WELCOME
Congratulations on an outstanding season and welcome to the 2006
USSSA Baseball 8U/2nd grade machine pitch, 10U/4th grade, 12U/6th
grade and 14U/8th grade “AA” World Series Tournament.
Your tournament host is The 3&2 Baseball Club of Johnson County.
3&2 won the 2003 Mo-Kan “Commitment
to Excellence” Award
and was named as the “Outstanding
USSSA AA Nationals Site of the Year” in 2002.
2006 will be 3&2’s fifth
consecutive year of playing host to these age levels for the “AA” World
Series. All of which should give confidence to your team and families
that they will have a quality experience at this year’s World
Series Tournament.
AA
TEAMS – Grade
or Age Based
Grade-based teams will be permitted to participate in this tournament.
It is one of two AA World Series Tournaments in the nation
in which USSSA has allowed grade-based teams to participate.
QUALIFICATIONS TO PLAY IN WORLD SERIES TOURNAMENT
In order to participate in this World Series tournament, you
must have participated in a state qualifying tournament and
in a state tournament. In addition, the following items must
be turned into your state director by July 5.
• Completed ENTRY
FORM.
•
Cashier’s check or money order for $450 made payable to “USSSA
BASEBALL”.
• Official USSSA roster.
To
find information on your state director, click
here. The State
Director will
then forward this material and a letter of
transmittal to the AA World Series Headquarters: The 3&2
Baseball Club of Johnson County, PO Box 14011, Lenexa, KS 66285
to guarantee your spot in the tournament.
Please
call or e-mail 3&2 Baseball to verify that we have
record of your attendance at the tournament.
CHECK
IN & MANAGER’S
MEETING
Because of space considerations, a maximum of two people per
team will be allowed at this meeting. Players should NOT attend
this meeting. Team managers need to have the following items
with them when they check in:
1. USSSA roster that will be compared with one submitted earlier
that will be supplied by USSSA.
2. Cell number and hotel of where you are staying
3. Current year grade cards or birth certificates for each member
of your team to verify they are in the proper grade/age.
The
mandatory manager’s
meeting will cover rules and procedures to be followed during
the tournament. Teams can be checked in
after the meeting if necessary.
TEAM MOM MEETING
At the same time as the check-in meeting, a Team Mom meeting
will be held in an adjacent room. The purpose of this meeting
is to pick up any pre-ordered items as well as learn about
the entertainment possibilities in the area and about other
things going on during the tournament. A maximum of two people
per team at this meeting, please.
RULES OF CONDUCT
Please follow this link to view the rules
of conduct that will
be adhered to at this AA World Series tournament.
HOTEL INFORMATION
We are very pleased to be working with hotels in the Lenexa area.
Our host hotel is the Radisson in Lenexa, located at I-35 and
95th Street. To make hotel arrangements, please click
here.
FORMAT
The USSSA Baseball program will use the pool-play format in this
World Series tournament. Teams will be seeded into pools (based
on the USSSA point totals available to the Tournament Director)
where they will play a round robin within their pool. A double-elimination
format will be used in the championship bracket once the final
eight teams are determined. A single-elimination consolation
tournament will be held for the teams that do not qualify for
the championship bracket. The exact format of the tournament,
e.g., number of pools, number of teams in each pool, etc.,
will be set by the Tournament Director following USSSA Baseball
guidelines and being approved by the USSSA Baseball World Series
Committee.
AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED
• Team awards for the 1st through 4th place teams in the championship
bracket.
• Individual awards to the 1st through 3rd place teams in the championship
bracket.
• Teams awards to the champion and runner-up teams in the consolation
bracket.
•
Individual awards to 1st & 2nd place teams in the consolation
bracket.
• Outstanding offensive player award (1st place team in the championship
bracket)
• Outstanding defensive player award (1st place team in the championship
bracket)
• MVP award (1st place team in the championship bracket)
• Individual awards (min. of 15) to All World Series Team
• Individual World Series Certificates for Each Player
DETERMINATION OF FINALS STANDINGS
Teams will be seeded for final standings based on when they were
eliminated in either of the championship or consolation bracket
play and then by total record and runs allowed. The winner
of the consolation bracket will not place higher than the lowest
finishing team in the championship bracket.
ITINERARY (tentative)
Tuesday, July 11
•
Noon to 1:30pm – Team check in (Managers Only) at Radisson
Hotel, Lenexa. (95th & I-35)
•
1:30-2:30pm – Mandatory manager’s meeting at Radisson,
Lenexa.
•
1:30-2:30pm – Team Mom meeting to learn about what to do
in the area and learn other details of the tournament. Radisson
Hotel, Lenexa.
•
5-5:30pm – Teams arrive and line-up for parade at Shawnee
Mission South High School located at 5800 W. 107th St.
•
5:30pm – Team parade starts.
•
6:15pm – Opening ceremony
•
6:30pm – Player social
Wednesday, July 12
• 8am - Pool play begin.
Thursday, July 13
• 8am - Pool play continues. Last games will end at 5:30pm.
•
Each team will play three pool games during pool play on Wednesday & Thursday.
Friday, July 14
• 8am - Championship and Consolation bracket play begins
Saturday, July 15
•
8am – Championship and Consolation bracket play continues.
Sunday, July 16
•
8am – Championship and Consolation bracket play is completed.
Final games scheduled to start at 2pm.
TEAM PARADE, OPENING CEREMONY, PLAYER SOCIAL
To open the World Series tournament, a team parade and players
social will be held on Tuesday, July 11 at the football stadium
at SM South High School, located at 5800 W. 107th St.
Players should arrive between 5:00 and 5:30pm and prepare
to line up
with your team for the parade of teams that will start at 5:30pm.
Team banners and state flags are encouraged. Team pictures
will be shot prior to the team being announced. Players and
coaches should be in uniform. Teams will exit the track and
enter the bleachers on the east side of the stadium and sit
in designated areas to hear a welcome address and have a group
picture taken.
The opening ceremony will start at 6:15pm or immediately at
the conclusion of the team parade. It will consist of remarks
by local dignitaries and tournament officials.
Following the parade and welcome address, the player social
will be held between the bleachers at the north side of the track.
An area will be available for tournament t-shirts and other items,
including tournament passes and other mementos.
Beverages will be available for purchase from 5:00-7:30pm.
ADMISSION
Admission during the tournament will be $20 for a tournament
pass or $5 per person per day for ages 14 and up. For children
ages 6-13, the charge will be $12 for a tournament pass or
$3 per day. This charge includes everyone except players and
team coaches in uniform. A maximum of four passes will be issued.
Please see the paragraphs concerning “Pre-Selling Items” for
an order form to pre-order you tournament passes.
TOURNAMENT PROGRAM
A tournament program will be created that will include schedules
and elimination brackets. It will also include rosters of the
teams that submit their rosters on-line through the 3&2
web site. USSSA rosters will not be used for roster information
that will appear in the program. This program will be sold
for a price to be determined.
PRE-SELLING ITEMS
There are a number of items available for purchase relating to
this tournament. Orders will be accepted prior to the tournament
and can be picked up at the check in meeting on July 12th. Click
here for an order form.
DIRECTIONS AND FIELD INFORMATION
Follow this link to view a map to our two complexes and to view
information about each field.
HOW TO CONTACT US, IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS
3&2’s main office line – (913) 888-8055
East complex (fields 1-9) field manager’s office – (913)
888-2169
West complex (fields 10-26) field manager’s office – (913)
422-0048
3&2’s Rainout line – (913) 643-3113
E-mail:
Kent Rettig, 3&2’s Director of League Operations, kentrettig@3and2baseball.com
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