnant with Jordan's Daddy. Cheap entertainment in those days. Even saw Stretch hit a home run completely out of the park in right field before they enclosed the ballpark.

With special permission from the cache owner (as this is less than one mile from a major ball park), I am claiming this cache as my #300 find in honor of a very special baseball gentleman and a very special young gentleman and his Daddy.

Statue of Babe Ruth in Yagiyama Zoological Park, Sendai, Japan. This could be the most distant Baseball Hall of Famer from a major league park, at 4625 miles from Seattle. The plaque placed there explains why Babe Ruth statue is in Sendai, Japan:

"Site of Babe Ruth's First Homerun in Japan"

In 1934, the "King of Baseball", Babe Ruth, with an All-American major league baseball team, visited Japan. They played an 18 game goodwill tournament against an All-Japan team, whose players derived mostly from the Tokyo Six University League teams. The American team won all 18 games. These games had a deciding effect on the dawning of Japanese Professional Baseball two years later.

The 4th game of the goodwill tournament was held on this site on November 9th, at what was then known as the Miyagi Prefecture Yagiyama Baseball Stadium. Babe Ruth hit his first two homeruns in Japan that day; the first to the right of the scoreboard, and the second to left-center. This statue marks the spot where the first homerun landed.

The Yagiyama Baseball Stadium was built with private funds from Mr. Kyubei Yagi, and was donated to the prefecture. Ownership was later transferred to the City of Sendai. The site of the former baseball stadium is now a part of the African zone at the Yagiyama Zoological Park.

This bronze statue stands as a witness, to the future generations, of Sendai's part in Japanese-American baseball history, and expresses our sincere desire for peace in the world, so that the inspirational sport of baseball, which transcends all borders, may continue to be played.

November 2002, Babe Ruth Statue Foundation. Scupltor: Kanji Okina.

What "Baseball" team did Joe Montana play for when he was inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, just wonderin'

I never thought I would find a cache while waiting for a plane, but there was Joe Montana smiling at me!

This bronze statue is Mickey Mantle and is located in Oklahoma City @ Bricktown Ball Park. The statue is located on the west side of the stadium.

I found this bronze baseballer of Jackie Robinson in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (N45 33.352 W73 33.059) in front of the Olympic Stadium, the old house of the Montreal Expos. I know it's very close to the stadium but since the Expos left Montreal, this bronze is now, far away of any National Baseball field...

Jackie Robinson burst onto the scene in 1947, breaking baseball's color barrier and bringing the Negro leagues' electrifying style of play to the majors. He quickly became baseball's top drawing card and a symbol of hope to millions of Americans. With Robinson as the catalyst, the Dodgers won six pennants in his 10 seasons. He dominated games on the base paths, stealing home 19 times while riling opposing pitchers with his daring baserunning style. Robinson was named National League MVP in 1949, leading the loop in hitting (.342) and steals (37), while knocking in 124 runs.

Elected to Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers in 1962, Player, 124 votes on 160 ballots (77.5%)

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I know this isn't a "bronze" but in the requirements the word bronze was not mentioned. I really think this is something unique.
A major league baseball team came to this small village to play an exhibition game against the local team just to get funds for this monument statue.

Dgreno's log reminded me that there were several hall of famers honored in San Francisco, apart from the statutes at SBC Park. Sacred Heart Preparatory School (near the SF Civic Center and the Cathedral) had two hall of famers, Joe Cronin and Harry Heilmann. These players are honored in its Student Life Center on Ellis Street.

Here in tampa,fl we have a hometown here Al Lopez born right here in Ybor City in 1908 who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers,Boston Braves, And a Pittsburgh Pirates as a catcher as seen in the statue and managed for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Soxs

I found this broze baseballer in Philadelphia PA at the southwestern corner of Belmont and Parkside Avenues in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park. This is very close to where one of the teams, the Madison Stars played. The statue doesn't say what player it is but I know there is a whole section on the African-American baseball teams at the Hall of Fame so I think this fits. TFTC!

For more info on this site, please [url=http://www.explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=2]click here[/url].

Willie Howard Mays Jr.

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut May 25, 1951
Final Game September 8, 1973
Born May 6, 1931 in Westfield, AL
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1979.
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1950

Found this statue outside SBC Park. Home of the San Francisco Giants. We came for a game and spotted This lifesize statue near the front entrance. Thanks for the Cache.

This memorial to Johnny Mize is in a park in Demorest, GA, his hometown. Turner Field is 75.7 miles at a bearing of 225 deg; the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown is 728 miles at a bearing of 42 deg. Johnny Mize' home is across the street from the park, and Piedmont College's nearby Johnny Mize Athletic Center and Museum houses a large display of Mize memorabilia.

Johnny Mize hit 359 home runs and had a career batting average of .312 with the Cardinals, Giants and Yankees 1936-1953. He missed the 1943-1945 seasons while serving in the Navy during WWII. He played on all of the Yankee teams that won five consecutive World Series from 1949 to 1953, and was the Series MVP in 1952. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.

Johnny Mize died in 1993.

Searching the Web, we found that Walter Johnson High School on Rock Spring Drive in Bethesda, Maryland has a statue of Wlater Johnson in front if the main entrance. And a search of the old logs shows he's not already claimed! We were off to a soccer game in Germantown (Washington Freedom vs. New Jersey Wildcats), and what could be more appropriate than claiming a sports-related locationless cache on the way back form a sproting event? So, we stopped by in the dark, waiting for a security guard or the police to come yell at us. But they didn't, and so here is the picture of the great pitcher, Walter Johnson, with a SoccerFanatic and GPSr.

These busts of Jackie & Max Robinson are located across the street from the City Hall in Pasadena, California. The Pasadena Robinson Memorial is a tribute to Pasadena's most famous athletes. Jackie Robinson was the first black to play in Baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Shoeless Joe Jackson, Greenville, SC

The great Mickey Mantle! This fantastic wood carved sculpture is located inside an auto dealership in Bristow, OK. Accidentally came upon it after stopping outside the dealership while passing thru town to see a beautiful wood carved statue of a firefighter holding a U.S. Flag. As I was admiring that statue someone came out to ask if I needed help with a vehicle as they were closed. Just said I stopped to admire the statue and take a quick photo. The gentleman said you should see the statue inside but we're closed now. I asked who it was and when he said Mickey Mantle I asked if there was any way I could get a quick photo. He unlocked the door and told me to hurry up with the photo. GPSr was in a bag in the trunk so didn't want to push my luck since he seemed nervous that he'd get in trouble for unlocking the door. Had another trip planned that direction (and planned to get the GPSr shot and more info on the artist) but building a house and moving changed those plans and also packed up all the geo stuff until recently. Two photos posted and GPSr photo to follow (hopefully before they archive all these caches).