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©/TM TM/© MLBP 2012 2012 Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are proprietary to Major League Baseball entities. All rights reserved. THE OFFICIAL SKILLS COMPETITION OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ® COMPETITION RULES All participants must provide a copy of a valid birth certificate for age verification at all levels of competition. Each youngster may participate in only one local competition. Competing in more than one local will result in disqualification of that individual. No metal spikes are allowed during any portion of the competition. In the event of a tie for the All-Around Champion, the youngster winning more individual events (Pitching, Hitting or Running), among those involved with the tie, will be named the All-Around Champion. If a tie still exists, the youngster with the higher Hitting score among those involved with the tie, will be named the All-Around Champion. If a tie still exists, the Running scores of those involved with the tie will be used to determine the All-Around Champion. There is no tiebreaker in the individual skill events. In the event of threatening weather conditions, cancellations and rescheduling will be determined by the hosting organization at the competition site. Major League Baseball ® , LEJ Sports Group and state coordinators and organizers of the PITCH, HIT & RUN™ competition reserve the right to make rulings and recommendations regarding the competition events determined to be in the best interest of the program. All rulings and recommendations are final. Participation in the PITCH, HIT & RUN™ competition authorizes Major League Baseball ® , Pepsi-Cola Company ® , and LEJ Sports Group to use participant's name, likeness and other personality rights for promotional use without compensation. AGE VERIFICATION CHART Age is determined as of July 17, 2012. The following chart is an age group breakdown for the PITCH, HIT & RUN™ events in 2012: Age 7/8 July 18, 2003 - July 17, 2005 Age 9/10 July 18, 2001 - July 17, 2003 Age 11/12 July 18, 1999 - July 17, 2001 Age 13/14 July 18, 1997 - July 17, 1999 2012 OFFICIAL REGISTRATION FORM PARTICIPANT’SNAME_______________________________________________________________________________________________ PARENT’S NAME___________________________________________________________________________________________________ STREET ADDRESS___________________________________________________________________________________________________ CITY_____________________________________________________________STATE___________________ZIP_______________________ MOBILE PHONE #________________________________________ HOME PHONE #________________________________________ BIRTHDATE__________/__________/____________ AGE AS OF JULY 17, 2012________________ GENDER M OR F EMAIL ADDRESS_____________________________________________________________________________________ Place a label here with the date, time and location of your competition if you are distributing registration forms prior to the event. 11x8.5_2010FINALregform.pdf 12/23/2008 10:45:18 AM

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TM/© MLBP 2012

2012 Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. MajorLeague Baseball trademarks and copyrights are proprietary to

Major League Baseball entities. All rights reserved.

THE OFFICIAL SKILLS COMPETITIONOF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL®

COMPETITION RULES• All participants must provide a copy of a valid birth

certificate for age verification at all levels of competition.

• Each youngster may participate in only one localcompetition. Competing in more than one local willresult in disqualification of that individual.

• No metal spikes are allowed during any portion ofthe competition.

• In the event of a tie for the All-Around Champion, theyoungster winning more individual events (Pitching,Hitting or Running), among those involved with the tie,will be named the All-Around Champion. If a tie stillexists, the youngster with the higher Hitting scoreamong those involved with the tie, will be named theAll-Around Champion. If a tie still exists, the Runningscores of those involved with the tie will be used todetermine the All-Around Champion. There is notiebreaker in the individual skill events.

• In the event of threatening weather conditions,cancellations and rescheduling will be determined bythe hosting organization at the competition site.

• Major League Baseball®, LEJ Sports Group and state coordinators and organizers of the PITCH, HIT & RUN™ competition reserve the right to make rulings and recommendations regarding the competition events determined to be in the best interest of the program. All rulings and recommendations are final.

• Participation in the PITCH, HIT & RUN™ competitionauthorizes Major League Baseball®, Pepsi-Cola Company®, and LEJ Sports Group to use participant's name, likeness and other personality rights for promotional use without compensation.

AGE VERIFICATION CHARTAge is determined as of July 17, 2012.

The following chart is an age group breakdown for thePITCH, HIT & RUN™ events in 2012:

Age 7/8 July 18, 2003 - July 17, 2005

Age 9/10 July 18, 2001 - July 17, 2003

Age 11/12 July 18, 1999 - July 17, 2001

Age 13/14 July 18, 1997 - July 17, 1999

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OVERVIEWAquafina® Major League Baseball® PITCH, HIT & RUN™

provides youngsters across the country an opportunity toparticipate in an exciting baseball/softball skills competition.This national initiative gives boys and girls, ages 7 - 14,the chance to showcase their pitching, hitting andrunning abilities. Boys and girls compete separately

PITCH, HIT & RUN™ is intended to encourage youthparticipation and emphasize the "FUN" element of

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PITCH, HIT & RUN™ tests three of the most fundamentalaspects of baseball/softball - pitching,

hitting and running.

PITCH: Participant is testedthrowing strikes to adesignated “Strike Zone”

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from second base, touching third then touching home plate.

All of the events are individuallyscored and converted to a total point

score through the use of conversion tables.

at all levels of competition.

Participants will compete in each of the three componentsof PITCH, HIT & RUN™, and accumulate a total scorebased on his/her performance.

LEVELS OF COMPETITIONPITCH, HIT & RUN™ is a national grassroots programthat has four levels of competition - Local, Sectional,Team Championship and National Finals.

The first level is of a LOCAL scope. Everyone mustparticipate in a local competition in order to advance tothe higher levels. Champions at the local level advanceto a SECTIONAL Competition. At this level, the SectionalAll-Around Champions become eligible to advance to theTEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS, which are held during

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After the Team Championships, the All-Around Championsin each age and gender group are ranked nationally by totalscore. The champions' scores from all 30 team markets are compared and the top scorers in each age group and gendernationwide advance to the National Finals.

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