2023 Labor Day Classic

2023 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

OUR HOTEL PORTAL IS NOW CLOSED!

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.

2023 Fields & Facilities

2023 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

2023 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 this fall tournament is August 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!

Players are to be listed per team with all information entered correctly. Players can NOT be listed on 2 different rosters in the same age group. They can play on 2 different teams in the tournament, for example 15U and 17U, provided they are in different divisions.

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

2023 Tournament Schedule

We work on releasing our schedules 1 MONTH prior to any Fall event we host and run in a normal 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 Providence, Rhode Island. This allows everyone to plan in advance their hotels, social events but also let the college programs you're interested in, know the playing times of your team.

We will release schedules directly to the coaches when they have submitted all paperwork and payments, as early as August 1st. Public release for this event in 2023 will be August 18th, 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 Labor Day weekend in Providence, RI.

2023 Schedules

2023 Playoff Schedule

17U/18U Division

• All teams will play 3 games through pool play on Saturday, September 2nd and Sunday, September 3rd.
• Top 4 teams will be seeded #1-#4 and advance to the playoffs on Monday, September 4th.
• Semifinal games will take place on Monday morning at Rhode Island College. at 9am and 1115am.
• Championship game will be held on Monday, September 4th at Rhode Island College at 3:45PM.
• There will be a short award and trophy presentation at the end of the championship game.

15U/16U Division

• All teams will play 2 games on Saturday, September 2nd and be seeded #1-#14.
• Top 6 teams will advance to the playoffs and the bottom 8 teams will play a consolation game on Sunday, September 3rd.
• Top 6 teams will be seeded #1-#6 and will playoff on Sunday. #3 seed will play #6 seed along #4 seed playing #5 seed. Winners will advance to the semi-finals to play #1 and #2 seed respectively. 
• Championship game will be held on Monday, September 4th at Rhode Island College at 9AM.
• There will be a short award and trophy presentation at the end of the championship game.

13U/14U Division

• All teams will play 2 games on Saturday, September 2nd and be seeded #1-#5.
• The 5 teams will be seeded #1-#5 and will playoff on Sunday at University of Rhode Island.
• Championship game will be held on Sunday, September 3rd at University of Rhode Island at 3:45PM.
• There will be a short award and trophy presentation at the end of the 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

Labor Day Classic 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 Providence, Rhode Island.

2023 Results

Area Attractions and Visitor’s Guide

Coming soon from our partners at the Providence/Warwick Convention and Visitor's Bureau!