League Overview


ENYTB was established in 1996 to foster the growth of youth travel baseball in the eastern region of Upstate New York and adjacent areas. The League has no geographic boundaries per se. Its geographic center is the No. Colonie/Clifton Park, NY area, and stretches as far west as Syracuse and the Utica-Rome area, as far east as Pittsfield MA, as far north as Queensbury, NY and Rutland, VT as far south as Poughkeepsie, NY and as far to the southwest as Binghamton, NY. Teams from Montreal have participated in the League's fall baseball program as well.

Total league membership 15 years ago was 8 teams, all in a single age division (14U) and under a single sanctioning body (AABC). A record 250 teams participated in the League's 2009 summer program (12 age levels and three sanctioning bodies). And, the ENYTB Gold Division has produced a national age division champion for three consecutive years (2007-2009)! We must be doing something right!

One of the key elements of the League's successful growth strategy has been its membership rules, which encourage League participation and growth:

(1) No team in good standing with the League shall be denied entry to the league provided its roster is comprised exclusively of players who did not participate in the League for another League member in the prior year or if they did, their team is not active in the League in the current year, or the player has been "released" by his previous club/team or qualifies under any of the League's several exemptions. see ENYTB Constitution, Article XVI

(2) Furthermore, any team, once started in the League, has the right to continue in the League forever, provided it remains in good standing with the League.

To see a timeline of ENYTB's history and record of growth, see League Info > About Us > Timeline

Another key element in the League's successful growth strategy has been its ability to strike a balance between the interests of players and members in the matter of inter-member competition for players. ENYTB's rules have evolved over a decade and a half, and rely much more heavily on "roster protection" than they do territory. The League rejects both extreme views on free agency. It believes that total free agency would not provide the stability and continuity required to maintain club programs from year-to-year. At the same time, the opposite extreme where players are limited to playing for one club based solely on their place of residence is unnecessarily rigid, leading to much player dissatisfaction and less overall participation.

ENYTB ROSTER PROTECTION
MULTI-SANCTIONING PLAY
Another key element in the League's successful growth strategy is that all league play is sanctioned by three different national sanctioning bodies: AABC (1996); NABF (1999) and PONY (2003) i.e., a single game can qualify as a sanctioned game in as many as three sanctionings. These affiliations afford our members the opportunity to qualify for approximately 100 berths in 22 sanctioned National Championship Tournament Series (NCTS) in 2009. ENYTB also hosts numerous sanctioned tournaments every year, including at least one at every age level. ENYTB also sponsors its own end-of-season tournaments for each age division from mid-July on. These "Last Man Standing" tournaments are open to members and non-members alike. To register online for an ENYTB Open tournament, Click Here.

The League expanded its scope in 2004 by offering an adult baseball program that includes sanctioned play in both the College (22U) and Unlimited Divisions. Many players who graduated from the ENYTB youth program have returned to the League as adult players. ENYTB hosted the NABF College Regional in 2009 for the sixth consecutive year. Today, ENYTB offers a continuous program of multi-sanctioned travel play from 9U through Unlimited.

CUSTOMIZED SCHEDULING A hallmark of ENYTB membership and yet another another key element in the League's successful growth strategy is its customized scheduling service, including competitively balanced scheduling. Teams indicate when they can play, how much they want to play and when their home field is available. ENYTB schedules them accordingly, along with other preferences re: DH, weekday play vs weekend play, etc. In addition, ENYTB teams are classified for regular season play according to their age and overall skill level. The Gold Division provides our most advanced teams a level of competition far superior to that commonly found in league play. The Silver Division includes a broader range of teams, including many who can give our gold teams a run for their money on any given day. The Silver Division is often divided between Hi Silver and Lo Silver. The Lo Silver Division offers teams a lesser but still challenging level of competition.

ENYTB earmarks its berths in sanctioned tournament berths to each of the various League Divisions. Thus, every ENYTB member team, regardless of its skill level designation, begins the season with a realistic chance for success, including the potential to compete in a sanctioned championship tournament and even possibly a World Series and become a national champion. The ENYTB program (GOLD Division) has produced three consecutive national champions: 2007 DevilCats (NABF16U); 2008 Spring Renegades (AABC13U); and, the 2009 Spring Renegades (AABC9U).

ENYPONY PROGRAM - Available To Rec Level Leagues
ENYTB expanded its scope again in 2009 by establishing its ENYPONY program in response to the needs of several ENYTB member organizations that also operate "house" leagues. These members were seeking opportunities to enhance and extend their house league programs through play with similar level teams from other house leagues. The ENYPONY program includes the following elements: Seven ENYTB members participated in the ENYPONY program in its first year and registered approximately 75 recreational level teams from age 9U through 16U. We hope to build on this program's first year's success and continue to seek new participants.

THE RML WEBSITE - enytb.com
All of the key elements contributing to the League's successful growth strategy list above are programmatic. We would be remiss not to mention the role of the website in the growth and success of the league. The informational requirements of delivering the customized and diversified services name above are rather enormous. It is the reason that, to the best of our knowledge, no other league anywhere offers a level of service remotely comparable. Until seven years ago, we were providing this service manually, via spreadsheets and what not. At that time we had approximately 55 teams and understood that we would be unable to accommodate continued growth w/o a website customized to our league program. That was perhaps the best and most important decision the league ever made.

PROGRAM SUMMARY

The ENYTB program package guarantees every member a first class and satisfying travel league experience regardless of: From paying for only what you want to playing when, how much and who you want; from abundant opportunities for qualifying for highly competitive sanctioned tournament play at the local, State, Regional and National levels to locally hosted tournaments with guaranteed berths available to everyone, ENYTB is a one stop supermarket for teams that want to play ball! And just as importantly, to satisfy your informational needs, ENYTB offers its members the best baseball league management website on the net in combination with unlimited technical support from expert professionals who know the league program and website inside and out.

NOTE: ENYTB sponsors its own tournaments during the month of July. Entry fee includes umps, balls, team trophies and tournament tee-shirts for all finalists. Register online, show up and play.

NOTE: ENYTB also offers a similarly customized fall baseball program. Look for announcement and registration form on ENYTB News Board in mid-July.

Help

  • How Do League Participants Retrieve Their Own Password?

    Lost Password?

    enytb.com allows users to retrieve their own password at any time.

    To retrieve your own password:

    Go to the very top of the home page and click on the [Login] button. In the spawned modal, click [Lost Password?]

    Enter your ENYTB registered email address;

    Click the applicable user ID (if there is more than one).

    The system will instantly email your password to your registered email address.

    NOTE: If you get a message stating that you aren't a registered user, the system is telling you that it does not recognize the email address you have entered i.e., it is not of a valid email address/password pairing. This would happen if you have multiple email address and are entering a different email address from what you are registered under in the system. It could also mean you have typed in your email address incorrectly or that it was originally entered incorrectly to the system. If you believe it to be the latter, please contact your league navigator for assistance. If you don't know who your league navigator is, contact Ed Frye at 518-356-9089.

Custom Scheduling

ENYTB puts you in the driver’s seat in determining when and how much you team plays as well as who you play.
  • Have your schedule include the exact number of games you want week-by-week as well as in total;
  • Have your HOME games scheduled only on the dates/times your home field and team are both available;
  • Have your AWAY games scheduled only on the dates/times your team is available;
  • Automatically eliminate opponents outside your team’s competitive range; and,
  • Top priority given to scheduling games with specific opponents that you designate as most preferred. You can also block specific opponents you prefer not playing.

Schedule Reliability

Schedule reliability is the hallmark of every great league!
  • Teams are required to play all games as scheduled;
  • 100% enforcement via ENYTB website;
  • More than 90% of all ENYTB scheduled games are played as scheduled, excluding cancellations due to bad weather;
  • Games that aren’t played as scheduled (forfeits) can be made up at a later time by mutual agreement to avoid fine;
  • Fines are imposed for un-played or un-scored games;
  • ENYTB guarantees reimbursement for unavoidable out-of-pocket game expenses due to late cancellations.

Tournament Opportunities

Multiple tournaments for all ages!
  • Local tournaments hosted on premium fields, including Joe Bruno Stadium, home to the Tri-City ValleyCats, minor league affiliate of the Houston Astros.
  • Exclusive local tournaments for Members Only: Super 8, Summer Blast, Madness!, and ValleyCats Fall Classic. Each with a 2 game guarantee. Sign up available on team order form.
  • OPEN tournament: Last Man Standing. 3 game guarantee. Last weekend of July. All teams in the Capital District and beyond are welcome to join in this summer finale! Members sign up on team order form. Non-members sign up on-line through tournament menu.
  • Sanctioned National Championship Tournament Series are available to members at all ages via ENYTB affiliates: NABF; PONY; and, AABC. Sign-up available on team order form.

Nine ENYTB Teams Have Won Sanctioned National Championships. Can your team be the 10th?

Interested in Joining?

  • New members are always welcome - ENYTB continues to grow, having reached 225 teams in 2019
  • New teams are allowed to roster up to four players one year older than their team age (pre-2019 teams are grandfathered at five such players); and,
  • New teams are allowed a maximum of four players from active ENYTB teams, provided no more than three of those players are from the same team.
  • Players looking for a travel team to play for can go to Teams Looking for Players or go to Teams Hosting Tryouts.

For more information re: ENYTB membership you may contact ENYTB Executive Director, Andy Frye at (518) 545-0747 or by email at andy@enytb.com.

Interested in Joining?

  • New members are always welcome - ENYTB continues to grow, having reached 225 teams in 2019
  • New teams are allowed to roster up to four players one year older than their team age (pre-2019 teams are grandfathered at five such players); and,
  • New teams are allowed a maximum of four players from active ENYTB teams, provided no more than three of those players are from the same team.

For more information re: ENYTB membership you may contact ENYTB Executive Director, Andy Frye at (518) 545-0747 or by email at andy@enytb.com.