2019 RBI WORLD SERIES HANDBOOK 1 July 31, 2019 Greetings: Welcome and congratulations on reaching the 27th Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) World Series, hosted by Major League Baseball (MLB) at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, FL. 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 15-16. We hope you enjoy your trip to Vero Beach. If we can assist you in any way, please call the RBI National Office at 212- 931-7590. You may also email us at: [email protected] . Sincerely, Tony Reagins, Executive Vice President, Baseball & Softball Development Office of the Commissioner of Baseball 2 WELCOME LETTER........................................................................................................................................................................2 1)TOURNAMENT INFORMATION ...................................................................................................................................................5 1.1 ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 1.2 FIELDS ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 1.3 LODGING _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 1.4 HEADQUARTERS __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 1.5 MEALS ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 1.6 HOTEL AND SITE CONDUCT _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 1.7 SECURITY_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 1.8 TRANSPORTATION/DEPARTURE ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 1.9 EVENING ACTIVITIES _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 1.10 EQUIPMENT______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 1.11 MEDIA ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 1.12 CLOTHING _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 1.13 LAUNDRY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 1.14 FIRST AID ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 2) TOURNAMENT PLAY AND TEAM INFORMATION .......................................................................................................................8 2.1 ROSTERS__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 2.2 DOCUMENTATION_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 2.3 ELIGIBILITY ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 2.4 SCOREKEEPING/STATISTICS_______________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 2.5 PATTERN OF PLAY ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 2.6 PLAYING RULES___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 2.7 GAME RULES OF CONDUCT ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 2.8 AWARDS __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 3) WEATHER AND SAFETY INFORMATION .................................................................................................................................. 10 3.1 RAIN OR OTHER WEATHER CONDITIONS: ________________________________________________________________________________ 10 3.2 ATHLETIC TRAINING SERVICE FAST FACTS_______________________________________________________________________________ 10 3.3 CONCUSSIONS____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 4) FIELD AND VENUE INFORMATION.......................................................................................................................................... 12 4.1 FIELD VENUE RULES AND REGULATIONS _________________________________________________________________________________ 12 4.2 INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND GUESTS _______________________________________________________________________________ 13 5) ADRESSES 5.1 VENUE ADDRESSES _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14 5.2 OTHER HOTELS IN THE AREA ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 14 6) TRAVEL INFORMATION ........................................................................................................................................................... 15 6.1 AIRPORT SECURITY TRAVEL TIPS ________________________________________________________________________________________ 15 6.2 ITEMS PROHIBITED FROM AIRCRAFT CABINS: ____________________________________________________________________________ 16 7) RBI WORKOUT DAY .................................................................................................................................................................. 17 7.1 MLB SCOUT TRYOUT WORKOUT DAY FORMAT ___________________________________________________________________________ 17 7.2 SOFTBALL SKILLS COMPETITION _________________________________________________________________________________________17 8) PUBLIC RELATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................. 18 9) 2019 RBI REGIONAL & WORLD SERIES TOURNAMENTS........................................................................................................... 19 10) PREVIOUS WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS & VENUES............................................................................................................... 19 11) ABOUT REVIVING BASEBALL IN INNER CITIES (RBI) ............................................................................................................ 20 12) SOFTBALL ROSTERS .............................................................................................................................................................. 21 13) Junior BASEBALL ROSTERS .................................................................................................................................................... 22 3 14) Senior BASEBALL Rosters ......................................................................................................................................................... 23 15) ON-SITE TOURNAMENT PERSONNEL LIST ............................................................................................................................ 24 16) PARTICIPATING TEAMS ......................................................................................................................................................... 25 2019 RBI WORLD SERIES BASEBALL SCHEDULE ......................................................................................................................... 26 BASEBALL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ............................................................................................................................................. 28 2019 RBI WORLD SERIES SOFTBALL SCHEDULE ......................................................................................................................... 28 SOFTBALL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ............................................................................................................................................. 31 4 1) Tournament Information 1.1 ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE 1.6 HOTEL AND SITE CONDUCT Teams will be flying or busing into the Vero Beach area on Sunday, August 4th (baseball teams) or Saturday, a. Coaches must provide a credit card upon check- August 10th (softball teams). Charter bus service to and in for incidentals incurred beyond the room & from the airport (if applicable) to the hotel will be tax covered by MLB. This will apply to all rooms provided for participants and coaches. Please look for in the applicable team’s room block the RBI representative when your flight arrives. Your return home will likely be on Friday, August 9th b. Players are not to leave any designated sites or (baseball teams) or Thursday, August 15th (softball hotels without a Major League Baseball authorized chaperone or coach. teams). Please see pages 14–15 regarding additional air travel security procedures and tips. c. Players with relatives (either residing or visiting) in the Vero Beach area will not be permitted to 1.2 FIELDS visit or leave designated Series sites. All games will be played at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex for both baseball and softball. d. No