Skills Competition Results

Grand Slam World Series Session IV

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Please report to the merchandise tent to receive your award.

THE 2020 GRAND SLAM WORLD SERIES OF BASEBALL

SESSION IV (July 20-26, 2020)

PRESENTED BY CAPTAIN JACK'S FAMILY RESTAURANT

Panama City Beach Sports Complex, Chip Seal Parkway, PCB, Florida

** Please note item #2 below regarding rosters

*** Individual Age Division time limits for WS IV will be as follows due to field space and time allotted between games to help clear the park of teams leaving and new teams arriving

 8-U through 10-U = 6 innings or 1:30; 11-U, 12U, 13U & 14U = 1:40; 15-U, 16U & 18U = 1:45.  NO DROP DEAD TIME LIMIT! 

13U to play at Frank Brown Park, home of the past 15-years of Grand Slam World Series events.  All other age divisions at the PCB Sports Complex.  This was done due to field size and field availability for 300-foot fence fields.

1.  URGENT UPDATE.....A number of teams still don't have online rosters, Economic Impact Forms or fees paid.  Your Roster freezes on Friday, July 17, 2020.  NO TEAM CAN PARTICIPATE in the World Series without an online roster.  Please get this taken care of ASAP!  

2.  EVERY TEAM will need to RE-ENTER your roster due to the new liability waiver in place addressing Covid-19.  We apologize for this inconvenience but this of course could not be helped.  Again, IF you inputted your roster prior to June 15, 2020, you will need to REENTER IT!  Thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter.

3.  A number of teams have not sent in their Mandatory Economic Impact forms.  This form can be found under documents here https://grandslamtournaments.com/baseball/Events/Details/1023/the-2020-grand-slam-world-series-of-baseball-session-iv-presented-by-captain-jacks This form must be filled out completely before you will be allowed to take the field for your first game.

4.  Remember that the deadline for World Series Official Merchandise Pre-Orders is MONDAY, JULY 13.  You can find the pre-order form under the documents tab here https://grandslamtournaments.com/baseball/Events/Details/1023/the-2020-grand-slam-world-series-of-baseball-session-iv-presented-by-captain-jacks  We will have a very limited number of WS T-Shirts this year available at the Opening Ceremonies and the Complex so make sure you pre-order to guarantee getting one!

5.  Schedule of events for the week:

Sunday, July 19:  9:00 AM Coaches/Team Mom Meeting at Rockit Lanes, Richard Jackson Blvd., Panama City Beach, Florida for 8U through 13U Teams.  10:00 AM Coaches/Team Mom Meeting for 14U through 18U teams.  YOU MUST HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE at this meeting!

Sunday, July 19:  5:00-6:00 PM:  Opening Ceremonies/Pin Trading for ALL 8U through 15U TEAMS that plan on trading pins at Rockit Lanes, Richard Jackson Blvd., Panama City Beach, Florida.  

Monday & Tuesday, July 20 & 21:  Pool Play begins at 8:00 AM at the PCB Sports Complex, Chip Seal Parkway, Panama City Beach, Florida.  EVERY team plays a Pool Play DH on either Monday, July 20 or Tuesday, July 21.  The day you don't play is your designated day off.  Double elimination bracket plays starts on Wednesday, July 22, no team is eliminated prior to Thursday, July 23, Championship games are scheduled for Saturday, July 25 with Sunday, July 26 the rain date.  

Monday & Tuesday, July 20 & July 21, 8:00 AM-2:00 PM:  Individual and Team Skills competitions for age groups 8U through 15U at the PCB Sports Complex Field #9B.  You will sign up for a designated time at the coaches meeting on Sunday, July 19.

5.  World Series Session IV is an open event   No separation of classes in this event.

6.  The State of Florida is now in Phase-2 of the Governor's Safe, Smart, Step-by-step reopening plan thus please refer to the Covid-19 guidelines posted on our website for details https://grandslamtournaments.com/baseball/Events/Details/1023/the-2020-grand-slam-world-series-of-baseball-session-iv-presented-by-captain-jacks

7.  Grand Slam will provide two new Mizuno baseballs per game.

8.  All weather updates and schedule updates will be posted on the website.

9.  NO campers or overnight parking is allowed at either complex.

10. NO pets unless service animals allowed into the park.

11. NO motorized, electric or gas powered vehicles of any type allowed inside the park.

The Following are the COVID-19 guidelines that Grand Slam will have in place for World Series Session IV:

* Note that Grand Slam will NOT compromise the integrity of the game.  We will play real baseball!

A)  All Umpires will undergo a temp check every day prior to taking the field for a game.

B)  Spectators are encouraged to bring your own chairs.  Each team is also free to bring in a team cooler.  Pop up tents are also allowed.

C)  No post game hand shakes or post game team meetings on the field after a game.

D)  No pre determined dugout rules.  We will leave this up to each team to determine how best to handle this as it pertains to them and what they feel is safe. In other words, we will Not dictate how many players or coaches are in dugout and how the players & coaches should be spaced.  We will let teams police themselves as they feel is best.

E)  Hand sanitizer will be available throughout the park.

F)  All scoreboards, dugouts and restrooms will be sanitized on a regular basis.

G)   In Phase II, groups of 50 will be allowed.

H)  NO team will be allowed to leave their dugout without first having all trash and debris removed.

I)  NO sunflower seeds, peanuts of any kind or any other kind of shelled snack in which spitting of the shell or discarding of the shell is involved.

J)  If a coach wants to protest an umpires call and/or rule, he or she must ask for time and motion umpire to dugout.  Umpire and coach will maintain 6-foot difference to adhere to social distancing.

** Grand Slam reserves the right to add and/or change any of these outlines prior to the start of the event depending on what phase of reopening the State of Florida is in at the time of the event.

GRAND SLAM WORLD SERIES OF BASEBALL SKILLS COMPETITIONS

**SKILLS COMPETITIONS WILL BE HELD FROM 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM ON Field #9B at the PCB Sports Complex on Monday & Tuesday, July 20 & 21, 2020 for age divisions 8U through 15U.  There will be THREE Competitions, ONE TEAM competition and TWO INDIVIDUAL competitions.   We will award champions in each age division.  Coaches must sign their players up ahead of time at the coaches meetings on Sunday in order to participate.   

** Dates and Times are subject to change based on weather and other factors.

THE TEAM COMPETITION will be the AROUND THE HORN competition (9-players) 

•    Each team will have 9 position players.

•    Each outfielder will have a base placed in a standard outfield spot which they will have to touch before they can throw.

•    Each infielder will have to touch the base before they can throw.

•    A wrong throw must be thrown back to that player and player must re throw to correct spot

•    A 5 second penalty will be given for each missed base

•    How the competition works

•    Pitcher throws to catcher

•    Catcher to second (shortstop covers)

•    Shortstop to first

•    First to third

•    Third to second (second baseman covers)

•    Second to right field

•    Right field to center field

•    Center field to left field

•    Left field to home

Time will start when the catcher has the ball and steps on the plate. Time will end when catcher has the ball and steps on the plate.

Make sure you have players backing up each throw, your other players my retrieve a missed ball and give it back to the player that has to throw it. The player backing it up may not throw the ball to the next base only the player that is playing that base. The player backing up the play must be one of your nine player's being used in the competition.

THE INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIONS will be the HOME RUN DERBY & GOLDEN ARM competitions!  Max of 4-players per team can participate in the individual competitions.

HOME RUN DERBY:  Must provide your own COACH pitcher and shaggers.  Each player gets 6-pitches or 3-swings, whichever comes first.  If a tie occurs, tie breaker is 5-pitches or 3-swings, whichever comes first.   200-foot fence.  Players in 12-U and up will have their balls over the fence measured to determine winners.  

GOLDEN ARM:  Player will stand 150-feet from home plate in CF and have 3-throws to try and hit a target at Home Plate.  Most targets hit wins.  Balls can hit target on the fly or only bounce ONE time to be counted as a hit target.  In case of a tie, we will go to sudden death, one try for each player tied until we have a winner.  Some age divisions may be moved closer to target.