On Historic Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY The Baseball Experience of a Lifetime! August 12 th -15 th, 2016

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1 D o u b l e d a y S u m m e r C h a m p i o n s h i p On Historic Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY The Baseball Experience of a Lifetime! August 12 th -15 th, 2016 AGE GROUP: 14U ENTRY FEE: $ ($1000 minimum deposit to reserve spot, balance due by entry deadline) ENTRY DEADLINE: July 15 th, 2016 AWARDS: FORMAT: FIELDS: First place club championship trophy, runner-up trophy, and medals THIS IS A 5 GAME MINIMUM TOURNAMENT. Tournament play followed by championship bracket ABNER DOUBLEDAY FIELD, the home of baseball, is a first class stadium 2 village blocks away from the NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME. Your team will play a minimum of 3 games on this field. ENTRY FEES PAYABLE TO: BARNSTORMERS BASEBALL (see payment info on page 5) This event is licensed by the Amateur Athletic Union of the U. S., Inc. All participants must have a current AAU membership. AAU membership may not be included as part of the entry fee to the event. AAU YOUTH membership must be obtained before the competition begins except where the event operator has a laptop available with an internet connection. BE PREPARED: Adult and Non-Athlete memberships are no longer instant and cannot be applied for at the event. Please allow up to 10 days for membership to be processed. Participants are encouraged to visit the AAU web site to obtain their membership. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Tom Gordon TGordon19k@gmail.com

2 Tournament Information: Divisions: 14U tournament. Players must have DOB on or after May 1 st, Game Minimum. Two games will be played Friday. One or two games each will be played on Saturday and Sunday. Final tournament games and/or championship games played on Monday. Games will be organized to give teams opportunities for sightseeing, recreation, and visiting the Hall of Fame. Championship Bracket.. The championship round begins following the results of tournament play. The championship round is single elimination bracket play. Tournament Rules: 1. Games will be played on Doubleday Field and a nearby first class field (if required). 2. All games will be 7 innings. Innings started must be completed. 3. A 2 hour and 30 minute time limit may be applied, if necessary. 4. Extra innings ARE ALLOWED in tournament play round. 5. Ties in tournament play round are allowed if game must be suspended due to time restrictions or weather. 6. Home team is determined by director during tournament play. Higher seed is home team in championship round. 7. Run rule: 15 after 4 and 10 after Balks called (no warnings). 9. Pitching rule: 12 innings total for entire tournament. One batter faced constitutes an inning. 10. Batting order: No DH. May bat 9, bat EHs, or bat continuous. 11. Free substitution defensively. 12. Courtesy runner allowed for catcher only, and must be used if there are 2 outs. Subs must be used first for courtesy runner, or last batted out if batting continuous. 13. Teams must start game with at least 9 players. An out will be counted in a missing/injured player s batting spot if a sub is not available. 14. Tie breaker rules: Record, head to head, runs against, runs for, coin flip. 15. Final tournament play layout and championship bracket layout to be determined after registration closes July 15 th. 16. Schedule will be posted by August 1 st. 17. BAT RULES. To be determined Entrants (Space is limited to guarantee each team Doubleday Field for at least 3 games) 14U division

3 DOUBLEDAY FIELD How special is Doubleday Field? Doubleday Field is the home field of our sport. Consider that more than 70 of the 215 major leaguers in the Hall of Fame have played on Double Day Field. Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, and Yogi Berra, to name just a handful of the greats who have played on Doubleday Field. As baseball writer M. Kristian Connolly describes it in an editorial for MLB.com, playing on Doubleday will likely be your only chance to to dig the same hole in the batter's box as Stan Musial or Jimmie Foxx, field the same position as Jackie Robinson or Roberto Clemente, or stare down a batter from the same mound as Lefty Grove or Robin Roberts. For baseball players, it s an opportunity to develop a link to the great players who have preceded them. For those who love baseball and appreciate the grand history of America's game, there is no other park in existence that can compare to historic Doubleday Field. Attractions and Food within Walking Distance of Doubleday Field ***PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION*** The Doubleday Summer Championship is organized and managed by

4 ENTRY FEE PAYMENT INFORMATION Entry fees can be paid by check or credit card. $1000 deposit is required to fully reserve a spot. The balance is due by the entry deadline. To pay by check: Write check payable to BARNSTORMERS BASEBALL Memo: Doubleday Summer Championship Mail check to: Barnstormers Baseball 20 School St Rehoboth, MA If mailing payment, please mail completed team information form found on last page of this brochure. Team information may be edited later if needed. To pay by credit card: Tom Gordon at tgordon19k@gmail.com and request an invoice. *Invoice will be ed to you within an online link for secure payment.* If paying by credit card, please completed team information form found on last page of this brochure. NOTE: Barnstormers Baseball can invoice your team s players individually and create customized payment plans. Please or call for more information. You can t sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You ve got to throw the ball over the plate and give the other man his chance. That s why baseball is the greatest game of them all. -Earl Weaver

5 2016 AAU DOUBLEDAY SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIP Baseball Tournament Team Information Form Name of Team and Age Group: Team Home Address: Team Contact Name: Team Contact Phone Number: Team Contact Address: Roster Names w/aau number: (15 PLAYERS MAXIMUM)