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2024 Mid Atlantic Patriotic Bash

Saturday, June 22nd – Tuesday, June 25th, 2024 | Fairfax, Virginia

College Showcase Camp

Coming in 2024...

Friday, June 21st 6-930PM!

Hotels will Open on October 1st!

Colleges/Scouts who expressed interest in attending this event annually!

2024 Tournament Information

Age groups: 13U, 14U, 15U, 16U; 17U/18U (5 Divisions)

Pool play: Saturday, June 22nd through Monday, June 24th, 2024

Playoffs & Championships: Tuesday, June 25th, 2024

  • Please Note: - Teams will be accepted on a "First Paid-First Accepted" basis and entries will be limited only to the first 60+ paid registrations.
  • Registration Fee: $1,499.00.
  • Teams who register, but do not pay are not in the tournament and placed on the waiting list until payment is received. To avoid being placed on the waiting list and secure entry, payment must be made.
  • 4 Game Guarantee: Pool play format will be used with all teams entered (*weather permitting*).
  • Baseballs and lineup cards are included for this event as an added bonus to all teams and programs.
  • Two (2) High School board certified Umpires are supplied for every game.
  • Preliminary round games will take place at area high school and collegiate fields with the playoffs and championship games at college facilities. We use the top fields in the Fairfax, Virginia area such as Patriot Park North's brand new turf complex, George Mason University and many more.
  • Current and past college and professional coaches are employed to evaluate the teams at the prime recruiting age groups during our events.
  • NO GATE FEES EVER! (Savings of $250.00 per team based on competitor's prices)
  • Above and Beyond our Competition...We provide on-field reporting, pre and post game interviews with players and coaches, social media staff to promote players and teams, live in game statistics, player assessments and videos which get added to our player database and much much more!

Event/Weather Updates

We understand weather and mother nature can impact your event experience unfortunately. We strive to provide communication before you leave your home or hotel, when possible.

There are many factors that go into running events including the weather, leasing fields from private schools, town officials that get these fields ready along other "outside factors" that can determine delays, shortening of games or unfortunately cancelations as well. Please click on this link or the yellow button on our schedule page "Event/Weather Updates" for updates daily when weather can be an impact to your event.

Event/Weather Updates

 

2024 Pro & College Coaches Expected or Attending

Please check out our website regularly as we approach the our summer events for confirmed attendance of coaches, schools and scouts. Our rotator above will show you the quality of programs who attended this event previously and have expressed their interest in attending again each year.

Colleges/Organizations who are expected to be in attendance in 2024!

  1. Allegheny College
  2. Bridgewater College
  3. Cabrini University
  4. Catholic University
  5. Cecil College
  6. Delaware State University
  7. Eastern University
  8. Felician College
  9. Frostburg State University
  10. George Mason University
  11. Gettysburg University
  12. Houston Astros - MLB organization
  13. Johnson & Wales University
  14. Lancaster Bible College
  15. Mansfield University
  16. Mary Baldwin University
  17. McDaniel College
  18. Millersville University
  19. NY Mets - MLB Organization
  20. Pittsburgh Pirates - MLB organization
  21. Rockland Community College
  22. Salve Regina University
  23. Shenandoah University
  24. Stevenson University
  25. Stockton University
  26. University of Sciences
  27. Westminster College
  28. West Virginia Wesleyan University
  29. Wheeling University
  30. York College of Pennsylvania

2024 Hotel Policy

ALL TRAVELING TEAM MANAGERS/CLUB ADMINISTRATORS MUST REVIEW OUR HOTEL POLICY & RULES BELOW. FAILURE TO KNOW OUR POLICY COULD SUBJECT YOUR TEAM TO NON-ACCEPTANCE OR REMOVAL FROM THE TOURNAMENT

Hotel Portal is now Open!

 

To insure the quality of service provided during Firecracker Sports events, there is a Hotel Obligation Policy.

WHAT IS A “HOTEL OBLIGATION” TOURNAMENT?

Simply stated, if your team requires hotel accommodations (team traveling 75 miles or more to the event’s destination city) your team MUST stay at one of the approved participating tournament partner hotels. These participating hotels are reviewable by clicking on the “hotel” links on the tournament event page or on the main page of Firecracker Sports. Reservations can be made prior to being accepted and should be made ASAP as the hotels fill up quick.

WHY DOES THIS TOURNAMENT HAVE A “HOTEL OBLIGATION?”

We work very hard to keep our costs down and also balance the economic impact a tournament like ours can have towards the communities and programs we serve. The approved hotels on this website assist with both concerns and the following are the benefits to our programs:

  • To make it manageable we have room nights “blocked” for our out-of-town teams from our participating tournament partner hotels.
  • Because we do not use a Third Party Housing Group and we negotiate large blocks of rooms with the hotels directly, you’ll find a wide variety of best pricing and amenities from our hotels.
  • Care in selecting location and proximity to our playing field. See our "fields/facilities" tab to find out where your team most likely will be playing so you can lock down hotels near your fields.
  • All of our tournament hotels have been approved due to their quality and desire to give our guests the best event experience.
  • Room inventory which is shared with the tournament to ensure that room demands can be met from year to year.
  • By using participating tournament partner hotels, Firecracker Sports can offer our “Act of God” Clause. This states “Should this event be cancelled for reasons beyond the Event Organizer’s control (including weather), all outstanding reservations will be released at no charge to the participants.”

WHY ARE THERE PENALTIES FOR NOT ABIDING BY OUR HOTEL “HOTEL OBLIGATION” POLICY?

In order to best serve our out-of-town teams we need this to be a win-win for our guest teams and our hotel partners…If the rules are not followed then we jeopardize our relationships with these hotels and this could potentially add more costs to the teams.

WHAT ARE THE PENALTIES FOR NOT FOLLOWING OUR POLICY?

  • Any accepted team to a tournament(s) who requires overnight accommodations and does not stay in one of our approved partner hotels will not be accepted to the tournament.
  • An accepted team to a tournament(s) who requires overnight accommodations and double books their team at more than one hotel will not be accepted to the tournament or will be removed from the tournament.
  • Teams who do not stay in our partner hotels will risk forfeiting their games and not be allowed to return to the tournament next year.

WHAT IF OUR TEAM DOES NOT GET ACCEPTED AND WE HAVE A HOTEL RESERVATION?

Teams will be able to cancel their hotel reservation if they are not accepted to the tournament.

2024 Fields & Facilities

We try to give all our student athletes and their families a first class experience by securing and enabling all our teams to play on the top facilities in Fairfax, Virginia area. We would like to see all our teams play all their pool play and playoff games on top fields, including collegiately.

As you can see from the list below most of our divisions are exclusively played on pro stadiums or collegiate fields including playoffs and Championships for our 13U, 14U and 15U Divisions. These younger divisions are given these unique playing opportunities which has become increasingly rare for other tournament providers. These fields and facilities are tentatively scheduled to host each year but until schedules are finalized please inquire about your location before securing your hotels and travel plans.

17U/18U Division: Pool Play Fields (Championship Game is George Mason University)

2024 Tournament Rules

Thank you for your interest in Firecracker Sports and support for our baseball events. We have updated several rules so there is more clarity to lineups, tie-breakers and other dynamics like home vs. away. We answer all of your biggest questions regarding rules by checking out our “Team Information” section which includes event rules such as age requirements, tie-breakers, lineups and much more like insurance, rosters and payments. Please click on the button below for more advanced details.

If you have any questions or concerns please hit the chat button at the bottom of your screen or email operations@firecrackersports.com for more details.

 OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT RULES

2024 Team Roster Forms

Thank you for your interest and support of our Firecracker Sports events. In order to provide you the best experience possible, we request the entry of your team's roster via the link below. The deadline for all summer tournaments is April 1st. This will allow us to promote your student athletes to the attending college coaches ahead of time along with promote the players who have committed to play in college, giving an extra boast not only to the student athletes but your programs as well!

We have created a brand new and innovative website that is user-friendly for our parents, players and coaches. With this exciting new addition, we have created a one-stop shop for all your showcase baseball needs. You can create a user account, setup your teams, register for any event, make payments plus enter your roster one time and being done for the entire calendar year! This platform also will be where you see hotels, shopping, schedules, scores, standings and playoff implications right from your mobile device. We hope you enjoy this special benefit and make your life easier.

ENTER TEAM ROSTER INFORMATION HERE

2024 Tournament Schedule

We work on releasing our schedules 2 MONTHS prior to any event we host and run throughout the calendar year. Once our event becomes full we begin to put the teams, fields and pool play together so you can plan your trip better to Fairfax, Viriginia.  This allows everyone to plan in advance their hotels, social events but also let the college programs you are interested in, know your playing times if they are interested in attending.

We will release schedules directly to the coaches when they have submitted all paperwork and payments, as early as February 1st. Public release for this event in 2024 will be May 22nd, listed right here. We try to maintain first class customer service from the point of registration, all the way through our final Championship game of our events, so your experience always remains first class!

Please check out the latest scores and standings of our current event held for the Mid Atlantic Patriotic Bash.

2024 SCHEDULES

 

2023 Playoffs/Tie-Breaker System

13U Division

  • We will have playoffs on Monday, June 26th (Top 2 overall teams).
  • Teams will be seeded according to the tie-breaker system, listed below.
  • The championship game will take place at Patriot Park North at 8AM.
  • There will be a short award and trophy presentation at the end of each championship game.

14U Division

  • We will have playoffs on Sunday, June 25th (Teams will be seeded #1-#11 after their 2 pool play games).
  • Teams will be seeded according to the tie-breaker system, listed below.
  • Playoffs will continue all day, Sunday, June 25th.
  • Semifinals will take place on Monday, June 26th at Patriot Park North at 8am and 10am.
  • The championship game will take place at Patriot Park North at 12:15PM.
  • There will be a short award and trophy presentation at the end of each championship game.

15U Division

  • We will have playoffs on Sunday, June 25th after every team plays 2 games.
  • Teams will be seeded #1-#17 according to the tie-breaker system, listed below.
  • There will be a consolation round for teams #10-#17.
  • There will be a playoff round of #1-#9 for the remaining teams on Sunday, June 25th.
  • Semifinal games will take place at Patriot Park North on June 26th at 8am and 10am.
  • The championship game will take place at Patriot Park North, right after at 12:15PM.
  • There will be a short award and trophy presentation at the end of each championship game.

16U Division

  • We will have playoffs on Monday, June 26th (2 overall teams after their 3 games).
  • Teams will be seeded according to the tie-breaker system, listed below.
  • The championship game will take place at Patriot Park North at 12:15PM.
  • There will be a short award and trophy presentation at the end of each championship game.

17U/18U Division

  • We will have playoffs on Sunday, June 25th (Teams will be seeded #1-#11 after their 2 pool play games).
  • Teams will be seeded according to the tie-breaker system, listed below.
  • Playoffs will continue all day, Sunday, June 25th.
  • Semifinals will take place on Monday, June 26th at Patriot Park North at 8am and 10am.
  • The championship game will take place at Patriot Park North at 12:15PM.
  • There will be a short award and trophy presentation at the end of each championship game.

TIE-BREAKER SYSTEM (for advancing from pool play to playoffs):

  1. Pool Play – Overall Record/Winning Percentage
    • Overall record in our tournaments will be used first to determine playoff seedings.
    • In the event a tournament is impacted by the weather or other unforeseen issues, resulting in all teams in the same division not having played an equal amount of games, winning percentage will be used instead of overall record to determine playoff seedings.
    • For clarification, overall record of 4-0 is better than 3-0 or 2-0, even though the winning percentage is the same. 
  2. Head to Head – (Two and Three or more Teams)
    • If two teams are tied – The head to head winner in that matchup advances.
    • If three or more teams are tied – If one team has defeated the other teams, that team advances. If not go to #3.
  3. Pool play runs allowed
  4. Pool play run differential
  5. Pool play runs scored
  6. Coin flip

Mid Atlantic Patriotic Bash Scores & Standings

We have stepped up your tournament experience by launching a mobile friendly scores, standings and brackets application to make your experience even better. Now you can see scores, schedules and standings right from your mobile device as soon as the games are concluded. No more calls, emails to find out where, when and who you are playing. Through our app, you can find the GPS location of fields, get notified of time changes, incase of inclement weather but more importantly know where your team is placed for standings after wins or unfortunately, losses.

Please check out the latest scores and standings of our events, past and present, held in Fairfax, Virginia.

2024 SCHEDULES/RESULTS

Fairfax, Virginia Destination Information

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