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Checking in
Before arriving at the stadium, please inform Assistant Tournament Director Communications Ryan Robbins of the names of your reporters, photographers, or broadcasters assigned by your publication or station. Broadcasters, let us know whether you need a telephone line before you arrive. Before you can broadcast, you must have a contract with Little League International. After you submit your credentials request, the communications staff will provide you with additional information.

You must wear your credentials at all times while inside the stadium. You no longer need to return them at the end of each day.

Press box
A limited number of seats are available in the Mansfield Stadium press box, a canvas canopy that overlooks the grandstand and the field. Seating is not guaranteed. The press box is not enclosed, so keep this in mind when deciding whether to bring electronic devices when there is a chance of rain. For radio broadcasters, a limited number of telephone lines are available. Stations are responsible for the cost of the phone call. A wireless Internet connection will be available.

Because of space requirements for ESPN, there will be no seats available in the press box for the championship game. We will accommodate journalists covering the game as best we can by designating alternative seating.

Player and team information
Information sheets with historical notes on each of the 10 regions will be available in PDF at this Web page Saturday night. The notes will cover facts and figures from 2002 through the present. A complimentary souvenir program will be available to credentialed journalists only beginning Sunday afternoon. The program will include rosters and tournament scores of all 10 teams, as well as a roster of umpires. Corrections will be made available here when they become available.

Game information
Online scoring will be available on the World Series Web site. A limited number of copies of each game’s box score will be available after each game.

Photographers
Credentialed photographers will be allowed to shoot from designated areas whose space will be limited.

If shooting from the grandstand, please be mindful of spectators behind you. Do not block spectators’ vision or stand in one place too long.

We will not be responsible for unattended equipment.

Player and coach interviews
Reporters will not be allowed to interview players on the field at any time: before, during, or after the game, without permission from the tournament director. This is to ensure the safety of reporters and players and coaches, as well as to enable the grounds crew to prepare the field. Post-game interviews must be done at the designated interview area.

If a reporter wishes to get information about an umpire’s ruling on the field, the information director or his assistant will be available to contact the World Series umpire in chief or tournament director for more information. This courtesy will be extended only for decisions regarding playing rules or ground rules.

Decorum
Although many of you will be here to cover your home team, please remember that you are journalists first. Cheering or booing, of either team or the umpires, is not appropriate. You may be asked to leave the press box or other designated media areas if you engage in such outward conduct.