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From This Page, Launch to all Tournament Related Information on the Site

Babe Ruth Tournament Trail
NH Invitationals
Compliance Documents
Hosting A Tournament
Round Robin Tie Breaker Rules
T-Trail Required Formats
Current Season Host Contacts
Current Season Team Coaches
Tourney Score Archives

Explanations

Babe Ruth Tournament Trail:

Dates and Venues for Districts, States, Regionals, World Series, and National Invitationals (NITs)


NH Invitationals:

Dates, Venues, Contact Data, tourney format, costs, and enrollment information


Compliance Documents:

What you need to bring with you to qualify for Babe Ruth Tournament Trail Events. Incomplete requirements may result in disqualification


Hosting A Tournament:

How to host a tournament; Things to plan for; how to make it a revenue positive event.


Round Robin Tie Breaker Rules:

Round Robins are great fun and offer teams more event games; however, the chance of multi-team ties exist. Here's the Babe Ruth approved method for breaking ties and determining final standings.


Required Formats for Tournament Trail Events:

Tournament Trail event formats, i.e., Round Robin, Elimination series, or hybrids; depends on team count


Current Season Host Contacts:

Tournament Trail Hosting information; who to contact and how


Current Season Team Coaches:

Tournament Trail teams by age group; coaches names and contact data; arrange scrimmages, practice games, etc.


Tourney Score Archives:

Scores and outcomes of past years Tournament Trail events;


Required Formats for District and State Tournament Trail Events
When Pool Play leads to Elimination Round, use pool play standings to seed teams for next level

# Teams
Format
Guaranteed minimum # games per team
Maximum # games in Tournament
Est Cost (1)
Entry Fee Recovery (2)
3
Round Robin; All advance to Double Elimination
4
8
$740
$750
4
Round Robin, All advnace to Single Elimination
4
10
$880
$1,000
5
Round Robin; Top four advnace to Single Elimination
4
14
$1,160
$1,250
6
Two Pools of 3, Round Robin, All advnace to Single Elimination
3
11
$950
$1,500
7
Try to avoid this
Double Elimination
2
13
$1,090
$1,750
8
Two Pools of 4; Round Robin, Top 2 teams from each pool advance to single Elimination
3
15
$1,230
$2,000
9
Three pools of 3; Round Robin, all advnace to Single Elimination
3
17
$1,370

$2,250

10
Two pools of 5; Round Robin, Top three per pool advance to Single Elimination
4
25
$1,930
$2,500

Footnotes:
(1) Assumes: 36 Trophies @ $5 each; $35 Umpire fee X 2 per game; Free balls
(2) Assumes: $250 Entry fee, and includes $250 savings to Host for NOT having to pay entry fee.

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