Tournament Summary
The South Florida Baseball League presents the 11th Annual South Beach Slam Tournament. This contest, which is open to any and all teams in the region regardless of affiliation, takes place in Miami, Florida on July 4th weekend, July 5-7, 2013. The tournament features some of the best competition in Florida with teams coming from various leagues including the South Florida Baseball League, Los Amigos del Grapeland, The Hialeah League, Fort Myers Hardball, the Orlando – Central Florida Baseball League, the Federal League and La Liga Nica. The winner-take-all tournament is highlighted by a tournament trophy for the championship team and tournament medals and t-shirts for the players. The registration fee is $850 per team, regardless of player count. The deadline for team registration is Saturday June 29, 2013. All interested teams and players are urged to contact the tournament director immediately.
Tournament Contact Number – 305.496.2962 – Mickey Filippucci
Tournament Format
The tournament will be an open division wood bat format (18+). All teams are guaranteed a minimum of three games in the qualification round played against teams within their respective division. Two games are played on Friday July 5, 2013 with the third game played on Saturday morning, July 6, 2013.
The top team will automatically play in the finals on Sunday July 7, 2013.
The #2 and #3 teams will play in the semi-final round Saturday July 6, 2013 in the afternoon. The winner of this game will face the top seed in the finals on Sunday July 7, 2013.
Playoff Qualifiers: Teams qualify for the playoffs based on the following point system:
Points: Win = 2 points, Tie = 1 point, Loss = 0 points.
Tie Breaker Rules: Tie breakers are applied in the following order:
1. Head-to-head result
2. Fewest Runs Allowed: If no head-to-head result, the team with the fewest runs allowed will win the second tie breaker.
3. Net Runs: In case of another tie, an equation of net runs will be employed and the team with the greatest number of net runs wins the third tie breaker. Net Runs = (Runs Scored – Runs Allowed).
4. Coin Toss: In case of a third tie, a best-of-three coin toss will determine the final tie breaker.
Playoffs: The semi-final games are scheduled to play Saturday afternoon, July 6, 2013. The winners advance to the South Beach Slam Championship and the greater glory Sunday morning July 7, 2013.
Tournament Rules
The South Beach Slam is played under the rules undertaken by the South Florida Baseball League. A copy of the SFBL Official Rules and Regulations will be provided to each participating team. To access the rules immediately, click on the underlined reference. Some imperative rules are as follows:
1. In each team’s offensive line-up, a minimum 10 batters must be used. You may add to this minimum at any time during the game but you may not shrink the line-up once expanded.
2. Free defensive substitution. As implied, no restrictions on defensive changes except for the pitcher re-entry rule.
3. Pitcher re-entry rule: In the case of a pitching change, once a pitcher is removed, he can only be re-entered as a pitcher after one complete inning has been played. This move can only be done once per game.
4. No deliberate physical contact between base runners and defensive players, i.e. NO BARRELING INTO THE CATCHER, SECOND BASEMAN, etc. Automatic ejection penalty.
5. Qualification round games are subject to a 3 hour time limit = no inning shall start after 3 hours has elapsed. Tie games are permitted – see tie breaker rules. However, all playoff games will play without time limits.
6. In case of rain, official game recorded only after 5 full innings completed. Games started but not registering 5 complete innings will be suspended and completed later. Offensive line-ups remain frozen and the suspended game must resume at the point of suspension (per scorebook).
7. All team managers must call in game results – win or lose- to the SFBL office 305.496.2962 within 10 minutes of game completion or suspension. All results will be posted to this website page live throughout the tournament.
Tournament Locations
The South Beach Slam will be played at (Links to Google Maps):