The State Baseball format is different than any other tournament. Can someone on this board explain it, it just does not make sense to me.
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https://nsaa-static.s3.amazonaws.com/textfile/base/manualba.pdf This is the baseball manual, which on page 19 enters into the twilight zone when it describes what happens on day 4 of the tournament. So if you win the 1st round, the 2nd round, win the semifinal game. Then you play another game and you will be in the finals whether you win or lose that game. HUH?
This is standard baseball format, and it's done because it eliminates the possibility of having your event spread out over 6 days. When you are renting facilities and relying on those facilities to be available, having a set number of days works a lot better.
In a traditional, double-elimination bracket where the loser plays back through to the winner's bracket champion, you could have a potential 6 day tournament. On day 5, you would have the loser's bracket championship. The winner would move on to the final against the winner's bracket champion. However, if the team with one loss wins that game, you would have to play the "if" game...........but, it couldn't be played until the following day. No team can play more than 2 games in a day, thus making both teams pack up and come back the next day.
In the modified format used by the NSAA and the American Legion, the tournament takes 5 days to play. There is no guess work in whether or not you'll need the 6th date. The team who wins the winner's bracket is still in the driver's seat. I've seen teams who are the undefeated team on day 4 throw "off", which may result in a loss, but it saves all of their best arms for a one-game winner take all final the following night. I've seen other teams who play to win the day 4 game so that they have to be beat twice on day 5.
I like the modified format, and it makes sense from a planning and scheduling standpoint.
Now try to explain what ACICOD means....betcha cain't...This is standard baseball format, and it's done because it eliminates the possibility of having your event spread out over 6 days. When you are renting facilities and relying on those facilities to be available, having a set number of days works a lot better.
In a traditional, double-elimination bracket where the loser plays back through to the winner's bracket champion, you could have a potential 6 day tournament. On day 5, you would have the loser's bracket championship. The winner would move on to the final against the winner's bracket champion. However, if the team with one loss wins that game, you would have to play the "if" game...........but, it couldn't be played until the following day. No team can play more than 2 games in a day, thus making both teams pack up and come back the next day.
In the modified format used by the NSAA and the American Legion, the tournament takes 5 days to play. There is no guess work in whether or not you'll need the 6th date. The team who wins the winner's bracket is still in the driver's seat. I've seen teams who are the undefeated team on day 4 throw "off", which may result in a loss, but it saves all of their best arms for a one-game winner take all final the following night. I've seen other teams who play to win the day 4 game so that they have to be beat twice on day 5.
I like the modified format, and it makes sense from a planning and scheduling standpoint.