CELEBRATING OUR 18th ANNIVERSARY

THE 2022 GRAND SLAM WORLD SERIES OF BASEBALL SESSION IV

JULY 25-31, 2022

**** SKILLS COMPETITIONS will be held on Monday and Tuesday from 9:00 AM-5:00 PM at Frank Brown Park on TBA fields for age divisions 8U through 15U ONLY.  Teams will sign up for specific times at the Coaches meetings.  Skills competition instructions will be posted under the DOCUMENTS tab on the event home page.

THE PUBLIX SPORTS PARK ON CHIP SEAL PARKWAY PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA!

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FRANK BROWN SPORTS COMPLEX, 16200 PCB Parkway, Panama City Beach, Florida

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GULF COAST STATE COLLEGE, 23rd Street, Panama City, Florida

World Series Session IV Schedule of Events for Sunday, July 24, 2022

8:30-10:00 AM:  Coaches Meetings for 8U, 9U, 10U, 11U, 12U & 13U teams @ Rockit Lanes, Richard Jackson Blvd., PC Beach, FL.

10:00-11:30 AM:  Coaches Meetings for 14U, 15U, 16U & 18U teams @ Rockit Lanes, Richard Jackson Blvd., PC Beach, FL.

2:45 PM:  Opening Ceremonies Team Parade Line-Up in the parking lot behind The Grand Theater @ Pier Park

3:45 PM:  Opening Ceremonies Team Parade (Parents need to make their way down Pier Park's main street for best viewing.  Stage will be set up in front of the Croc's Store where teams will stop for introductions.  In the event of weather delays, please check this page for updates.

5:00-7:00 PM:  Pin Trading presented by The Trading Pin Zone at Rockit Lanes on Richard Jackson Blvd., PC Beach, FL.

HERE ARE SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR GRAND SLAM WORLD SERIES OF BASEBALL EVENT.....

1.  When does the tournament start and end?  Coaches meetings, Opening Ceremonies Parades, Pin Trading and more starts on Sunday morning July 24.  Each team will play a Pool play doubleheader on Monday or Tuesday, July 25 & July 26 with the day you don't play as your designated day off!  Double Elimination bracket play starts on Wednesday, July 27, no team is eliminated prior to Thursday, July 28 and Championship games are set for Saturday, July 30.  Sunday, July 31 is the rain date.

2.  Is the event a Stay to Play tournament?  NO, you can stay wherever you like.  We do strongly encourage you to reach out to one of our host properties to get the best rates and top notch customer service!

3.  Will you have a team and individual skills competitions?  YES!  We will offer three individual competitions (HR Derby, Golden Arm & Roadrunner) as well as one team competition (Around the Horn).  

4.  When are the entry fee and team gate fees due?  Your team entry fee is due once the event is sold out.  You can save significantly on your entry fee by signing up and paying early using specific discount codes through December 31, 2021. The current discount code is WSAUGUST and you can save $250 off your entry fee by signing up and paying prior to August 31, 2021. Your team gate fee is not due until the day before the event at the coaches meetings.

5.  Will age divisions be separated into classes?  YES, provided we have at least 10-teams in an individual class within an age division in WS I, II & III.  World Series Session IV is an open event.

6.  Do we have to qualify to play in this event?  Depends!  If you team is based out of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Tennessee, Central Florida, Florida Panhandle, Northern Kentucky and Southern Ohio.....you must play in any FOUR Sanctioned Grand Slam events.  EVERY event listed under Events on this website is considered a qualifier.  If your team is based in any State other than the aforementioned, you do NOT have to qualify and can sign up on a first come basis.

7.  Do you supply baseballs?  YES, we supply two new NFHS sanctioned baseballs per game.

8.  Will you have official World Series merchandise for sale and/or pre-order?  YES!  We will have pre-order forms available by May 1, 2022 so that teams can place TEAM ORDERS ONLY (no individual orders) for official World Series merchandise including Dri Fit T-Shirts, WS logo pins, WS logo pin trading towels, The Game Hats and more!  This pre-order form will be available under the documents tab to the left on this page.

9.  When will we know what park our team will be playing at?  We will not make this determination until we get closer to the event and have an idea how many teams are in each age division.  Please understand that BOTH parks are immaculate facilities.  Frank Brown Park has played host to our World Series events the past 17-years and the All turf PCB Sports Complex is moving into it's 3rd full year of operation.  Both parks are located off of PCB Parkway (Back Beach Road) approx. 6-miles from one another.  

10. What rules does Grand Slam play by?  We play by National Federation High School Rules with the exceptions found under the rules link on this website.

11. Do you offer 8U CP or KP and does your 13U age division play 54/80 or 60/90?  We offer BOTH Coach Pitch and Kid Pitch for the 8U division and we offer BOTH 54/80 and 60/90 in the 13U age division.  You sign up as an open team in both 8U and 13U and on May 1 we will reach out and determine where each registered team wants to play.

12. OK, we are in, how do we sign up?  Click on Sign up in the upper right hand corner of the home page at http://www.grandslamtournaments.com  After you have signed up, click on account and fill out the information and save.  Next click on teams, register new team, pay sanction fee and register team.  Next go to events, find the event you want to sign up for, click register, follow the prompts and you will be good to go!

If you have any further questions, please email us at grandslamtournaments@gmail.com
We hope you can join us at the Beach in the Summer of 2022 for arguably the Finest Youth Baseball  World Series event in the entire Country!