RBI Baseball Tournament

[SmokedUBad13]

    The Second Biannual RBI Baseball Championship of the Universe Tournament will be held from December 27th through the 29th in the Chicago Suburbs.  Prize money will be distruibuted for first through sixth places.  There is a small entrance fee of $10.00.  We welcome only the most hardcore RBI players.  Check out all the details at www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[Gantry]

Sent you an email already, but I'll definitely try to attend and promote the tourney on the site.  There are a few chi-town RBI fans out there.  Remember a couple college guys from Dekalb and Carbondale who sent me emails....

The site URL is here (will add to the links page as well):

http://www.iwu.edu/~mbeales

And I have no problem promoting any upcoming RBI tourney on the main site.  Tourneys are probably the best way to get people out and playing...

[GPines]

Sounds like a good set up for a tourny, is this a curve-style or straight pitch?

[SmokedUBad13]

    The Official RBI Baseball Championship of the Universe Tournament places no rules on pitching.  Therefore, most players will pitch everything (curves, sliders, and fastballs).  We believe pitching is a forte in RBI Baseball (despite the fact that many people feel the pitching sucks in RBI) and encourage all types of pitches to keep the batter guessing.
     I am familiar with straight ball (sb) and do agree that it makes for fun games once in while.  Yet, there are no rules in this tournament that sb must be played.  Therefore, anything concerning pitching goes.  Bring it!!!

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[Gwynn3k]

i dont know gantry...  it would be interesting to see a striaght pitch veteran like yourself attempt to hit curve style...  

[vortexrally]

Kick ass man, im in

[Dill]

Gantry, you mentioned DeKalb again, and I was reading a resume tonight and the guy (who works for me) had DeKalb high school class of 1985 in it.  Said it was in Auburn, IN.  Is this the same DeKalb you speak so fondly of?

[Gantry]

That would be another Dekalb, which is rather scary.  Our Dekalb is in Illinois, about 50 miles West of Chicago.  Typical midwest farming town with a Division 1 college (Northern Illinois University) smack dab in the middle.  Its claims-to-fame are Cindy Crawford and the guy who invented barbed wire...

[SmokedUBad13]

HUGE UPDATE ON THE TOURNAMENT!!!

     Since we are receiving several committments to the tournament at an extremely quick pace, we have decided to pursue the possibility of making this tournament a 32 player tournament.  Definitely making it the largest R.B.I. Baseball Tournament I have ever heard of.  The biggest to date that I know of has been our first tournament with 16 players (Let me know if you have proof of a bigger one, I'm really interested  ).  So we have started "The Campaign for 32" in an attempt to increase participation, prize money, and competition in our tournament.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[Gwynn3k]

that is impressive... the biggest rbi tournament i have been involved in had four participants.  32 players... wish i could get involved in something like that but i dont think i'll be able to make it to the windy city any time soon.

[SmokedUBad13]

    Update:  We officially have 8 players now who have committed to the tournament.  This means that we have half of the roster filled for the next tournament.  Also, we have another 4-5 potential players who will probably be committing soon.
     The website has been updated again with results and completed brackets from the First Biannual R.B.I. Baseball Championship of the Universe Tournament.  Check out www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales/2000.html for that update.
     We are continuing the "Campaign for 32" and recruiting players from around the Chicagoland and Kokomo, IN areas.  Recruiting will continue throughout the summer as it will be very difficult (yet we still believe possible) to get 32 players to participate.  Once again, we would greatly appreciate anyone who would be willing to promote our tournament or pass it on.  Just hand out the the homepage address.  Thanks again!!!
 
SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[Gantry]

If you guys expand to 32, count me in.  I'll try to bring a roommate or two, but they would be a tough sell.  Even if you only get 16, I'll probably pop in and get a few pics for the website...

32 people is going to take a LONG time, multiple TVs are a must....

[pedriqrules]

I live in Iowa City, Iowa.  This is probably a really stupid question, but do you have any idea how long of a trip it would be for me?  Is your suburb north, south, east, or west of chicago?

[SmokedUBad13]

Concerning Gantry's Post (Two Above):

     That would be sweet if you could make it to the tournament (whether or not you play).  And if you do play, bring as many people as you like.  Yes, we will definitely have multiple Nintendos at each location.  And we're working on making it at one location with 4 Nintendos.  Pics on the site covering the tournament would be awesome, too.  That would be going above and beyond (on your part) to advertise for the tournament.  Everything you've done so far for us concerning getting the word out has been greatly appreciated.  Kudos to you man, kudos to you!!!

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[SmokedUBad13]

Concerning pedriqrules' Post (Two Above):

     Mapquest says it would be about a 3 hour and 45 minute drive to the tournament locations.  Although I'm sure you could easily knock off a good 30-45 minutes if you travel above 55 mph (Mapquest bases their times on the speed limit, as if people really obey it).  I'm guessing it would be about a 3 hour - 3 hour and 15 minute drive.  We are located in the Southwest suburbs of Chicago.  Thanks for the question and we'd love to see you make it if you could.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[SmokedUBad13]

Update on E-mails:

     I've received several e-mails the past few days from potential players.  The sole purpose of the website is to get the word out and recruit players from everywhere.  We currently have players who have committed from Illinois and Indiana.  And I've been receiving e-mails from people in Florida, Virginia, and California who were interested (along with the post above from Iowa).  If you think you can make it into Chicago for a few days, we'd be overwhelmed to have you!!!
     The site has mostly been updated to its fullest potential (including the first tournament seeds, brackets, and results).  Starting next week, we will be looking for corporate sponsorship from Tengen and Nintendo.  We're going to see if there is anything they can do to promote the tournament or possibly give us free giveaways (such as shirts or whatever) for the participants.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[pedriqrules]

Question on the tourney...SmokedUBad, above you said that anything goes when it comes to pitching.  Does that mean that we could use up all four pitchers throughout the course of the game, or do we have to stay with the same pitcher?

[SmokedUBad13]

    Yes, we place no rules on pitching or pitchers in the tournament.  Therefore, you may use all your team's pitchers in one game since you will never be using that team again in that specific series.  Hence, most people end up using all their pitchers as this makes it more difficult for the opponent to hit.  Thanks for the question.

SmokedUBad
www.dee-nee.com/rbi/mbeales - The Official R.B.I. Baseball COTUT

[Gantry]

A promo for the tourney is up on the main page (as well as the links) and I'll be sure to keep people up-to-date at least once a month.  In case you don't know the link, click the Dee-Nee Forums text in the upper-left corner...

[GDavis]

Damn Gantry, it says on the front that you're not gonna participate in the tourney because its curve pitch.  You've got months to train for that.  I think if you're gonna be there anyway that you best represent and enter yourself in the tourney.