The 12th Annual Pete Schwab Memorial tournament is scheduled for July
12-14th in Frankenmuth's Heritage Park. As a change for 2013, this
year's tournament will be limited to ASA Class B pitching and below
(non-major pitchers). Pitcher's not on the Michigan ASA pitching list
must be pre-approved by the tournament committee prior to the
tournament. The pitcher restriction is being used as an experiment in
2013 to both align the competition level to the host team (a C team of
mostly 19-23 year olds), as well as, provide a competitive tournament
for traditional "league teams" - which some consider the life blood of
the game. Although this format has limited the # of all-star weekend
teams in this year's tournament, it will certainly provide the most
evenly competitive tournament in years.
The format for this year's tournament will be a 3 game round robin
followed by 3 divisions of single-elimination playoffs (an 8-team
championship bracket, a 4-team B bracket, and a 4-team C bracket).
All playoff games will be played on Sunday, while all round robin
games will be played on either Friday or Saturday.
The list of teams that have reserved a spot for this year's tournament
is shown below. We look forward to seeing everyone in July!
David
lachdavid(at)gmail.com
Schaefer & Bierlein Wranglers (Frankenmuth, MI) - host team
Tiffany's Food & Spirits (Frankenmuth, MI)
Munger Vols (Munger, MI)
Reese As (Reese, MI)
Capitals (Westerville, OH)
MacOChee (West Liberty, OH)
Thunder (Columbus, OH)
Wabash Elite (Wabash, IN)
DC Outlaws (Elkhart, IN)
Mayan Agency (Merrill, MI)
Turner Concrete (Midland, MI)
Superior Vault M46ers (Hemlock, MI)
Wright-Way (Eaton Rapids, MI)
Smalltown (Benton Harbor, MI)
Blues (Hastings, MI)
Grizzlies (Groderich, ON
