Centerville 5th Grade Select Baseball: Memorial Tournament

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Future Elks Baseball Club

2008 Memorial Weekend Tournament

We will be hosting another tournament this year to build on the success of our last two years.  This year's tournament will be held over Memorial Weekend (5/23-26).  If you are interested, please contact Brent Moore at brent@brent-moore.com for a coaches' packet.


Divisions
8U/Coach Pitch: All players must currently be playing on a coach pitch team (no playing down to coach pitch)
9U
10U
11U
Age cut-off is their age as of April 30, 2007.

Format
3 Game Guarantee 
   Plus Championship Game or Four Team Playoff

Location
All 8U-10U games will be held at Yankee Park, located one block off of I-675 in Washington Township (near Dayton Mall and I-75).  11U games will be held at Forest Field in Centerville.

Entry Fee / Rain-out Policy

$275 Entry Fee ($250 if paid by 4/15)
     (Registration form on Handouts page)
$225 refund if weather rains entire tournament out
50% refund if only one game is played due to weather conditions (1 pitch = 1 game)
No refunds once 1st pitch of second game is thrown

Key Rules
Ohio High School Baseball Rules, except where noted below:
1
0 fielders (must be in an umbrella) for Coach Pitch
No metal spikes
No bat limitations
6 Inning games.  In the event of a tie, extra innings may be played until time limit expires (no new inning may be started 10 minutes prior to expiration of time limit)
Continuous batting order
Free substitution defensively, except for pitcher (may not leave pitcher position and come back to the mound later in the game)
60-65' Basepaths (75' for 11U)
46-50' Pitching Rubber (52' for 11U)

Coach Pitch Rules:
   1. A maximum of seven (7) pitches may be thrown to each batter.  If a batter fails to hit a fair ball within the 7th pitch, the batter will be called out. EXCEPTION: foul ball hit on last pitch will not count as a pitch.  Swinging strikes will be called (three strikes and you are out).
   2. The coach/pitcher must pitch from the rubber and must make every attempt to avoid touching a ball or interfering with a player.  If a batted ball hits the coach/pitcher, the ball is dead and the pitch is to be taken over.  If the coach/pitcher interferes with the fielding play, the battter or runner shall be declared out.
   3. Bunting is not permitted.
   4. Batter can not run on dropped third strike.
   5
. Outfielders must play in an umbrella and a must be start from the grass.  Any batted ball fielded by an outfielder must be thrown to an infielder to produce an out in the infield.
   6. Base runners are not permitted to leave their bases until the ball crosses the plate.  Runners doing so will be called out.  Base stealing is not permitted and no advancing on a wild pitch or passed ball by the catcher.
   7. Infield fly rule is not in effect.
   8
. Play is stopped when the ball is in control of an infielder and the lead runner has been stopped.
   9. An 8 run limit per inning will be in effect for all innings.

Other
Full concessions available
Covered shelter, nice playground facility and tennis courts available for siblings
Regstration form can be found on Handouts page

Contact Information
You may contact tournament director:
   Brent Moore
   (
937) 672-5460
     brent@brent-moore.com