2022 Babe Ruth

15U – State Tournament

Milford, CT

July 9 – July 16

Welcome

Milford Junior Major League is proud to host the 2022 – 15 year old State Tournament starting July 9th.

Teams

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

Fairfield

Host - Milford

 

 

Stamford

North Haven

 

 

Trumbull

Shelton

Waterford

Shepaug

 

It would be appreciated if each team could e-mail a copy of their roster along with the phonetic pronunciations for each player to help the PA announcer to Bob Wheway.

Schedule / Bracket

The bracket, warm up schedule, box score and pitching record, can be found on our JML Website. Game results can also be found on the State Tourney Machine Website.

Location and Fields

We will be using two fields for the Tournament with the majority of games being played at Jonathan Law High School. The other field is Wasson Field,

Metal cleats will be strictly prohibited at Jonathan Law. Please advise your players to bring turf shoes with plastic cleats. Metal cleat are allowed on Wasson field.

·         Jonathan Law – 20 Landsdale Avenue

·         Wasson Field – 70 West River Street

Jimmy Fund

We will be collecting money for the Jimmy Fund throughout the tournament. Donation cans can be found at the scorer’s table and will also be passed through the crowd during games. If your League would like to make a group donation to the Jimmy Fund, you can bring a check and we will make sure it gets to the right place.

 

Tournament Contacts

Connecticut Babe Ruth Chairman - Phil Marcoux - 203-909-1751 - pgmarcoux@yahoo.com

Connecticut Babe Ruth State Commissioner – Bob Elinskas - 203-258-0227 - bobelinskas@gmail.com

Tournament Director – Bob Wheway - 203-606-0309 – rjwheway@gmail.com

Milford Site Directors –       Scott Monforte – 203-543-0447 - sjminspect@gmail.com

                                                Dawn Fanara – 203-812-9162 - dfanara15@yahoo.com

Tournament Fees

The fee for the tournament will be $350 per team. A check made payable to State of Connecticut Babe Ruth shall be submitted with your tournament book. Your tournament book must be submitted prior to your first game to the Tournament Director.

Each team will also be responsible for covering the cost ($80 cash) of one umpire per game.

Game Specifics

Practice & Warmups

If time permits before each game, the following schedule will be used for warmups:

Minutes Prior to game start

1st Base Dugout

3rd Base Dugout

85 Minutes

Batting Cage for 30 minutes

 

55 Minutes

 

Batting Cage for 30 minutes

40 Minutes

Infield practice for 15 minutes*

 

25 Minutes

 

Infield practice for 15 minutes*

10 Minutes

Teams in Dugouts

 

10 Minutes

Managers Meeting at home plate

 

Notes:

 

* If the field is not available 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start time the Teams will split the remaining time less 10 minutes for "In Field practice". It is possible there won't be enough time available due to the completion time of the previous game and field grooming etc. Regardless, the teams must be in their dugouts and ready to play 10 minutes prior to game time.


Protest Committee

·         Each team must have one representative for the protest committee for each of their games. This person cannot be a member of the team coaching staff. Please present this person’s name to the official scorer 30 minutes prior to the start of the game with your official lineup.

Lineup Cards / Official Score Keeper 

·         Please provide your lineup card to the Official Score Keeper and opposing team at least 30 minutes before game time and earlier if possible. Please list player first and last name, uniform number, position, and phonetic pronunciation of last name. All substitutions and pitching changes must also be reported to the Official Score Keeper. All games will have a PA announcer.

·         Players will be called out on the field to line up on their respective foul line for the National Anthem 10 minutes prior to game time.

·         The home and visiting teams are responsible verifying the pitch counts with the official pitch count statistician at the end of each half inning.

Home team / Dugouts

·         The team whose town is closest to the site of the Tournament will occupy the 1st base dugout. Home team will be determined by coin toss 10 minutes prior to start of game.

Baseballs

·         Baseballs will be provided by the State.

Coaches

·         Coaches are required to be in full uniform.

Rules

·         Tournament Rules will be per the State of Connecticut Babe Ruth website and can be found HERE  in addition to the Babe Ruth Rule Book (tournament rules). Please make sure that you download and review them.

·         Any player, coach or fan who displays poor sportsmanship and behavior will be subject to removal from the complex. Refusal to leave the complex could result in arrest.

 

Nearby Urgent Care Facilities

 


St. Vincent’s Primary Care
Walk-In Center

199 Cherry Street

Milford, CT

203-874-0248

9:00am – 5:00pm


Milford Hospital Walk-In Center

831 Boston Post Road

Milford, CT

203-876-4101

8:00am – 7:30pm

 

Nearby Hospitals (24 hours)


Milford Hospital

300 Seaside Avenue

Milford, CT

203-876-4000


Bridgeport Hospital

267 Grant Street

Bridgeport, CT

203-384-3000


Yale New Haven Hospital

20 York Street

New Haven

203-688-4242