2010 Pastime Tournaments Schedule

University of Memphis added for 16U and 18U for 2010.

More to come ...

Nearly all remaining tournament dates and locations have been submitted for 2010. Only a hand full of events are yet to be finalized and posted. 2010 locations now include:

-University of Michigan
-Oklahoma State University
-Wichita State University
-Purdue University
-Butler University & University of Indianapolis
-University of Memphis
-University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky, Transylvania, and Georgetown College
-University of Arkansas Little Rock
-Ball State University
-Saint Louis University
-Wright State University & University of Dayton

Other events to be released in Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Tennessee.

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Have you looked into having more tourneys in the Southeast, mainly Georgia and Florida. Those are two hotbeds for baseball talent.

Absolutely and we will likely continue to bring events to that area. However, we will continue to work around the Perfect Game events in that area as we want to have as many of the teams that compete in our events to have the opportunity to head out to the WWBA and/or BCS if they wish. We are continuing to move in that direction though ... just takes time to work out locations and all the details.

*We may very well have a Florida event or two for 2010 that are in the works still.

I can get you a few DI college baseball fields and a few minor league stadiums if you are having troubles with locations.

Updating a previous post:

Pastime Tournaments 2010 schedule has added several new locations for 2010 since our last post with some more high profile D1 locations to be added over the next several days.

2010 locations include tournaments at:

Oklahoma State University
University of Michigan
Purdue University
Indiana University
Butler University/University of Indianapolis
Ball State University
Saint Louis University
University of Arkansas Little Rock
Wright State University
University of Dayton
Wichita State University
University of Memphis
Miami University (OH)
University of Kentucky/Transylvania University/Georgetown College/Eastern Kentucky University
Temple University (dates posting this week)

Other locations being posted include events in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions as well as several dates in Texas again.

2009 tournaments saw over 1200 teams participating in these events. We expect to see over 1600 teams attend events in 2010 as we have more than doubled the number of teams, right now, that were registered to attend at this point last year for 2009 events. We averaged close to 30 schools/scouts at each of our 17/18U tournaments in 2009 as well!

The full 2010 schedule can be found through our site through the link below and I have also included links to age filtered schedules:

FULL 2010 Pastime Tournaments Schedule

17/18U Specific Schedule

15/16U Specific Schedule

14U Specific Schedule

::Update::

*100 teams registered since Sunday November 1st putting the total number of teams registered for events in 2010 at nearly 400 teams already!

*That is more than 200 teams registered at this time last year for 2009 events!

There will be some more events added in the Mid-Atlantic region and in Texas shortly so keep an eye out for those tournaments as they become finalized and dates are released. Thanks.

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Wake Forest tournaments were added to our schedule of events today on a number of dates.

June 10-13 (15/16U aluminum bat)
June 24-27 (18U wood bat)
July 1-4 (17U wood bat & 15/16U aluminum bat)
July 8-11 (15/16U wood bat & 17/18U aluminum bat)

Registration will take place directly through our website as usual, baseballs provided as usual, and another couple of venues will be added before our schedule is completely finalized for 2010!

Use the AGE Filters at the top of the schedule page to make the schedule easier to manage based on your age division if you wish.
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Do you have scouts attending any of these tournaments? Nothing I can see mentioned on the web site.

Yes, depending on the age division you are referring to. We saw, on average, almost a school for every team in attendance at our 17/18U events in 2009. Some events had significantly higher turnouts for our 40+ team tournaments seeing nearly 50/60 schools in attendance. The competition is typically very good at our events and that is why coaches have come in the past. I expect much of the same in 2010 for sure. Thanks.

Are all tournaments finalized? I heard that there may be a tournament in MD/VA area.

This week will wrap up all tournament dates and locations. Maryland is still a possibility but if it is not up by the end of the week we will not host at that location. I'll send out a post on Friday/Saturday to let everyone know. Thanks!

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Michigan filled fast! Any chance of that opening back up? How many teams are you guys taking this year in Dayton as well? Thanks, looking forward to coming again.

Maybe. We are working on more fields as we speak. If/when we get more fields we will begin taking teams off of the Wait List. There are already a couple of teams on the Wait List so be sure to get your team signed up for the Wait List ASAP. The tournament at Wright State & University of Dayton will likely see 64+ teams in attendance ... great fields at that event and we see 45+ scouts at that event every year, easily.

Look forward to having you guys again but get registered for that Michigan Wait List and we will let you know once that event opens back up. Thanks.

Pastime hit 600+ teams registered for 2010 events today. Thank you everyone for the continued support. We will continue to improve our events and provide the best tournaments for your teams and parents. Thanks again.

Pastime,

We would like to come back to the UMich tourney but I have a question on the age cutoff rules. Please PM me or give me a call at your convenience. We will be completing our entire schedule with your organization again for 2010. You guys ran a tight ship last year. I and our parents appreciate your hard work and the quality events your team has put on.

Boiler Up!

I sent you a message regarding the age rules. Please look for that. Had to throw that PU thing in there didn't you.

See you guys soon!

How do we get our password to log in and register for tournaments? We have misplaced that information.

Sent a message. Please check it. Thanks.

Sorry for the bump but a number of programs have been asking about the Wake Forest (NC) and events in Texas at the Grand Prairie AirHogs QuikTrip Stadium. Both of these events have the usual 4 game guarantee and we always provide baseballs at our events. Be sure to check which are aluminum and which are wood bat events...those that are wood will say "wood bat" in the name of the event as well.

We understand those events are beginning to fill quickly but the first set number of teams to register and submit a deposit or full payment will get a guaranteed game at the feature field!

Thanks again and we look forward to a great summer.

Pastime Tournaments - Map Of Scheduled Events By State

Pastime Tournaments will be hosting at the University of Maryland on the following dates:

July 1-4 (15/16U)
July 22-25 (17/18U)

Registration is now open through our site! Thanks.

You guys are everywhere! You do a great job and wish you luck in DC as well.

Thanks kkleinkevin and sorry for the bump:

There will actually be two age divisions at Maryland July 1-4 (15/16U and 17/18U). The website has been updated accordingly.

Thanks and, again, sorry for the bump.

A few updates on 2010 tournaments:

University of Michigan - tournament is full with 45 teams right now, working on more fields to get more teams in off of the wait list.

Wright State University/U of Dayton 18U - tournament is at 63 teams right now with just 1 spot left open!

Indiana University - tournament is full.

*There are roughly 6 tournaments that have just a couple of spots remaining open right now and will become full and closed over the next week or two.

**Pastime has partnered with a couple of showcase/clinic programs to provide more exposure opportunities to the players attending specific events through out the summer. We are working on getting those listed on the website and marked so teams know which events will have those opportunities at them. We will make sure all teams are aware of those events once that is done.

***Happy New Year to everyone and we look forward to a great 2010.

Do you have any plans to do anything in Florida this summer? We are making plans for a trip and would like to stay for a week or two in late June or early July. We've gone to Orlando a few times but have not been impressed as of late. If you don't have anything could you make some recommendations?

18U Temple University June 24-27 event field has been expanded to 24 teams. The event is now open again for registration on our site.

Still working on getting some of the others that are already full opened again by getting more fields. Thanks.

Crazy that we release fall schedules before we play a game of school/summer ball, I know, but about 95% of our fall tournament schedule has been released to the tournament schedule page and we've gotten about 100 emails regarding the schedule already so here it is.

Many of you already know but the fall events we host are ALL WOOD BAT events and all lead up to our Fall Wood Bat Championships. The pre-championship events are all 4 game guarantees, baseballs provided as usual, and have a round robin format.

Scroll down to the bottom for the fall events. Summer events are listed first based on start dates. OR you can simply filter the events by age division and select 17/18U and that will shorten the scheduled list for you.

2010 Pastime Tournaments Schedule

*Schedule this fall includes events at: Parkland College (IL), Midland Redskins Field (OH), Saint Louis University (MO-twice), Transylvania University (KY), Rockford RiverHawks (IL), Ft. Wayne Tin Caps (IN), University of Evansville (IN), Championships in Indianapolis, IN at Butler University and University of Indianapolis.

Fall schedule looks solid. More events than in years past for sure. Have you thought about something in Western Pennsylvania? We had a few schools from that area watch our kids at the Butler event last summer.

Not sure if we will add something in Western PA this fall, likely next summer before you see more PA events from us. Should see some good stuff next summer though for sure.

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On another note, we have a lot of our summer events that are now at capacity or within a team or two of capacity at more than a hand full of tournaments. Several were closed this morning already and a number more will likely be closed this week! Be sure to get your team registrations in if you have not yet registered and paid for your events.

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I have a quick question about Pastime Tournaments. Are the 17u/18u tournaments, championship style tournaments, or are they just showcases where a team may play 4 games and that's it?

Championship format after the 4 pool play games. Depending on the number of teams attending an event, say 30 teams for example, we run through 4 pool play games and then accept the top 8 teams for a championship bracket and the next 8 teams for a consolation bracket (so 16 teams advance to Sunday).

Championship rounds will see the two teams making it in to the championship game playing there 3rd game of the day and there 7th game of the tournament in most cases. Lots of baseball, good for everyone involved, we think.

Our Nationals are similar as well but we have 5 pool play games with some teams playing up to 8-9 games during the event. Hope that helps.

**Fall tournaments are different. They are more of a round robin style format as you described until our fall championships which revert back to championship play after pool play.

Just a heads up to many of those who attend our events that are HSBW users ... we are beginning to post several schedules for this summer for the events that are full and/or on a wait list. Since there are so many events that are already full, some with as many as 64 teams attending, we plan on having many of the schedules out by April 15 or sooner! We understand this helps teams with planning, etc, so we will continue to try and push them out as quickly as we can. Thanks!

::Update::

New tournament schedules are set to be released next week. The full fall schedule of tournaments has been released to the website as well. Final tournament registrations for summer events in 2010 should be submitted by May 1. Good luck to everyone.

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Hey Pasttime, we are going to be at one of your tournaments up in Kentucky this weekend. Any idea how many scouts will be there? Where will they be from and do you know if they will be at all the fields, or just at the main EKU field?

Thanks. Maybe we'll see you there!!

Pastime, just got back from your tournament in Kentucky. We played 4 games and the only scouts we saw there were a coach from one of the schools. We played at 2 schools. I know there was a coach from one of them there. Not even sure about the other. I did see a guy there to groom the field between games, but not sure if he was a coach or not and not sure if he was there to scout or just fix the fields.

Bottom line is, there were no scouts from outside the school - at least that I saw. You may need to work on that to have people return to the tournaments. As of now, I'm not sure we would go back, especially traveling as far as we did for as many days as this tournament was. We had games on Thrusday, Friday and Saturday. That lead into 4 hotel nights and a 5 1/2 hour drive to be seen by one coach. Long way to travel and a big expense to have one guy there from one of the schools.

we went to few last year, I thought they were pretty good as far as competiton and tourney's go. Not a lot of scouts unless you make it to the last day (and we never did so i can't offcially comment ). I did run into the odd one here and there that was watching/following the odd player in particular. I would advise contacting scouts before hand and advising where you will be. This would be an advisable process for any tourney though. The killer is the travel. If you have a summer coach who has contacts is proactive it can make all the difference.

bballman - I am not sure which team you are with, I am assuming the 16 year old GA Hurricanes, but we printed off nearly 25 complete roster packets which are given ONLY to schools at the event and they were gone before Sunday. We get the coaches to attend but unfortunately we can't force them to watch every team and with 90% of the teams at this event being 17 year old teams that they can recruit right away from I am sure their focus and attention may have been on them. I can tell you that the 4 facilities used during the weekend (Transylvania, Eastern Kentucky University, Georgetown College, University of Kentucky) had representatives in town ... as well as the University of Indianapolis who also had a representative as the lead director of the event. That's 5 schools alone that we could 100% guarantee in attendance before you left home. 5 schools doesn't mean a whole lot to us as our numbers show quite a bit more but, again, we can't force them to watch the 15 and 16U teams unfortunately.

I do agree with liner that having a proactive coach always helps during the recruiting trail. Most coaches aren't going to watch a team they have never heard of ... they need someone to make some contact with or someone to tell them "that team has a couple of kids that can play" before they commit to a game/team and watch them. Coaches travel pretty hard, there are NCAA rules they have to watch, and hundreds of thousands of kids to recruit from ... every voice helps. However, I will disagree on the Sunday notion as most scouts are gone and back home by Sunday unless there is a pitcher they want to see that is scheduled to throw on Thursday. From our experience, we see the majority of schools in attendance on Friday and Saturday.

Thank you for the feedback and we will continue to work on improving your visibility.

No problem Pastime. Yes, we are with the Georgia Hurricanes. We played at two of the 4 facilities, Transylvania and EKU. We didn't do well there overall. Won one game and it was the one my son pitched. Complete game 2-1 win. Did see and talk to the Transylvania coach (nice guy), and he was there for that game. Didn't see anyone at the EKU game although, he could have been up in the pressbox there. Thanks for the feedback. Didn't mean to dis you. It was a well run tournament and I don't have any complaints at all about how the event was run or the umps or anyone else. Good job there.

I just remember you saying that you usually had about as many scouts as there were teams in the event. Just asking. Once again, thanks for the response and a well run tournament.

If you want to see college coaches, try one of the Dynamic (Canes) events. We saw a lot of coaches at the VT/Radford event two weeks ago.