ATTENTION ATHLETIC DIRECTORS:
Please route a copy of this bulletin to your HEAD BASEBALL COACH, and make sure that you and your coaches have read the Baseball Bylaws in the CCS Tournament Guide!
c: League Commissioners; Site Directors; Officials Assignors

MEETINGS:
A.    SEEDING - SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2008, 4:00pm, @ the CCS office
        All qualifying teams MUST submit a completed SEASON SUMMARY SHEET, listing ALL games played,
        to the CCS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE SEEDING MEETING to be eligible to participate in the Section
        Tournament.
B.    EVALUATION - WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2008, 4:30pm, @ the CCS office
DATES / SITES / TIMES:

DATES / SITES / TIMES: (continued)
Note:  The CCS Commissioner and/or staff shall be responsible for all contracts for sites used during the CCS Play-offs.  The CCS Commissioner and/or staff have sole authority to schedule or cancel sites, as well as full discretion as to the assignment or re-assignment of teams to times and sites throughout the CCS Play-offs.  The CCS Commissioner and/or staff have the final authority in any disputes over sites or times of play, and the decision of the CCS Commissioner is not subject to appeal, due to the immediacy of running the Tournament for the good of the whole.  Neutral sites are not a policy of the CCS and should not be expected in any rounds of play.  Sites will be assigned by the CCS for the good of the Tournament.

SCOREBOOK:
The higher-seeded team's scorebook shall be considered the official game book, unless the game umpires arrange otherwise prior to the start of the game.

HOME TEAM:  For complete rules, see CCS Baseball Bylaws: Section 9.

LOCKER ROOMS: 
All coaches should check in with the host site director or coach.  Coaches and team members using locker facilities should NOT assume that there will be "full time" supervision of these facilities during Tournament play.  In view of this fact, it is incumbent upon each team to make their own arrangements for safeguarding their personnel's valuables.

TEAM ROSTERS: 
Team rosters are due on or before MAY 1ST, in order to be included in the Tournament program.  This year, the CCS Baseball Tournament programs are being printed by an outside contractor.   Coaches are strongly encouraged to submit rosters on-line to "Section Sports," at the following e-mail address:  justin@sectionsports.com.

PARKING:
A.    PLEASE NOTE: Host schools for 1st-Round games may NOT charge for parking.
B.    Washington Park and SJ-PAL Field are not currently charging for parking.
C.    San Jose Municipal Stadium currently charges $6/car for the adjacent parking lot.  Street parking is available
        on 10th St. and on Alma St.  (Non-patrons parked in the Ice Center's parking lot are subject to ticketing by SJPD.)
        PLEASE NOTE:  SJSU will be holding its annual Graduation ceremonies at Spartan Stadium on Saturday morning,
        May 24; thus, spectators for the first game of the CCS Finals should plan accordingly, regarding the limited
        parking situation in the immediate vicinity around SJ Municipal Stadium just prior to that first contest.)

ADMISSION PRICES:  (NOTE:  There is no pre-sale of CCS Baseball Play-offs tickets at school sites.)

EQUIPMENT:
RAWLINGS is the official CCS Tournament Baseball.  ALL GAMES will be played using a RAWLINGS baseball.  A limited number of sponsor game balls will be provided.  When this supply is depleted, teams must supply additional RAWLINGS baseballs, as needed.

GAME SUPERVISION:
All teams must be accompanied by a coach designated by the school represented as an official agent and employee of that school.  No teams will be allowed to participate without that supervision.

Adequate student and other-spectator supervision MUST be provided by each school participating in the Tournament.  School administrators/faculty who attend the contest in this capacity should introduce themselves to the CCS Site Director, and tell him/her where they will be located throughout the contest in case their assistance is needed.  It is the responsibility of the school supervisory personnel to prevent and correct any inappropriate behavior of their students or spectators.

SPORTSMANSHIP:  (For complete rules, see CCS Baseball Bylaws: Section 12.)

TOURNAMENT T-SHIRTS / HATS / PINS:
The CCS Tournament T-Shirt Order Form is included in the CCS Tournament Guide.  Official CCS T-Shirts ($12.00 per shirt), Participant Pins ($1.00 per pin) and Hats ($10.00 per hat) will be available at the Seeding Meeting.  While supplies last, T-shirts, pins, programs and hats will be on sale at Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals Tournament sites.

RADIO / TV LICENSING:
CCS owns the broadcast rights for all CCS Play-off contests.  Licensing is required.  To ensure coordination of appropriate paperwork and fees, interested media must contact the CCS Commissioner well before the respective contest to be broadcast.  No live TV broadcasts are allowed.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS AND COACHES:
The CIF-Central Coast Section is well aware that many other school and non-school activities (AP tests, SAT/ACT tests, proms, plays, holidays, senior trips, religious days, etc.) may occur during CCS Play-offs.  The CCS tries to avoid as many conflicts as possible; however, with so many activities available for today's student-athlete, it is not reasonable to assume that all such activities can be taken into account, and thus, CCS Play-off events will go on as originally scheduled.  Participants and coaches are therefore expected to plan in advance for such possible scheduling conflicts and make those difficult choices as to which events will take precedence for that individual.  Generally, although it is ultimately the personal choice of the student-athlete and/or his/her parent(s), an academic activity should take precedence over an extra-curricular event.