WEATHER UPDATES

Coaches and Administrators,

We are excited to have you in the Five Tool World Series!

The schedule has been posted online, please click the link below to view the schedule. Please note that there may be changes prior to the event. Make sure you are following the schedule online and NOT A SCREENSHOT.

CLICK HERE FOR 7/22 - 7/26 SCHEDULE

NO SPIKES PREMIER BASEBALL OF TEXAS

NO SPIKES AT SCHIEL ROAD AS THE MOUND AND PLATE ARE TURF

NO OUTSIDE FOOD, DRINKS, OR SPECTATOR COOLERS AT PREMIER BASEBALL OF TEXAS

NO SEEDS ALLOWED AT ANY FIELDS DUE TO HEALTH CONCERNS WITH COVID-19

• Venues will be Premier Baseball of Texas, Schiel Road, and Carl Barton Jr. Park
• Game times will be 2:00 hours or 7 Innings
• Each team is guaranteed 4 games
• Teams in a four team pool will receive a consolation game on Saturday night if they do not make it into the bracket.
• Home team is decided by coin flip in pool play and consolation games. Higher seed is home team in bracket play games.
• 3 baseballs will be provided at the beginning of each game. Teams are responsible for providing NFHS regulation baseballs from there. 
• EH & DH is allowed. Free substitutions.
• Participants in Five Tool Baseball events should adhere to the MLB Pitch Smart Guidelines.
• Each Venue will have a site director that can assist you with any questions
• Full Social Media coverage will be provided at every game!
• Ties: Pool play and consolation games can end in a tie after 7 complete innings or 2 hour time limit. In bracket play games, the first extra inning (after the 7th, or after time has expired) will be regular baseball. All innings after that will start with the bases loaded and one out.
• Tie Breakers: Head to Head, Runs Allowed, Run Differential (8 max), Runs Scored.
• Run Rule is 10 after 5
• High School Federation Rules will apply (Catchers can't wear skull caps. They must have ear protection).

SUBMIT YOUR ROSTERS IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO! THIS IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SOCIAL MEDIA

Click Here for the 7/22 -7/26 Game Schedule

COVID-19 Precautions and Guidelines:

1. ALL staff, fans, players, coaches, and other personnel are REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK when entering or exiting the facilities, or when social distancing is not an option.

2. Masks can be removed when you find your seat, as long as you maintain social distancing from other people that are outside of your household. 

3.  While waiting to take the field, please keep all players and coaches down the line and not crowded around the seating area, or the quad at Premier Baseball of Texas.

4.  Masks must be worn at all times when indoors, restrooms, or other areas that social distancing is not an option. 

5.  Please allow our staff to have a minimum of 6 ft. of space and do not engage with staff members without wearing a mask. 

6.  Parents need to stay in the vehicles until 10 minutes prior to their game time.  (No watching the games before. We need to avoid large crowds.)

7.  Following games, we ask that fans and teams exit the park ASAP to limit the total number of people in the park at one time. This means NO POST GAME MEETINGS!!

8. Players need to wear a mask when in the dugout, or they can set up seating outside of the field of play in the bullpen areas to social distance.

We look forward to seeing you out this weekend!

Thanks,

Nick Thames

nick@fivetool.org

Coaches and Administrators,

We are excited for the World Series event that starts tomorrow in Houston.  As you are probably aware, there is rain in the forecast and the potential for development in the gulf later in the week.  We wanted you to be aware of the protocol this week as we are using multiple natural surface fields that could create issues if field conditions will not allow play.  We are maxed out on field space with few spaces available if a significant number of games are lost.  We will operate under our normal policy Wednesday and Thursday.  If a game is delayed or postponed for more than 1 hour, that game will be cancelled and we will move to the next game slot.  At the conclusion of play on Thursday, we will assess where we are with lost games and make a determination on what needs to be done to maintain the integrity of the bracket.  Each following day will be handled the same way.  We will determine what games can impact the pool winners and give those games priority in the rescheduling process.  Let’s hope that the forecast is wrong and all of this is irrelevant.  

We know it has been a trying summer for all.  We are grateful to you and your clubs for making the best of a difficult situation this summer.  Travel safe and we will see you tomorrow.

Thanks,

Nick Thames

nick@fivetool.org