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5th RBI Baseball COTUT

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Players, Dates, Fees, & Prizes
The Fifth RBI Baseball COTUT was a 16 man, double elimination series tournament that occurred over a two day period from Saturday June 21st to Sunday June 22nd, 2008. The entry fee was $100.00 per person. The prize money was as follows:

Final Place	Prize Money
1st Place	$750.00
2nd Place	$350.00
3rd Place	$200.00
4th Place	$100.00

Lottery
A lottery was held on Saturday May 24th, 2008. Names were be randomly drawn from a box. Each player's series start time, session number, and opponent for the first series were determined by the lottery. The lottery was broadcast live via webcam for authenticity purposes.

Location
The Fifth RBI Baseball Championship of the Universe Tournament was held at the Hilton Garden Inn Chicago O'Hare Airport in Des Plaines, IL.

Players & Seeds

	Seed	Player
	1	Mark Kranz (Illinois)
	2	Adam Vlcek (Pennsylvania)
	3	Mike LoBianco (Illinois)
	4	Ken Bolda (Illinois)
	5	Luke Janchenko (Illinois)
	6	Mike Beales (Illinois)
	7	Adam Weller (Illinois)
	8	Mike Riley (Ohio)
	9	Mark Bridges (Arkansas)
	10	Joe Cordiano (Ohio)
	11	Tim Gineris (California)
	12	Kurt Jellinek (Missouri)³
	13	Ronnie Cook (Massachusetts)
	14	Steve Spandikow (Illinois)
	15	Mark Spandikow (Illinois)
	16	Jeff Bandur (Illinois)

Reserve List

	Seed	Player
	R₁	Brad Bell (Iowa)
	DNP	Jacque Ballou (Utah)¹
	DNP	Jon Pugmire (Utah)¹
	DNP	Scott Sorenson (Utah)¹
	DNP	Tyler Masterson (Illinois)²
	DNP	Jason Kazmierczak (Illinois)³

¹ Jacque Ballou, Jon Pugmire, & Scott Sorenson dropped out on April 16th due to work conflicts.
² Tyler Masterson dropped out on May 5th due to a scheduling conflict.
³ Jason Kazmierczak (Seed 12), due to personal reasons, was replaced on June 8th by Kurt Jellinek (R).

Brackets

The 5th RBI Baseball COTUT Brackets (.pdf - 12.9 KB)

The 5th RBI Baseball COTUT Completed Brackets (.pdf - 16.5 KB)

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Scorecard

The 5th RBI Baseball COTUT Scorecard (.doc - 254 KB, version 1.0)

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Results

	Place	Player
	1st	Mike Riley (Ohio)
	2nd	Joe Cordiano (Ohio)
	3rd	Mark Bridges (Arkansas)
	4th	Mike Beales (Illinois)
	5th	Ronnie Cook (Massachusetts)
	5th	Mike LoBianco (Illinois)
	7th	Jeff Bandur (Illinois)
	7th	Mark Kranz (Illinois)
	9th	Ken Bolda (Illinois)
	9th	Tim Gineris (California)
	9th	Steve Spandikow (Illinois)
	9th	Adam Weller (Illinois)
	13th	Luke Janchenko (Illinois)
	13th	Kurt Jellinek (Missouri)
	13th	Mark Spandikow (Illinois)
	13th	Adam Vlcek (Pennsylvania)