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Ohio State Championship

Tournament Logistics

2008 Dates:  August 7-10 (Thursday-Sunday)
2008 Site:  Akron, Ohio, multiple fields
2008 Host:  Greater Akron AA Baseball & Northeast Ohio Roy Hobbs Baseball
2008 Host Hotel:

Quality Inn Conference Center, located along I-77 at Arlington Road, with easy assess to fields set for tournament.

Address is 2940 Chenoweth Road, Akron, Ohio, 45212 (can be seen from I-77).� Call 330.644.7126 or email gm.oh320@choicehotels.com and ask for Buckeye Baseball rate. Rate is $69.99 for single or double, based on room availability.

Notes: 1) booking more than 4 rooms contact Kim 330.644.7126 ext. 284; 2) 72 hour cancellation prior to check in policy/all reservations must be in by July 30, 2008 to get discount; 3) block of rooms will be released Tuesday, August 5.

• Eligibility: Member leagues are guaranteed one slot in the Ohio playoffs; member leagues with 8 or more teams are guaranteed two slots in the Ohio playoffs. Host league will designate a host team beyond its guaranteed playoff slots for the final field.
• Individual member leagues will be free to determine how they choose their representative(s) to the state championship playoffs. All-Star teams, however, are not permitted. (Buckeye Baseball 18+ Executive Committee recommends that leagues with 1 slot to send their playoff championship team, that leagues with 2 slots to send their playoff championship team and their regular-season championship team � if the same team wins both, the second team should be the playoff runner-up.)
• Teams are allowed to add as many as 4 players to their regular-season roster. Added players must be in good standing in the representative team�s league; there is no restriction of positions.
• 3-game pool play guaranteed
• Top 12 teams advance to single elimination playoffs, or
• All teams with 2 victories qualify for single elimination playoffs.
• All teams play one game Thursday, with host community teams participating in the early (3 p.m. and 6 p.m.) games. Teams traveling the farthest will play in the later games.
• All teams play DH on Friday to complete pool play. Host teams may request late starts on Friday; all efforts will be made to have the DHs played back-to-back with no travel.
• Playoffs: First round Saturday morning, Quarterfinals Saturday afternoon, Semifinals Sunday morning, Championship Sunday afternoon. (Teams will be seeded in the playoffs based on record, head-to-head and runs allowed tiebreakers. With 12 teams, teams 1-2-3-4 would receive a bye, with the following first round matchups: 5-12, 6-11, 7-10 & 8-9; the winners would advance to play 1-2-3-4. Once brackets are set, no re-seeding.
• The Tournament Committee reserves the right to adjust the format where conditions beyond the control of the Committee so dictate.