Fw: Tournament Brackets with Fields, Times, etc...

[Joe Gillespie]

 

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Cc: Seth Cramer

Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:57 AM

Subject: Tournament Brackets with Fields, Times, etc...

Chris/Padres, Rick/Pirates, Greg/Braves -

 

PLEASE confirm that we absolutely have Big Walnut, Franklin Heights, and Whetstone for our League Tournament games as shown on the attached bracket.  I will be confirming Kilbourne and McCoy.  Much of this is subject to change based on weather issues, obtaining other fields (Hilliard Davidson?), and a potential scheduling issue for the Blaze so keep all four Sundays available.

 

Thanks

 

All Team Trustees,

 

Attached you will find the two brackets for this year's CMSBL playoffs.  The American/National Division will have an 11 team double elimination tournament and the Capital 35+ Division will have a 5 team double elimination tournament.  As you will see, we don't have some of the quality fields that we have had in years past (Liberty, Coffman, Scioto, Thomas, etc....) but we are making the best of a tough situation - please let your guys know that we hope that next year we are back to normal from a field perspective.

 

We will update the bracket each week and field locations could change if it makes sense.  For example, if we can keep the Braves at Whetstone, the Padres at Big Walnut, the Pirates at Franklin Heights, etc... we will.

 

Each game is 9 innings and we will have a 3 hour time limit but games can not end in a tie.  We will also have a run rule - 10 runs after 7 innings.  We will provide each game with 6 baseballs (watch for later communications on picking up and delivering baseballs). 

 

Remember, that to be eligible for tournament play, a player must have played in 50% of a team's games.  Requests for exemptions need to be submitted to the League President prior to September 7th - things like "he was hurt until July 25th", "he has played in the league for 15 years but had work conflicts", etc... are good reasons.

 

Both Tournaments will be Wood Bat.  The majority of our games played this year were wood bat and most like it better.  We can and will discuss this during the off season at length if necessary to address the few concerns that we have heard just recently.  For some the added cost is a concern even though I am not sure that I understand this argument after seeing metal bats at $300; but, because we did pretty well on the All Star Game finances, the League will pick up $50 of any purchase between now and the end of the year at Phoenix Bat limited to one per team.  So, spend $150 on three bats and it will only cost your team $100.  Just let Seth Cramer know (he is copied on this email) which team you represents when you place your order.  

 

Let Rick Fryman or me know if you have any questions regarding the bracket or schedule.

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

 

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