FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Question: Does a team have to qualify separately for the Summer National Championships and separetly for the Winter National Championships?
Answer: All USTBA Qualifiers award berths to both the Summer National Championships in San Diego, California and the Winter National Championships in Palm Springs, California in 2008. A berth earned by a team in a USTBA event is good for both of our West Coast National Championships whether a team chooses to play in either one or both of the National Championship events!
Question: What exactly does USTBA mean by "Open Rosters" and how do open rosters work?
Answer: USTBA uses Open Rosters during tournament play. Each time your team participates in a USTBA sanctioned event you only need to download a "Team Roster" form from our website and just write in your team information (and team membership#) and write in each player that will be playing for your team that specific weekend. Unlike other youth baseball organizations we do not "freeze" players to rosters whether you earn a berth to one of our National Championship events or not. Therefore there is no need to count your "adds" or "drops" or worry about getting a player released from a team he/she is no longer playing with. Your roster is new every time you come to one of our events. The USTBA Open Roster gives managers and teams all the flexibility they need to let the kids play! This is why our Open Rosters are worry free.
Note*** All teams participating with USTBA shall be charged an annual team membership to participate with USTBA. This annual membership is valid from January 1st thru December 31st.
HAVE A QUESTION FOR USTBA CALIFORNIA? WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THE BEST ANSWER WE CAN. EMAIL ME AT: rick@californiaustba.com
Getting Started with USTBA
California USTBA 2008 Season Team Registrations
All teams participating in USTBA tournament events must be registered for the current 2008 season. For
information on registering your team visit our National
Website:
Click Here To Register Your Team With USTBA
USTBA Offers a unique format that
caters to all travel teams. No team can initially classify
their status, this will be conducted throughout tournament
play. With the American and National Divisions our format
will separate the Elite from the Select in each tournament
played. We will crown a American Division
Champion and Runner up, a National Division Champion and
Runner Up each will be Awarded accordingly. TEAM and PLAYER
AWARDS.
(8 team minimum to do a
split bracket play).
All baseballs will be provided by
the director. We do ask to minimize this expense that each
coach has baseballs retrieved from the dugout players during
their games.
USTBA California also will award in each
tournament of play its USTBA Power Award to the player that
hits an Out-of-the-Park Homerun and will also award RBI Club to each player who bangs in 10 or more RBIs during tournament play. This player will then be
entered into the USTBA Homerun Club and recognized
Nationally throughout the entire season and the RBI Club player will be recognized state wide.
Western Regional Director - Rick Melendrez |
USTBA Southern California is headed up by |
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Fresno Area Director - Anthony Telesco |
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USTBA Fresno is headed up by - Anthony Telesco (559) 908-0229 anthonycoach@aol.com Community Sports Park in Davis is just one of the premier baseball venues USTBA Norcal will be hosting USTBA tournaments at in our 2008 season. Come out and experience a quality run tournament that each team member and parent will enjoy as your team works towards participating in our 2008 Summer Nationals Championsips in San Diego at the end of our summer season! Click Here For USTBA California Website |
Ventura USTBA Area Director - Carlo Diaz |
USTBA Ventua is head up by Ventura Area Director - Carlo Diaz (805) 794-8178 The Ventura area boasts some great baseball venues to play baseball at and is close to beach areas which makes for a great weekend of baseball. Play at the beach and stay at the beach!! Click Here For Ventura Details |