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2014 RBI WORLD SERIES HANDBOOK July 2014 Greetings: Welcome and congratulations on reaching the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI)™ World Series®, hosted by Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Texas Rangers. The World Series® Handbook is provided to assist in your planning and participation for the Series. Make sure that you and your players are well versed with the RBI Fact Sheet on page 20. Please also review the Airport Security Travel Tips on pages 14-15. We hope you enjoy your trip to the Dallas Metroplex area. If we can assist you in any way, please call the RBI National Office at (212) 931-7800. You may also email us at: [email protected] . Sincerely, Thomas C. Brasuell Vice President, Community Affairs Major League Baseball 2 1) Tournament Information 1.1 ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE b. Telephones and in-room pay movies will be Most teams will be flying into the Dallas Metroplex turned off in all rooms. area on Tuesday or Wednesday, August 5-6 (baseball c. Players are not to leave sites or hotel without a teams) or Tuesday, August 12 (softball teams). Charter Major League Baseball authorized chaperone. bus service to and from the airport will be provided to the hotel. Please look for the RBI representative when d. Players with relatives in the Dallas Metroplex your flight arrives. Your return home will likely be on (either residing or visiting) will not be Tuesday, August 12 (baseball teams) or Sunday, permitted to visit or leave designated Series August 17 (softball teams). Please see pages 13–14 sites. regarding additional air travel security procedures and tips. e. No fraternizing at hotels with non-tournament participants. 1.2 FIELDS f. Players must wear their color - coded Games will be played in the Dallas Metroplex wristband and/or RBI credential at all times. area at the Oak Grove Ballfield Complex and Colleyville High School in Colleyville, Grapevine High g. All players must be in their rooms by 10:30 pm School in Grapevine, and Globe Life Park in Arlington or immediately upon returning from an event, (baseball); and Bob Jones Park in Southlake, and at whichever is later. Players are to sleep in their Texas Woman’s University in Denton (softball). assigned rooms only. Directions to all fields can be found at the RBI World Series headquarters office at the Gaylord Texan Resort h. Teams are responsible and will be billed for any and Convention Center and on page 23. damage to hotel rooms, facilities, and grounds or to any other Series site. All teams will be 1.3 LODGING required to present a $100 check or money While at the Series, teams will stay at the Gaylord order as a security deposit at check-in. Texan Resort and Convention Center. See page 11 for phone numbers and address. i. Gambling, the use of tobacco products or alcoholic beverages of any kind will not be permitted. Players may not enter any bar or club where alcohol is being served. 1.4 HEADQUARTERS The Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center will j. Players may not use swimming pools unless serve as the headquarters hotel for the 2014 RBI World accompanied by an adult. Series. The address is: 1501 Gaylord Trail, Grapevine, Texas 76051. The offices are available for all RBI k. Weight and fitness rooms are off limits to personnel, media and coaches. The phone number is players at all times. 212 -931 -7415. Players are not allowed in the offices. l. The RBI World Series staff reserves the right to 1.5 MEALS disqualify and return all players, coaches and teams to their home city for failure to adhere to At least two (3) meals per day, with the exception of any of the above. the team’s arrival day, will be provided to all players and coaches. Concession areas may be open at or near field locations. 1.7 SECURITY Security will be provided at all games, events and hotels Guests attending the Series are responsible for their by Major League Baseball’s Resident Security Agents. own meals. This program also involves local law enforcement. These officers understand the concerns of athletes and young people, and are knowledgeable of the city. 1.6 HOTEL AND SITE CONDUCT a. Coaches must provide a credit card for incidentals incurred by team and will be charged. 3 1.1) Tournament Information (cont’d) 1.8 TRANSPORTATION/DEPARTURE TO 1.12 CLOTHING AND FROM EVENTS AND GAMES Proper attire is expected for the opening and closing a) Buses will be used to transport teams to and banquets (no shorts, cutoffs, jeans, tube tops or from the airport and to and from games and sneakers; boys must wear a collared shirt). RBI polos events. will be provided to all participants for the closing banquet. All teams are required to wear tan khaki b) Departure times to and from hotels, events and bottoms (pants or skirt) with the polo; if a team is games will be strictly enforced. Coaches and unable to wear color-matching bottoms, please reach players not at buses or vans at the designated out to the RBI National office to discuss other options. departure time will be left behind. Any player left behind at an event may be immediately 1.13 LAUNDRY returned home. Laundry service procedures for uniforms are as c) Guests attending the Series are responsible for follows: their own transportation. Players must travel a) MLB will provide laundry service for team with teams and will not be permitted to arrive uniforms, which includes pants, uniform top, at the Series prior to the event with family or and socks for each player/coach. friends or depart the event early. b) Drop off your entire team’s uniform set (plastic bags provided) in the RBI Players Lounge no 1.9 EVENING ACTIVITIES later than the time posted on the laundry schedule posted in the Lounge and the RBI Planned evening activities include: a welcome dinner or Office. lunch, a Major League game, a water park visit, and a c) Team uniforms will be clean and ready for pick- closing luncheon. Major League Baseball will pay up next morning according to the posted admission for all participants (players and coaches) in laundry schedule. the Series to all events. Once in an attraction, players d) Team should wishing to purchase anything additional (food or souvenirs) must do so with their own funds. At these Each team is responsible for having their uniforms events, players must wear either their World Series t- ready for cleaning per the posted schedule. If a team shirt or cap in addition to their wristband and/or ID misses a pick up time they will be responsible for the cards. cost of their team’s laundry. The hotel has five washers and four dryers on the Lower Level of the Lone All guests (non-participants) are responsible for Star Tower. Rates: $1.00 p/ wash & $1.00 p/dry. their own admission to attractions/evening events. Due to space restrictions, guests will not be permitted at the welcome banquet, but may purchase tickets in advance for closing banquets. 1.14 FIRST-AID 1.10 EQUIPMENT There will be trainers at each game site. See page 8 for additional medical training information. ALL Teams must bring their own uniforms and equipment PLAYERS MUST HAVE COMPLETED MEDICAL (bats, catcher’s equipment, practice balls, etc.) Major FORMS ON FILE. League Baseball will supply game balls. 1.11 MEDIA Daily recaps of your team’s results will be forwarded to your local papers. 4 2) Tournament Play and Team Information 2.1 ROSTERS 2.5 PATTERN OF PLAY Rosters are limited to fifteen (15) players and four (4) Teams will be placed in a four (4) team bracket and coaches. All accommodations, entry to events and will play a round robin schedule against the teams in complimentary items are based on this number. Bat or your bracket. There will then be an inter-bracket ball boys or girls are not permitted. playoff. The top playoff winners from the two brackets will meet in the championship game on Thursday, 2.2 DOCUMENTATION August 10 (baseball) or Wednesday, August 16 (softball). All teams are scheduled to play a minimum The following are due prior to the tournament and of four games. The two teams that reach the teams should carry copies with them at all times: Championship will play at least five or six games, weather permitting. ● Completed Team Roster Form with accompanying proofs of birth* 2.6 PLAYING RULES ● Proof of Insurance a) A combination of the 2014 High School ● Completed Player Information Forms with photos Baseball Rules published by the National ● Hotel Rooming List Federation of State High School Associations, ● RBI Workout Day Event Form the 2014 Official Playing Rules of Major League ● Code of Conduct Pledge Baseball and the 2014 ASA Girls 18 and Under ● Coaches Background Check Authorizations Fast Pitch Rules shall serve as the official *Only birth certificates, passports, and Alien playing rules for the RBI World Series. Registration Cards are acceptable. b) All games are seven (7) innings. However, a 2.3 ELIGIBILITY game is legally complete after five (5) innings if the visiting team is ahead and after 4 ½ innings a) All participants must have signed consent from their if the home team is ahead. Any game not parents or legal guardian(s) in order to participate in completed due to weather, darkness, or power the World Series. failure or otherwise, shall be a suspended game and play resumed from the point of suspension. b) Junior Division: For players ages 13-15 who have not th c) At any level of tournament play, if inclement reached their 16 birthday by May 1, 2014.