Skills Competition Results

CELEBRATING OUR 19th ANNIVERSARY

THE 2023 GRAND SLAM WORLD SERIES OF BASEBALL SESSION I

JUNE 19-25, 2023

Just as when you paid your team entry fee online, your team gate fee which is paid at the coaches meetings on Sunday will have a 3% service charge on all credit card payments.  Please remember, CASH or CREDIT CARD ONLY for your Team Gate Fee Payment, NO CHECKS accepted and NO exceptions!

Coaches & Team Administrators,

     A couple of final last minute reminders for all of you.....

1.  We have advertised the Coaches meetings from day #1 on our website and in emails.  A number of you have text, emailed or called saying that you would not be in attendance.  IF you are NOT going to attend, make sure you are well versed in the rules, your outstanding fees have to be paid before you take the field for your fist game, your economic impact must be completely filled out and turned in prior to you taking the field for your first game, you will NOT be able to sign up for skills competition and your merchandise pre-orders will need to be picked up at pin trading on Sunday evening.  As you can see, it is really imperative you have a team representative at the coaches meetings to handle all of these things.

2.  NO team can take the field until you have your FINAL ROSTER uploaded online, NO exceptions!

3.  For your Outstanding fees, NO CHECKS PERIOD!  NO EXCEPTIONS!  Cash or Card only.  Remember all card transactions have a 3% service charged added in just as it was for your team entry fee.

4.  Grand Slam WILL provide TWO NEW MIZUNO baseballs per game.  As long as both teams do a good job in shagging foul balls you should be fine.  We will be selling baseballs at the merchandise tents if you need any.

5.  Live Streaming is available for games at the Publix Sports Park ONLY!  A link to subscribe by the day or the week is available at http://www.publix.sportschannel.media/

6.  TURF shoes or TENNIS SHOWS ONLY for pitchers on the brand new mounds at the Publix Sports Park.  NO molded or cleats of ANY KIND allowed!  NO Steel spikes for ANY players at the Publix Sports Park.  Turf Shoes only for pitchers at Frank Brown Park.  All other players at Frank Brown Park can wear whatever they want in accordance to rules.

7.  Your Team Gate Fee covers ANYONE and EVERYONE ALL DAY EVERY DAY that comes to the event.  We will NOT have anyone at the gates selling tickets or checking people in.  You can come and go as you please.

8.  Skills competitions instructions are located under the documents tab on the event home page of the World Series event on the Grand Slam website.

See everyone on Sunday morning at Rockit Lanes for the Coaches meetings, Richard Jackson Blvd., PC Beach, Florida!  Thank you and good luck this next week!

PANAMA CITY BEACH PUBLIX SPORTS PARK, Chip Seal Parkway, Panama City Beach, Florida

&

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

World Series Session I Schedule of Events for Sunday, June 18, 2023

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

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

10:00-11:00 AM:  Coaches Meetings for 13U & 14U teams @ Rockit Lanes, Richard Jackson Blvd., PC Beach, FL.

2:00 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

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

**** SKILLS COMPETITIONS will be held on Monday and Tuesday from 9:00 AM-5:00 PM at Frank Brown Park on Field's #2 & #3.  Teams will sign up for specific times at the Coaches meetings.  Skills competition instructions are posted under the DOCUMENTS tab on the event home page no later than Friday, June 2, 2023.  This is subject to change depending on number of teams entered in the event.

** Team Entry Fee of $950 is due on Saturday, April 1, 2023 to secure and guarantee your spot in the event!  A standard 3% convenience fee will be added to all CC payments.  Your $30 Per event Credit for teams based out of GA, AL, LA, TN, KY, IN, MS and FL will be given at the coaches meetings and will taken off your $850 Team Gate Fee.  Your $950 Team Entry fee is due in full and no credits given on that unless you paid early during an Early Bird pricing window.  We do NOT combines discounts and/or promotions so the $30 per event credit is only for teams who have NOT already received some sort of promotional discount.

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 18.  Each team will play a Pool play doubleheader on either Monday or Tuesday, June 19 or 20 with the day you don't play as your designated day off.  Double Elimination bracket play starts on Wednesday, June 21, no team is eliminated prior to Thursday, June 22 and Championship games are set for Saturday, June 24.  Sunday, June 25 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!  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?  YES!  We will offer three individual competitions (HR Derby, Golden Arm & Roadrunner) as well as one team competition (Around the Horn).  See Skills under the Documents tab.

4.  When are the entry fee and team gate fees due?  Your team entry fee of $950.00 is due by March 1, 2023 or whenever the event sells out.   Your team gate fee of $850.00 is not due until the day before the event at the coaches meetings and cannot be paid prior to this.  CASH or CARD ONLY for the Gate Fee Payment, NO CHECKS please, NO exceptions due to the large number of bounced checks received in the past!

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.  14U age division is OPEN in all WS events.

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

7.  Will you have official World Series merchandise for sale and/or pre-order?  YES!  Pre-Order Forms will be available under the documents tab on the WS I Event home page no later than May 1, 2023.  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.

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 18-years and the All turf Publix PCB Sports Complex is moving into it's 4th full year of operation.  Both parks are located off of PCB Parkway (Back Beach Road) approx. 6-miles from one another.  

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. 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.

11. 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 and both parks.  There is also a large grass area (Festival Site) at Frank Brown Park where you can hold a practice.

12. 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.

13. 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 2023 for arguably the Finest Youth Baseball  World Series event in the entire Country!