EVENT INCLUDES:
USSSA Sanctioned
Player Medical
Insurance Provided FREE
Managers Receive Merchandise FREE
Managers Receive Document Portfolio FREE
All Teams Receive
½ Dozen Game Balls FREE
Elite World Series Berth's Awarded 12U
SPOT IS NOT SECURED
UNTIL ENTRY FEE IS RECEIVED
FIRST
COME - FIRST SERVE
TOURNAMENT GUIDELINES
1.All teams must check in 30 min before 1st
game.
2. All teams must be registered with USSSA.
3. Home Team In Pool Play will be determined
by coin toss. Home scorekeeper will maintain the official book and pitching chart. Both managers must sign the completed pitching
chart. Failure to turn in a signed pitching chart may result in the disqualification of any pitcher(s) in question for the
remainder of the tournament.
4. Championship Play - Highest seeded team
will have choice of Home or Visitor.
5. Visiting team is responsible to provide
an adult to run the scoreboard for the game.
6. USSSA Baseball By-Laws
7. All teams must have roster on-line &
submit completed USSSA roster before their first game .
8. Deadline - 10 days before the start of
the event or when full.
9. Please clean dugout trash after your game
10. Pitching limitations form - all managers
must submit a pitching limitations form to the site director after each game. If a protest is lodged against a team that has
not submitted the form, a forfeit may occur.
11. Pitcher/Catcher Courtesy Runner- Will
be for the player of record the previous time on defense. Not the person that is scheduled to enter those positions.
12. Forfeit in pool play may result in team
not advancing to championship bracket.
13. Teams may choose to list all players in
the line-up and bat all players that are present or choose to go by the book. Free defensive substitution allowed if batting
all, but all pitching limitations must still be followed. Note: if you choose to bat all players and a player has to leave
the game, then an out will be declared when it is that players turn to bat.
14. Teams will supply game balls - each team
will be given six (6) game balls at check-in .
15. Innings of play: 12u and below - 6 innings;
13u and above - 7 innings
16. Pool Play Tie breaker guidelines 1)win-loss
record; 2) head to head; 3) fewest runs allowed; 4) run differential; 5) coin flip.
17. Rain out policy - if a team has started their first game then there is a 40% refund. If the team
has started their second game there is no refund. If a rain out occurs before any games begin then 80% refunded.
18. Withdrawal policy - any team that enters
the tournament and withdraws will be charged $100. If the withdrawal is after the deadline then the team forfeits the entire
entry fee.
19. Tobacco rule - no tobacco of any type
is allowed in the playing area including the dug out. Immediate ejection will be the penalty.
20. Fighting rule - fighting will result in
immediate ejection. Fighting is any attempt to strike another individual with any part of the body or other object
21. All guidelines subject to change by the
tournament director
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Award Package for the The Elite World Series |
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This
truly will be an elite event. With plans to eventually televise this event on location at Disney along with the outstanding
awards and travel package, teams will remember the Elite World Series for a lifetime.
-No
Entry fee
-Each team will receive a mazimum of 5 rooms per night for 6 nights based on total number of rooms booked. If
12 or more rooms are booked, then team will be allowed 5 free rooms at a USSSA approved hotel.
-All teams participating
in the Elite World Series must stay at USSSA approved hotels.
-Elite World Series souviners for every player
sponsored by ESPN Magazine
-Free Championship rings for players and coaches on Championship team
-Discounted travel
-Discounted
theme park tickets
-Outstanding awards
USSSA is currently working with several sponsors to add even more to this
list!
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