The Grand Forks International ( GFI ) is an annual international invitational baseball tournament hosted at James Donaldson Park in Grand Forks, British Columbia . The GFI is the largest invitational baseball tournament in Canada and is a large part of the culture in Grand Forks. The tournament is also notable for being run entirely by volunteers .
14-476: The Grand Forks International was founded by Larry Seminoff , and the tournament led to the existence of the World Baseball Challenge , initially starting in 2002, at James Donaldson Park. The 2015 prize purse is $ 54,000. Prior winners of the tournament are: Notable Grand Forks International Alumni Rule 1: The official rules of baseball , as published by Baseball Canada , shall govern
28-681: A lack of sponsor support. Canada was to be represented by the Langley Blaze U18 , facing the winners of Japan's InterCity baseball tournament and players from the Northwest Collegiate Baseball League (Team USA). Teams from the Bahamas and Cuba were also expected to play in the tournament. The 2016 tournament is August 12–20, 2016. Roswell Invaders of the Pecos League are one of two teams from
42-565: A protest arise, that protest must officially be brought to the attention of the home plate umpire , who in turn will forward such protest to the Tournament Protest Committee Chairman or designate. This Committee will then rule on the identified protest and their decision will be final. Rule 11: In the event a contest is forfeited , the team receiving the forfeiture shall claim a 7-0 win. The forfeiting team, meanwhile, shall surrender all earnings, if any, to
56-694: The United States . Other teams participating are Kamloops Sun Devils , Sidearm Nation ( Calgary ), Team Japan and the Thurston County Senators ( Olympia ) of the Puget Sound Collegiate League . Team Japan went undefeated to capture the gold medal. They defeated Roswell Invaders 5–4 in the finale, scoring the winning run on a passed ball. United States national baseball team#Collegiate National Team Too Many Requests If you report this error to
70-710: The United States Collegiate National Team , the Cuban National baseball B squad, independent Canadian club teams and Japanese industrial clubs. The USA National Collegiate Baseball Team defeated the German National Team by a score of 8–1 in the final. Drew Pomeranz of the University of Mississippi pitched a one-hitter against the tournament's only European team. German starting pitcher Tim Henkenjohann
84-416: The batter is not set in the batter’s box within the 20 seconds and the pitcher is ready to throw an automatic strike will be issued. Rule 6: After the third out of each at bat the teams have 90 seconds to resume play. Rule 7: An Eight Run rule will apply to all tournament games except the semi-finals and final. If one team is ahead by eight or more runs after the trailing team has completed seven innings
98-705: The final. The Cuban squad included future American League Rookie of the Year José Abreu . The Ciego de Ávila Tigres of the Cuban National Series defeated Japan's JX-ENEOS 14–4 by mercy rule in the championship game. Team USA, with a roster featuring players from the Northwest Collegiate Baseball League, finished third in its return to the tournament. In 2015, the event's organizers announced that that year's tournament would be postponed until 2016 due to
112-537: The game is over. Rule 8: Should circumstances arise where a game or games are postponed or cancelled, the Tournament Rules Committee (TRC) has the authority to act upon any alteration to the tournament format or schedule. Rule 9: There are no restrictions relative to roster size. However, teams will not be permitted to add to their roster any player who was on the roster of a team eliminated earlier from further competition. Rule 10: Should
126-467: The playing of baseball games during the tournament. Specifications as to facility, equipment, play-off format, etc. have been modified to meet the needs of the tournament. Teams may elect to use the designated hitter rule . Rule 2: All games will be nine (9) innings. Extra innings to be played to determine winners. Rule 3: Toss of a coin at home plate will determine home team for all preliminary round games. Teams with better records, as determined by
140-638: The second wild card team in the event of all 3 divisions having 3 teams with identical 2 - 1 round robin records. Rule 16: This is a wood bat tournament. Composite bats are allowed. Rule 17: Any player who is ejected from the game is subject to further discipline at the discretion of the Tournament Committee. World Baseball Challenge The World Baseball Challenge is an international baseball competition based in Prince George, British Columbia , Canada . The tournament
154-462: The tournament rules, will be the Home Teams for all Money Round games. Rule 4: Teams must be prepared to play ball when scheduled. Infield drills will be permitted only if time allows. Rule 5: The 20 second rule between pitches will be invoked. If the pitcher has not delivered the ball to the batter within 20 seconds after receiving the ball an automatic ball will be issued to the batter. If
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#1732790516866168-495: The tournament. Rule 12: The top two teams in each division will qualify for the tournament’s Money Round. Rule 13: Two wild card teams with the best record after the top two division teams are determined will complete the eight team Money Round. Rule 14: Tie Breaker Rule: the following Rule will determine division winners, division runner-up teams, wild card teams , and Money Round seeding. Tie Breaker Rule: Rule 15: A playoff game of 5 innings will be held to determine
182-611: Was established in 2002 by Larry Seminoff, who is also the founder of the Grand Forks International . The current incarnation of the event, beginning in 2009, has been held every two years at Citizen Field in Prince George, British Columbia , Canada . It is sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation , Baseball Canada and Baseball BC. The field of participants for the event typically consists of amateur or competitors such as
196-566: Was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Team USA included several future Major League Baseball players, such as Trevor Bauer , Gerrit Cole , Yasmani Grandal , Sonny Gray , Kolten Wong and Pomeranz. Canada, British Columbia, Prince George Axemen and the Bahamas National Team finished in third through sixth place respectively. Cuban National Baseball B Team defeated Chinese Taipei 10–5 in
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