Sample Game Day Procedures

Home Team vs. Visiting Team May 1, 2009

3:45 4:15 4:30 4:48 Pre Game Music Begins Home Team Pre Game (play The Pretender) Visiting Pre Game Plate Conference: Welcome to tonights game between the visiting (team name and mascot) and your (team name and mascot). GHSA Sportsmanship Announcement Tonights game is a GHSA sponsored event and the GHSA would like for you to know that: "The GHSA and its member schools have made a commitment to promote good sportsmanship by student/athletes, coaches, and spectators at all GHSA sanctioned events. Profanity, degrading remarks, and intimidating actions directed at officials or competitors will not be tolerated, and are grounds for removal from the event site. Spectators are not allowed to enter the competition area during warm-ups or while the contest is being conducted. Thank you for your cooperation in the promotion of good sportsmanship at today's event." Now I would like to announce the starting lineup for the visiting (team name and mascot) (Announce Line Up) 4:52 First Pitch Ceremony At this time please direct your attention to the pitchers mound and give a warm round of applause as the Principal of (team name and mascot), takes the mound and will throw out the first pitch for tonights contest. Throw a strike, Mr. Principal! National Anthem I ask that you please rise at this time and honor our country, with the playing of our National Anthem. (Play the National Anthem and let it play. Then let the team break from the anthem) 4:57 Home Team Starting Line-Up (As My Hero begins to play start announcing our starting line-up)

4:54

And now lets make some noise as we announce the starting lineup for your Home Team Name and Mascot!!! Leading off the pitcher #8 Johnny Shutm Down Batting 2nd and playing second base #10 Sterling Vacuum Hitting 3rd and playing short stop #2 Johnny Hoover In the cleanup spot right fielder #5 Chief Knock a Homer Batting 5th and playing Right Field #3 Bobby Big Arm Hitting 6th the 1st Baseman #4 Kenny Pick it up Batting 7th the 3rd Baseman #15 Hot Corner Colton Batting 8th at DH #12 Big Stick Williams (playing center field #18 Johnny Cover a lot of ground) Hitting in the 9th spot and catching #22 Joey The Block Wall 5:00 Game Time

**Remember----- Ask the trivia question at the top of the 2nd, 4th, and 6th innings. It is now trivia time, the first person to come to the press box with the correct answer will receive a free drink courtesy of the Home Team baseball program. (Say each trivia question twice, then play the music. When a winner is found announce the winner and the correct answer. Then continue the music.) TRIVIA QUESTION (2ND INNING): NAME THE PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL TEAM THAT SUFFERED THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO ANSWER: THE BOSTON RED SOX TRIVIA QUESTION (4TH INNING): WHO WON THE CY YOUNG AWARD IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE LAST YEAR 2008.? ANSWER: TIM LINECUM TRIVIA QUESTION (6TH INNING): WHAT COLLEGE BASEBALL TEAM WON THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN 2011? ANSWER: South Carolina Gamecocks