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  • THE HOST ASSOCIATION RULES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL REGIONAL, SUPER REGIONAL, AND WORLD SERIES TOURNAMENTS. 

  • THE HOME TEAM WILL BE PRE-DETERMINED FOR ALL POOL PLAY GAMES.

  • THE HOME TEAM WILL WEAR THE WHITE JERSEYS.

  • THE HOME TEAM FOR BRACKET GAMES WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE HIGHER SEED. 

  • ALL ROSTER PLAYERS MUST BE IN THE BATTING ORDER. 

  • DURING POOL PLAY THE BATTING BORDER WILL NOT CHANGE. WHOEVER MAKES THE LAST OUT IN A GAME THE NEXT BATTER WILL LEAD OFF THE NEXT GAME. 

  • ONCE TEAMS REACH BRACKET PLAY THE COACHES WILL MAKE THE BATTING ORDER. 

  • IF A PLAYER IS INJURED AND CANNOT CONTINUE TO PLAY, HE MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE BATTING ORDER WITHOUT PENALTY.  ONCE HIS TIME AT BAT HAS BEEN SKIPPED, HE MAY NOT RE-ENTER THE GAME. 

  • IF A PLAYER IS EJECTED HIS SPOT IN THE BATTING ORDER WILL BE AN AUTOMATIC OUT EVERY TIME IT COMES UP. 

  • NO PLAYER CAN EH MORE THAN ONCE UNTIL ALL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN THE EH AT LEAST ONCE. 

  • IF ALL PLAYERS HAVE TAKEN A TURN AT BEING EH, THE COACHES DISCRETION MAY THEN BE USED TO DETERMINE THE EH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE GAME. 

  • IT IS COMPLETELY THE COACHES DISCRETION ON WHAT POSITION EACH PLAYER PLAYS.  EVERY POSITION IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT.  COACHES ARE TO PUT THE PLAYERS IN THE POSITIONS THAT GIVES THEIR TEAM THE BEST CHANCE TO COMPETE. 

  • PENALTY:  ANY TEAM FOUND NOT TO FOLLOW THE ABOVE RULES WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TWO OUTS THEIR NEXT AT BAT. 

  • THE RULE MUST BE PROTESTED BY THE OPPOSING TEAM BEFORE THE THIRD OUT OF THE INNING IN QUESTION. 

  • PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE INNINGS (9 OUTS) DURING POOL PLAY.  

  • ALL PLAYERS ARE A TOTAL OF SIX INNINGS (18 OUTS) FOR THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT. 

  • IF A TEAM PLAYS MORE THAN 5 GAMES, ALL PITCHERS WILL RECEIVE ONE ADDITIONAL INNING FOR EVERY GAME OVER 5. 

  • MAXIMUM INNINGS PITCHED IN ONE DAY, REGARDLESS OF NUMBER OF GAMES PLAYED IS 6. 

  • PENALTY:  THE OPPOSING TEAM MUST PROTEST AN ILLEGAL PITCHER WHILE HE IS STILL PITCHING.  IF A PLAYER IS FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL HE MUST LEAVE THE MOUND IMMEDIATELY AND ALL PLAYERS ON THE TEAM WILL BE CHARGED ONE INNING PITCHED. FURTHERMORE, THE ILLEGAL PITCHER'S STATS WILL NOT COUNT.  WHEN COMPILING STATS, IF THE COMMISSIONER FINDS ANY PITCHER TO BE ILLEGAL, HE WILL AUTOMATICALLY REMOVE SAID PLAYER'S STATS.  IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PROTESTED FOR THIS TO OCCUR. 

  • ANY COACH THAT IS EJECTED FROM ANY GAME WILL BE REMOVED FROM HIS COACHING POSITION. 

  • THIS IS AN ALL-STAR TOURNAMENT MEANT FOR THE KIDS TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND SHOW OFF THEIR TALENT. 

  • PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S PLAYER STATS, NOT A COACHES WINS AND LOSS RECORD.  

  • ANY FAN CAUSING ANY TYPE OF DISRUPTION OR IN ANY WAY TAKING AWAY FROM THE GAME WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE BALLPARK. 

  • ZERO TOLERANCE FOR UNSPORTSMANLIKE BEHAVIOR FROM THE FANS. 

  • ALL OF THE COACHES ARE VOLUNTEERS, IF YOU WISH TO HAVE AN INPUT DURING THE GAMES, PLEASE SIGN UP TO COACH.  WE CAN USE ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET. 

  • EACH TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING A GAME CHANGER SCOREKEEPER.

  • TEAMS THAT DO NOT HAVE A SCOREKEEPER WILL NOT QUALIFY TO HAVE STATS THAT DETERMINE WHO ADVANCES TO THE NEXT ROUND. 

  • SCOREKEEPERS FROM BOTH TEAMS MUST SIT TOGETHER SO THERE IS NO DISCREPANCY ON HOW THE PLAYS ARE SCORED. 

  • ALL SCOREKEEPERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE A GAME CHANGER TRAINING COURSE ONLINE.  THIS WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE FPB WEBSITE. 

  • THE DECISIONS MADE BY THE SCOREKEEPERS WILL NOT BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR FOR PLAYER SCORES. 

  • ALL REACHED ON ERRORS WILL BE CONVERTED TO HITS.  

  • TEAMS ARE AWARDED NOMINATIONS BASED ON THEIR FINISHING ORDER DURING A TOURNAMENT. 

  • IF A TOURNAMENT HAS A GOLD AND SILVER BRACKET THE FIRST PLACE SILVER TEAM WILL FINISH BELOW THE LAST PLACE GOLD TEAM. 

  • NOMINATIONS ARE BASED ON ALL-STAR PERFORMANCES. 

  • THE HIGHEST SCORING HITTING AND PITCHING GAMES WILL RECEIVE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THEIR TEAM. 

  • NOMINATIONS ARE BASED ON ALL PLAYERS ON YOUR TEAM.  SO, THEREFORE, HOW YOU SCORE THE GAME ONLY AFFECTS THE PLAYERS ON YOUR TEAM. 

  • THE SCORING FORMULA FOR HITTING IS TOTAL BASES X2 + 1 POINT FOR EACH RBI, RUN SCORED, AND WALK. 

  • PLAYERS MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF 2 TOTAL BASES TO RECEIVE POINTS. 

  • THE SCORING FORMULA FOR PITCHING IS 2 POINTS FOR EACH INNING PITCHED AND 1 POINT FOR EACH STRIKE OUT MINUS 1 POINT FOR EACH EARNED RUN ALLOWED AND WALK.

  • TO QUALIFY FOR PITCHING POINTS A PITCHER MUST GIVE UP LESS EARNED RUNS THAN INNINGS PITCHED AND PITCH A MINIMUM OF 2 INNINGS. 

  • ALL OF THE ABOVE STATS ARE BASED PER GAME, NOT PER TOURNAMENT. 

  • PLAYERS CAN QUALIFY FOR MORE THAN ONE ALL-STAR PERFORMANCE PER TOURNAMENT.  

  • EXAMPLE:  IF YOUR TEAM EARNED 3 ALL-STAR NOMINATIONS BASED ON THEIR ORDER OF FINISH, THEN THE TOP 3 HIGHEST SCORED PLAYERS PER GAME WILL BE THE TEAM'S 3 NOMINATIONS.  IF JOHNNY HAD 2 OF THE THREE HIGHEST GAMES, THEN YOUR TEAM WOULD RECEIVE ONLY TWO NOMINATIONS. 

all-star regional qualifier:

  • PLAYERS WILL FIRST PLAY IN THEIR REGIONAL ALL-STAR QUALIFIER. 

  • the players with the top 50% score will advance to the elite super regional. 

  • all other players will advance to the select super regional. 

  • for exact dates and location visit the all-star dates page on the website menu.

super regional all-star tournament:​

  • all players will play in either the elite or select super regional.

  • teams will play against players representing a different region. 

    • example:  the elite players from region a will play against the elite players from region n.​

    • example:  the select players from region a will play against the select players from region b. 

  • the top performers from the elite super regional will advance to the elite world series. 

  • the top performers from the select super regional will advance to the select world series. 

  • for exact dates and location visit the all-star dates page on the website menu. 

fpb world series:

  • the fpb world series will show case the top players from all 8 regions.  

  • there will be an elite world series and a select world series. 

  • players named to the 1st or 2nd team all-american will receive a customized all-american award naming them 2023 fpb all-american teams. 

  • EACH STAGE IS A MINIMUM FIVE (5) GAME TOURNAMENT WEATHER PERMITTING. 

  • PLAYER QUALIFICATIONS IN ADVANCEMENT TO  THE ELITE OR SELECT SUPER REGIONAL AND FPB WORLD SERIES  ARE BASED STRICTLY ON THEIR HITTING AND PITCHING STATS. 

  • THE EXACT NUMBER OF PLAYERS THAT WILL QUALIFY WILL BE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES IN EACH AGE GROUP FOR EACH REGION. 

  • THE EXACT CRITERIA WILL BE RELEASED BEFORE THE START OF EACH TOURNAMENT. 

  • ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE REFER TO THE FAQ FLYER WHICH CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING THE ALL-STAR INFORMATION "CLICK HERE" BUTTON ON THE BASEBALL ON THE HOME PAGE. 

  • IF YOU STILL NEED FURTHER INFORMATION AFTER READING ABOVE FLYERS PLEASE CALL CLARK BROCKMAN AT 912-604-2304. 

THE POINTS THE PLAYERS EARN DURING GAMES IS APPLIED TO THEIR OVERALL DIAMOND SCORE.  

THERE ARE 11 DIFFERENT RANKINGS:

0-9 CORAL

10-19 JADE

20-29 SAPPHIRE

30-39 EMERALD

40-49 RUBY

50-59 PLATINUM

60-69 BRONZE

70-79 SILVER

80-89 GOLD

90-99 DIAMOND

100+ BLACK DIAMOND

PLAYERS POINTS WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE APPLIED ANY TIME A TEAM PLAYS IN A FPB SANCTIONED TOURNAMENT.  

ANY PLAYER OR TEAM MAY REQUEST TO HAVE GAMES PLAYED NOT IN A FPB SANCTIONED TOURNAMENT SCORED BY SUBMITTING AN EMAIL TO FPBTOURNAMENTS@AOL.COM TELLING US WHAT TOURNAMENT THEY PLAYED IN. 

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