Congratulations to our session II skills competition winners.

 

	Home Run Derby	Golden Arm	Road Runner	Around the Horn
8U Champions	Baylor Banos	Corey Jackson	Dru Jones	Bengals - Smith
	The Show	Heavy Hitters	Lakeshore	29.69
9U Champions	Emmanuel Torres	Ridge Chasteen	Declan Quinones	Built Different
	Bengals - Sheridan	Built Different	Bengals - Hinson	24.06
10U Champions	Maxton Matute	Barrett Eason	Journey Bustamante	Hardknox
	Chattanooga Chiefs	Vipers	5 Star	20.6
11U Champions	Preston Bennett	Evan Bunch	Amir Pasha	GA Elite
	GA Elite	GA Elite	GA Elite	19.2
12U Champions	Carlos Castillo Jr.	Ashton English	Mark Antonio	Motivators
	Aftermath	Aftermath	Aftermath	17.48
13U Champions	Colton Berend	Emerson Metzloff	Cunner Gibson	Houston Bengals
	Titans	Monarchs Bacilio	Showtime	16.58
14U Champions	Keoni Sperling	Cade Irwin	Markel Moses	Kentucky Xtreme
	Canes Middle Tennessee.	TG DBacks	Kentucky Xtreme	15.29

CELEBRATING OUR 21st ANNIVERSARY in 2025

THE 2024 GRAND SLAM WORLD SERIES OF BASEBALL @ THE BEACH SESSION II

JUNE 23-29, 2025

THE PUBLIX SPORTS PARK, Chip Seal Parkway & Frank Brown Park, PCB Parkway, Panama City Beach, Florida!

World Series Session II Schedule of Events for Sunday, June 22, 2025

8:00-9:30 AM:  Coaches Meetings for 7U, 8U, 9U, 10U & 11U teams @ Rockit Lanes, Richard Jackson Blvd., PC Beach, FL.

9:30-11:00 AM:  Coaches Meetings for 12U, 13U & 14U teams @ Rockit Lanes, Richard Jackson Blvd., PC Beach, FL.

2:30 PM:  Opening Ceremonies Team Parade Line-Up in the parking lot behind The Grand Theater @ Pier Park

3:30 PM:  Opening Ceremonies Parade presented by Visit Panama City Beach at Pier Park

4:30-6:30 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 June 22.  Each team will play a Pool play doubleheader on either Monday or Tuesday, June 23 or 24 with the day you don't play as your designated day off.  Double Elimination bracket play starts on Wednesday, June 25, no team is eliminated prior to Thursday, June 26 and Championship games are set for EITHER Saturday, June 28 or Sunday, June 29.

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!  These properties are listed under LODGING on the event page you are signed up for.

3.  Will you have a team and individual skills competitions?  

  Skills Competition sign ups are Sunday morning at the coaches meetings ONLY!  You can have up to THREE (3) players participate in a skills competition from your team.  They can be the same players or different players, doesn't matter, just only 3-players from a team in an individual skills event.  Skills are Monday and Tuesday, June 23 & 24 at Frank Brown Park Fields #5 & #6 from 8:00 AM-5:00 PM. Coaches will sign their players up for specific day and times at the Coaches meetings ONLY!

Coaches will pick at most 3 PLAYERS PER EVENT (besides Around The Horn). The same kids can participate in multiple events if the coach insists. 

HR Derby - 6 Pitches 8 swings. 

Golden Arm - 6 throws to hit the target. ( Can bounce once) (Tie breaker goes off who hit the target first!!)

Road runner - Home to home. ( 1 Attempt !!)

Around The Horn - Each team gets 2 attempts. Pitcher to home ( Clock starts when Catcher catches the ball ) - Catcher to 2nd with 2nd covering - 2nd to first - First to third - Third to 2nd with shortstop covering - 2nd to right - right to center - center to left  - Left to home - Clock stops when the catcher touches the plate 

4.  When are the entry fee and team gate fees due?  Your team entry fee of $1,200.00 is due now that the event is close to being sold out.  Individual daily admission of $20 for fans each day or a $80 week long pass.  NO REFUNDS or EXCHANGES for daily or weekly admission passes for any reason!  Pre-Order Forms for  are NOW AVAILABLE by clicking on the following link:

ADMISSION PASSES PRE-ORDER FORM

5.  Will age divisions be separated into classes?  YES, provided we have a minimum of 8-teams in an age division.  The 14U age division is OPEN in all WS events.

6.  Do you supply baseballs?  YES, we supply two new Wilson A1030 NFHS sanctioned baseballs per game.

7.  Will you have official World Series merchandise for sale and/or pre-order?  YES!  Pre-Order Forms are NOW AVAILABLE by clicking on the following link: 

2025 World Series Merchandise Pre-Order Form

8.  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 20-years and the All turf Publix PCB Sports Complex is moving into it's 6th full year of operation.  Both parks are located off of PCB Parkway (Back Beach Road) approx. 6-miles from one another.  We will also use Gulf Coast State College as well as local high schools for this event to allow for as many 14U and up teams as we have enter!

9. 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.

10.  NO Steel spikes allowed for pitchers at either park.  Tennis or Turf shoes at Publix Park.  Please familiarize yourself with Grand Slam Rules and Park rules....

Publix Sports Park Regulations

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.

13. Are there fields for us to practice on upon arrival?  N0!  There are NO fields available for practice.  There are plenty of batting cages available on a first come basis at both parks.  There is also a large grass area (Festival Site) at Frank Brown Park where you can hold a practice.

14. Are we allowed to bring pop up tents, coolers or outside food into the park?  NO outside food period!  Team Coolers with water for the players is allowed.  We encourage you to bring your tents and chairs as their is limited shaded areas and covered bleachers.

15. 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 2025 for arguably the Finest Youth Baseball  World Series event in the entire Country as we celebrate our 21st Anniversary!!