2005 HWSA World
Series Details
Atlanta,
Georgia
May 22-26, 2005
HOTEL
Please make your
hotel room reservations today! Call Salley at Connections toll-free at 1-800-262-9974 or e-mail
her at salley@connectionshousing.com. Tell Salley that
you are booking rooms under the Homeschool World
Series contract. Please do not call the
hotel directly because the special rate is only valid through Connections
Housing.
HWSA has booked rooms
at the:
Wyndham Hotel
1775 Parkway Place NW
Marietta, GA 30067
Your special tournament
rate is $69.00/night plus tax. All rooms reserved have two double beds and
are non-smoking rooms. The rooms do not
have a microwave or refrigerator because the Wyndham is a full-service hotel
with restaurant and lounge on property. The Wyndham has agreed to allow the
HWSA guests to enjoy a full, hot continental breakfast each day on the house. Your
hot breakfast will be included in your $69.00/night room rate. Please
keep in mind that the Wyndham is a full-service hotel with a pool and other
amenities to help you enjoy your stay in Atlanta.
Please mail your team’s Atlanta
Housing Deposit of $250 by the end of this week (May 6th) to the HWSA Administrator (3904 John Simpson
Trail, Austin, TX 78732). If the bulk of your team stays at the Wyndham,
the deposit will be fully refunded to you following the World Series. If your team chooses to stay elsewhere, HWSA
will keep your deposit to cover the cost of HWSA Field Manager rooms.
EVENTS
SUNDAY, MAY 22nd
*MANDATORY ORIENTATION
(Coaches—7:30 p.m., Team Reps.—8:30 p.m., Field Mgrs.—8:30 p.m.):
The tournament will officially begin on Sunday,
May 22, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. ALL baseball
coaches will attend the MANDATORY Coaches Meeting at 7:30 p.m. (Wyndham Hotel Meeting
Room TBA). Immediately following this
meeting (at 8:30 p.m.)
there will be a Team Representatives Meeting at 8:30 p.m. All Team
Reps. are required to attend this meeting.
*Players may not attend the Coaches and/or Team Rep. Meetings. It is the responsibility of each Team Rep.
and coach to brief the parents and players regarding tournament details.
Coaches
Meeting (7:30 p.m.):
1)
Distribution of specific game schedule
2)
Brief review of HWSA rules/expectations
3)
Time of encouragement
4)
Gathering of contact information
Team
Representatives Meeting (8:30 p.m.):
1)
Distribution of programs to each Team
Representative
2)
Distribution of team souvenir order (t-shirts,
caps, polos, programs)
3)
Distribution of maps, directions, and other
publications
4)
Gathering of contact information
MONDAY, MAY 23rd
ALL-TOURNAMENT OPENING
CEREMONY (9:00 a.m.):
A
tournament-wide Opening Ceremony will occur at the EAST COBB BASEBALL COMPLEX (Field
#3) at 9:00 am on Monday, May
23rd. All players should come
dressed in uniform and ready to play ball!
The Opening Ceremony will include:
- A Word of
Encouragement
- Brief
Introduction of each team
- Singing of the
National Anthem
- Ceremonial
First Pitch
- Opening Prayer
TUESDAY, MAY 24th
THE
GATHERING (7:30-9:30 p.m.):
We will have an
opportunity for the players, coaches, and families of each team to gather
together at the Wyndham Hotel (specific room TBA at the Team Representatives
meeting). All teams, coaches, and
players are expected to attend. There
will be a time of Team introductions, Graduating Senior Recognition, and also
Testimonials. The Gathering will begin
at 7:30 p.m. and conclude
around 9:30 p.m. Food and drinks will not be served. Please eat before you come! *The
dress code for this event is NICE CASUAL. No beachwear please and uniforms
are welcome but not required.
GAME INFO
GAME SCHEDULE:
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Game
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Field:
East Cobb Baseball Complex Field #3
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Field:
East Cobb Baseball Complex Field #2
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MONDAY, MAY 23rd
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9:00 a.m. All-Tournament
Opening Ceremony
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Game
1
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10:00 a.m.
Pool
A Game
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10:00 a.m.
Pool
B Game
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Game
2
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12:30 p.m. (or 30 minutes after Game 1)
Pool
A Game
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12:30 p.m. (or 30 minutes after Game 1)
Pool
B Game
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Game
3
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3:30 p.m.
Pool
A Game
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3:30 p.m.
Pool
B Game
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Game
4
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6:00 p.m. (or 30 minutes after Game 3)
Pool
A Game
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6:00 p.m. (or 30 minutes after Game 3)
Pool
B Game
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TUESDAY, MAY 24th
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Game
1
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11:00
a.m.
Pool
B Game
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11:00
a.m.
Pool
A Game
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Game
2
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1:30 p.m. (or 30 minutes after Game 1)
Pool
B Game
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1:30 p.m. (or 30 minutes after Game 1)
Pool
A Game
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25th
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Game
1
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Semi-final
Game #1
11:00
a.m.
A2 at B1
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Game
2
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Semi-Final
Game #2
1:30 p.m. (or 30 minutes after Game 1)
B2 at A1
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THURSDAY, MAY 26th
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Game
1
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3rd Place
Game
11:00 p.m.
Loser SFG #1 vs. Loser SFG #2
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Game
2
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Championship
Game
1:30 p.m. (or 30 minutes after Game 1)
Winner SFG #1 vs.
Winner SFG #2
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NOTE: On Monday’s pool play
games, the team listed second is the HOME team.
On Tuesday’s pool play games, a coin toss will determine the HOME team.
On Wednesday’s games, the higher seed is the HOME team. On Thursday’s medal
round games, a coin toss will determine the HOME team.
Baseball
games will be governed by NFHS 2005 rules. Umpires are
college level and certified in NFHS code.
Pool-Play: Extra innings may be played
to break a tie. However, in Pool Play, a 2.5-hr time limit will be instituted
Mercy rules are enforced (20/3, 15/4, 10/5).
Pool-play will take place on Monday, May 23rd,
and Tuesday, May 24th. Each baseball
team will play two pool-play games on Monday and one game on Tuesday. After pool-play, the top four teams (i.e.,
the top two (2) teams from Pool A and the top two (2) teams from Pool B will advance
to the Semi-final games that will be played on Wednesday. The bottom four teams (two per each pool)
will be eliminated from the tournament.
Semi-final teams will be seeded per in their own pool: A1 and A2 and B1
and B2.
A = Pool A
B = Pool B
1 = 1st place after pool-play
2 = 2nd place after pool-play
Semi-finals: All
games are played to completion with no time limits. Mercy rules are enforced.
Baseball semi-final games will be played on Wednesday,
May 25th. A2 at B1 will play
first in semi-final game #1 on Wednesday followed by the B2 at A1 semi-final
game #2. Winners of each Semi-final game
will advance to the Championship game on Thursday, and the losers of each
Semi-final game will play in the Third
Place game (also on Thursday).
Medal Round: All games are played to
completion with no time limits. Mercy rules are enforced.
The purpose of the Medal round is to determine
overall placement of the top four teams in the World Series. The two losing teams of the Wednesday
Semi-final games will play in the 3rd place game (11:00 a.m.
Thursday). The two winning teams of the
Wednesday Semi-final games will play in the Championship game at 1:30 p.m. on
Thursday. An Awards Ceremony will
immediately follow the Championship Game.
FIELD MANAGERS:
HWSA
Field Managers will be present on the field during every game. They may be identified by a tri-colored HWSA
logo polo shirt. They will also be
wearing a nametag to identify themselves by.
Please respect these men as they will serve as the final HWSA authority
while on the field. Your cooperation and
support of the 2005 Field Managers (Jim Kill, Tim Day, Tom Griffin, and Dave
Irwin) is greatly appreciated. We expect full support of these men as they
handle disputes/protests, ensure that the game(s) are played according to the
correct rules and schedule of game times, and serve to maintain a
smooth-running World Series that honors the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ!
The
Field Managers have the authority to adapt game schedules, implement
tie-breaker rules, etc. if necessary due to weather limitations or other
circumstances that conflict with the original “plan”. Field Managers will communicate special rules
and/or procedures to the Umpires prior to each game start. Again, full cooperation and support of
decisions made by Field Managers is expected.
At
the start of each game, the Field Managers will make sure that each team has a
scorekeeper and will also ask if there is a person in the stands that would be
willing to announce the game. Field
Managers will also notify the scorekeeper of each team if they are Home or
Visitor. If you have been designated as
a scorekeeper and/or have the desire to serve as a game announcer, please
present yourself to the Field Manager prior to the start of the game.
TIE-BREAKERS
In an effort to determine a
clear winner of each game and avoid recording a tie after seven innings of
play, the following guidelines have been set in place.
Pool-Play
Games may go into extra innings up to 2 ½ hours. If the game is still tied at this point, the
Pool-Play Game is declared a tie. Semi-final and Medal Round games are played
to completion. Mercy rules are enforced for all games.
After
pool-play to determine the seedings, 2-way ties will
be broken by the head-to-head record of the tied teams. Three-way ties will be broken based on the
comparison of the 1) runs allowed per inning of each tied team, followed by the
number of 2) runs scored per inning.
RAIN DELAYS:
In the event of any rain delays, the
World Series will proceed as follows:
Plan #1 - Games will be shifted to
include playing on Friday.
Plan #2 -
If that is not sufficient, remaining games in the tournament will be reduced
to five-inning games. Hopefully, the
Play-off, Third Place,
and Championship games will be played with the complete seven-inning format.
Please note that
schedule changes will be based on the good of the tournament as a whole, not an
individual team.
AWARDS
ALL-TOURNAMENT PLAYERS (ATPs):
(1) Players and Coaches will cast a vote to determine their own team’s 2005 Homeschool
World Series ATPs. There will be a total of 17 ATPs named.
Each
player will receive one ballot
to make his ATP selections, and PLAYERS
CANNOT VOTE FOR THEMSELVES. If
player/coach selections are very close, then the following point system may be
used to help determine team ATPs.
(1)
Players/Coaches should list their selections in the following way—first choice,
second choice, third choice, and fourth choice.
If votes are close, the Field Manager will award points to players in
the following way:
1) First choice = 4 points
2) Second choice = 3 points
3) Third choice = 2 points
4) Fourth choice = 1 point
(2)
The number of ATPs per team will be determined by
each team’s overall placement in the World Series. Below is a breakdown of the number of ATP
Awards that will be given per placement.
1) Teams in
Championship Game = 4 ATPs each
2) 3rd
place team = 3 ATPs
3) 4th
place team = 2 ATPs
4) 5th
through 8th place teams = 1 ATP each
(3) The determination of ATPs will be conducted by a
three-way system that is based on player, coach, and Field Manager votes.
Player votes = 1 point each
Coaches’ votes = 2 points each
Field
Managers will total each team’s votes at the end of each team’s final game. If there are any tie decisions, the Field
Managers will cast the final selection votes for the team.
TOURNAMENT AWARDS:
2005 Baseball World Series Awards include:
CHAMPIONS
Silver Cup
Championship T-shirts (one per player/coach and a
total of 18 per team)
Gold HWSA Medallion, engraved and with red, white,
and blue neck ribbon (18/team)
2nd
Place
Silver HWSA Medallion, engraved and with red, white, and
blue neck ribbon (18/team)
3rd
Place
Bronze HWSA Medallion, engraved and with red,
white, and blue neck ribbon (18/team)
All-Stars
Resin-style ball and glove, engraved (17
baseball)
