Welcome to Boys of Summer!
Please make sure your team parents see this information.
We were notified by our umpire assigner that there was a shortage of umpires this weekend. Over 40 fields are being used in the metro area for different events. Some fields may only have 1 umpire. It's not the best scenario but it's not the worst either. Please be understanding about this. It's out of our control. Everyone is dealing with it this weekend.
Award presentations for 1st & 2nd place teams at the Quarry will be held under the Breezeway of the middle concession area. After your championship game...load up, pack up, & head to the Award Central to receive your custom rings & take pictures in front of our custom Grand Slam backstop!
All other locations will have their award ceremony on the field immediately after the game.
Coaches, it is your responsibility to know the status of each player on your team in regards to temperature and symptoms.
****NO SUNFLOWER SEDDS AT FREEDOM RIDGE OR THE QUARRY****
***NO STEEL SPIKES AT FREEDOM RIDGE***
For general questions during the event text 601-732-5040 (TEXT ONLY)
Quarry Site Director - Marty McMullen - 601-480-1822
Shiloh Site Director - Doug Stephens - 601-934-4251
Freedom Ridge Site Director - Dewey Owens - 334-455-9446
Any pattern of badgering of an umpire, other fans, coaches, players, directors, gate workers, etc...will result in being escorted from the park by Brandon or Ridgeland PD. Coaches, if you put your hands on an umpire, you will be prosecuted & vice versa for umpires to coaches. Tournament Directors have the discretion to have anyone removed from the park. Gate fees are nonrefundable.
Coaches...I am sure you know by now that next weekend's event is shaping up to be a big event with big divisions. That's the way it should be. It's the home stretch for the points chase & big divisions means more points!
Locations
We wanted to be up front with everyone about locations. When you signed up, Shiloh Park was listed as a location so this isn't new. We only have the Quarry & Freedom Ridge with Shiloh Park. 13U & 14U take up Freedom Ridge...which only leaves the 6 fields at Quarry & Shiloh for ages 7-12. Therefore, it's not avoidable that teams will have to play there. We do NOT know at this time what divisions will be there. We always try our best to mix it up but we also have to make sure teams are on the appropriate size fields. We will also try to mix up Saturday/Sunday if possible. At the end of the day, we are trying to give everyone the opportunity to play.
14U
We are hoping to gain access to a local HS field after this weekend's playoff games. IF this is the case, we will open up the 14U division to add more teams. So if you are on the wait list...hang in there.
Schedule Request
The schedule request tab is open. Please log into your account, go to the event home, and click schedule request. If you are using your phone it's the bottom right icon on your screen after you are on the event home. Any schedule request sent via email, text, or phone call has a high chance of being overlooked. Please take a minute and fill this out for yourselves.
Friday Night Games
We need local teams to play Friday night. If you think you can play 1 or 2 games Friday night, please put that in the schedule request. Again, if you text, email, or call us with this it could be missed. Also, when you say that you can play Friday or you can play two on Friday night, doesn't always assure you of that. We just need an idea on who can & who can't.
8U Kid Pitch
8U teams who signed up in 9UR now have their own 8U Kid pitch division. Regular Grand Slam rules in place. Just like with 9UR, 1:20 time limit with 6 run limit per inning in pool play. 46 foot mound and 65 foot bases.
Rosters
Reminder, rosters are frozen. No player can be on two teams in the same age group. If a player is found on two rosters, he will be removed from 1 via coach or parent. All teams have 3 roster moves they can make dating back to May 4.
Thank you for choosing to play Grand Slam!