Please Click the link above and be familiar with Grand Slam MS Rules. These could be different than what is on the Grand Slam National Site.
Event Rosters will be enforced. It's up to you to double check them & if you are having any issues you need to let us know. Players need to move from "Pending" to "approved".
However, players that show as "pending" are not ineligible.
We will provide baseballs for each game. However, teams need to be prepared to throw in game balls if umpire runs out until we get more. Also, teams are responsible for retrieving foul balls & returning them to the field.
Gate fee is $10 daily
Daily Gate fees are $5 Friday, $10, Saturday, $10 Sunday for a total of $25. We do offer a 3 day pass if you play Friday for only $20. We will also offer a 2 day pass Saturday for a total of $15. This for ages 13 & up. Senior Citizen & Military prices are $5 daily. Please make your parents aware of these fees. Also, please be mindful when the schedule is released if your division has Saturday bracket games and purchased your gate tickets with this in mind.
Three Day Pass $20 (Please be aware if your team has bracket games Saturday when considering the 3 Day pass - All gate fees are non-refundable)
Two Day passes are $15(Please be aware if your team has bracket games Saturday when considering the 2 Day pass - All gate fees are non-refundable)
9U-12U time limit is 1:20
13U time limit is 1:30
14U time limit is 1:40
9-A has a 6 run per inning limit in pool play & bracket play
13U can only use -5 or -3 bats.
14U can only use -3 bats.
1st & 2nd place rings are given to championship bracket winners. Consolation Brackets do not have awards.
Championship games will get preference in weather situations.
DO NOT let an umpire tell you they are stopping a game within 5 minutes of the time limit. Stop the plate meeting or when you are told this immediately and call for a director. We can't help you after a game ends.
If you have a rule issue or any type of issue that needs to be addressed, call for a director! We can't help you after a game has ended and teams have left the field!
Pay attention to your post game score cards before signing. When you sign you are approving the score and all pitching records.
Catchers must wear a helmet that covers the ears.
Protest fees are $300 cash up front no exceptions. You get this back for a successful protest. Protest must be done between the 1st pitch of the game (unless the last out of the game causes a protestable situation). For protest for players not on the roster, this must be done anytime from the 1st pitch of the game to before the 1st pitch of the 2nd at bat of the player who is being protested.
Run rules are 12 after 3 - 10 after 4 - 8 after 5
Extra innings - Last batter from the previous inning on 2nd base with 0 outs.
2nd Extra inning - Last 3 batters from previous inning to load the bases with 1 out.
3rd to 1st pick off is legal.
Head first slides are legal to any base unless a face mask, cflap, or chin strap is being worn. First offense is team warning. 2nd offense is an out.
Grand Slam plays be National Federation High School rules...with the exception of rules listed here or corporate Grand Slam. State Directors have the discretion to modify corporate rules.
Always keep birth certificates on hand. Digital copies are allowed.
Teams who have players that meet the grade exception (hold back) must have a progress report, report card or letter from the school confirming current grade.
Coach Pitch teams get 4 free gate entries for coaches & ages 9-13 get 3.
If we have to adjust schedules because of weather, many times that means only counting or playing 1 pool game. If weather is a threat, make your 1st pool play game count.
Be respectful to the gate girls, they are just doing a job.
Gate fees can be paid at the gate via Venmo @GrandSlamMS or CashApp $GrandSlamMS. When doing this please enter the location of the park in the notes.
Entry fee needs to be paid before your 2nd pool play game begins.
Online Payment option will be turned off Friday at midnight
You can send your entry fee via Venmo @GrandSlamMS or CashApp $GrandSlamMS
Coaches, if we have to eject one of your spectators from the park, head coach will automatically be ejected. Any coach or fan who makes a threat to an umpire, coach, player, fan, or staff will be ban from all Grand Slam events.
Any pattern of badgering of an umpire, other fans, coaches, players, directors, gate workers, etc...will result in being escorted from the park by local 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.
We plan to begin on the schedule Sunday night and release sometime Tuesday.
Local teams need to be prepared to play Friday night the 19th.
Daily Gate fees are $5 Friday, $10, Saturday, $10 Sunday for a total of $25. We do offer a 3 day pass if you play Friday for only $20. We will also offer a 2 day pass Saturday for a total of $15. This for ages 13 & up. Senior Citizen & Military prices are $5 daily. Please make your parents aware of these fees. Also, please be mindful when the schedule is released if your division has Saturday bracket games and purchased your gate tickets with this in mind.
All teams need to be prepared to play Saturday morning.
Schedule requests are open, however, request accommodations could be limited due to the size of the event.
Some divisions will have bracket games Saturday night.
This is an extremely large event & we are using up to 7 different locations.
Locations being used are Flowood, Freedom Ridge, Jackson Prep, The Quarry, Magee, Shiloh Park, & Pearl (Sunday only)
Some divisions will play Saturday at Shiloh Park, however, their Sunday bracket games will be on turf at either the Quarry, Pearl, or Flowood.
Shiloh Park fields have recently been professionally graded and resurfaced with new dirt & fields will be drug every few games during the day.
Any consolation brackets for ages 9-12 will be played at Shiloh Park on Sunday.
All 14-AA games will be at Freedom Ridge and we will play Friday night & there will be Saturday bracket games.
Rosters are frozen for the season. However, teams can still add guest players. To add a guest player you must email info@grandslamms.com and request your roster to be unfrozen. Once it's unfrozen, it freezes automatically at midnight.
Reminder, teams also have 3 permanent roster moves they can make now that rosters are frozen.
You can get a head start on paying for this event by paying through your cart or sending it through Venmo to @GrandSlamMS
