2012 Family Ties Sunshine Classic
A wood bat event presented by H2 Baseball.
February 9-12, 2012
Fort Myers, Florida
(Player Development Complex and historic Terry Park)
Click here to see schedule and results.
Format
GUARANTEES: 4 games guaranteed. Three pool-play games plus playoffs, with Championship game Sunday mid-day. All teams have the opportunity for a Thursday afternoon workout, followed by pool games Thursday night (1) and Friday (2) with pool play wrap-up before playoffs on Saturday. Single or double-elimination playoffs will be determined by the number of teams competing. (Note: teams competing in the Veterans Division as well as entering a team in the Father-Son will be given priority scheduling whenever possible to avoid game conflicts, even if it means later championship game starts on Sunday.)
MINIMUMS:4 teams needed to complete a division.
RULES:Use H2Baseball Father-Son rules. Click here to see rules.
ELIGIBILITY: Minimum age is 16.
ROSTERS: Minimum roster is 13, Maximum is 20 players per team.
LOCKER ROOM: (optional) All players will have the option to have a locker in a MLB spring training locker room with access to trainer services, daily laundry, continental breakfast, and post-game icing as well as adult refreshments. Teams lockers will be grouped together, based on registrations received by Feb. 1. (See FEE section for locker room costs and minimums.)
KANGAROO COURT:Several sessions of Kangaroo Court are planned to assist in recognizing the stellar, or otherwise, accomplishments of the Father-Son participants. Proceeds go to the Roy Hobbs Foundation … www.royhobbs.org.
AWARDS:Champions – $500 in H2Baseball credits, toward rings, event fees, apparel, equipment, future Cactus Classic waivers, etc. Runner-up receive equipment prize.
Fees
TEAM: $600 per team, due by Jan. 15. After Jan. 15, fee is $750. Maximum 20 players per team.
LOCKER ROOM OPTION: $100 per player for Thursday afternoon through Sunday noon, due by Jan 23; after Jan. 23, fee is $125 per player. Minimum 25 participants needed overall to operate the locker room. TEAM fee for the locker room is: $1000 for up to 13 players; additional players are $75 each.
MULTIPLE EVENTS: Any players taking advantage of multiple events in the Sunshine Classic series, i.e., Veterans, Family Ties, Spring Training, President’s Day or Open, may take a 10% discount on the combined fees of their selected events. (Any combo with President’s Day competition can take a 20% discount.) When registering on-line, please note that you are selecting multiple events.
Hotels & Cars
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Roster Guidelines
The Family Ties concept relates to blood or marriage relationships between a ‘father’ designee or a ‘son’ designee, i.e., uncles-nephews or nieces or cousins are included as long as the ‘father’ and ‘son’ age and relationship requirements are met. Additionally, Brother to Father or Grandfather considered ‘father’ and may bring someone in the son-designation category.
Multiple partners allowed, i.e., father and 2 sons or father and son & daughter. All relationships will be delineated on team roster forms.
Any players under the age of 40 at the time of the event are considered ‘sons’ for all playing guidelines; any players 40 and older are considered ‘fathers’ for all playing guidelines.
In-law designation, allowed, limited to 1 combo per team. In-laws will be required to produce legal documentation of relationship.
Injured players: Verification a necessity if a ‘father’ player is injured before or during the tournament and cannot play; ‘son’ designee remains eligible as long as the ‘father’ element of the combo is on the bench. H2Baseball to determine verification requirements.
All participants must become H2Baseball members and follow H2Baseball insurance guidelines.
Sons must be at least 16 years old at the time of the competition.
Complete teams will be encouraged.
Minimum roster size: 14. (If circumstances force a smaller game-time roster, i.e., injuries or a pool team set up, both teams may bat the same number as the total players on the smaller roster, meaning rule 7a is moot.)
Pool teams will be built as the situation and availability dictates, even if that means splitting an existing to create and EVEN number of teams.
H2Baseball will make very effort to balance rosters numerically, meaning that if a team comes in with 12 players and pool players are available, a father-son combo may be added to that roster to bring it in line with the rosters of all teams playing.
Registration
Online registrationClick to see Family Ties Rules