Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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The Premier Travel League In Eastern Upstate NY

WEBSITE ACCESS

REGISTRATION IS AS SIMPLE AS 1-2-3!

What's New This Year (in the League)?

The Basics

Approximate Cost Of Fielding A Travel Team

Annual Timeline - ENYTB Participation

Annual Informational Meetings

New Member Orientation

The Club GM

Team Registration Part I - Team Activation

Team Registration Part II - Your Purchase

Team Registration - Part III - Other

Loopholes On Age Eligibility

Fines & Security Deposits

Paid Advertising - enytb.com

Free Ads on enytb.com (Members Only)

Placing/Finding Team Ads For Pick-Up Games

League Playing Rules

Wood Bats

Composite Metal Bat Restrictions

Sanctioned Post-Season Play - What is it?

Last Man Standing Tournaments - What Are They?

Online Roster Management System (ORMS)

Roster Management Protocols

How ENYTB Regulates Player Movement Between Teams

FINDING UFAs Via enytb.com

Customized Scheduling - 101

How To Transact a SCHEDULE CHANGE

PROTOCOLS FOR SCHEDULE CHANGES

  • Basic 5-STEP Protocol For All Discretionary Schedule Changes
  • Read Me First!
    • Am I Required By League Rule To Keep My Online Schedule Updated Throughout The Season?

    Am I Required By League Rule To Keep My Online Schedule Updated Throughout The Season?

    Yes, each game includes a set of rescheduling and other functions specific to that game that allow each team to manage and keep current its schedule. The rescheduling functions are referred to as "protocols".

    MY TEAM > GAME MANAGER > SCHEDULE (Updated)

    NOTE: Just as the REGISTRATION MANAGER menu includes EVERYTHING you need to manage your registration BEFORE registration closes, the GAME MANAGER menu includes EVERYTHING you need to manage your schedule, including entering/printing online lineup cards, entering scoring & player stats, and access to all league protocols for managing other changes in game status that may happen over the course of a season. Please note that these protocols, represent by "smart" icons, are fully automated i.e., you select the applicable protocol, provide the info requested, and the automated function does the rest i.e., provides you with on screen messages, notifies all parties by email and when appropriate, automatically updates your online schedule as you have indicated.

    MY TEAM > GAME MANAGER > SCHEDULE (Updated)

    is the most important page on the entire website not only because it shows your current schedule but also because it includes a variety of very important, game-specific functions, including: lineup cards, contact info for your opponent, field directions, score entry, game reports, player stats, and a set of functions that enable you to keep your schedule updated for weather postponements, forfeits, requests for discretionary schedule changes, and many other functions necessary to the process of managing your reschedules.

    NOTE: When you place your cursor on the MY TEAM button, a drop down menu opens up. One of the items on this menu is GAME MANAGER. When you click on GAME MANAGER, it opens another drop-down, the GAME MANAGER sub-menu. From this sub-menu you click Schedule (Updated) to view your team's schedule. (NOTE: UPCOMING GAMES (MY TEAM > TEAM HOME) is NOT your schedule - it will not include the functions described above. Upcoming games is non-interactive. It is put there as a reminder of your most immediate upcoming games only.

    re: SCHEDULE UPDATING

    TEAMS ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP THEIR ONLINE SCHEDULES UPDATED AT ALL TIMES. IF A GAME GOES 7 DAYS BEYOND ITS SCHEDULED PLAY DATE AND IS NOT UPDATED (SCORED, WEATHER POSTPONED & RESCHEDULED, CANCELED via NO HARM/NO FOUL OPTION, POSTPONED & RESCHEDULED For Non Weather reasons etc.) IT BECOMES A PASSED GAME. When a game becomes passed, BOTH TEAMS LOSE THE GAME FROM THEIR SCHEDULES EVEN IF IT WAS ACTUALLY PLAYED. Further, both teams are fined. THIS PENALTY IS IRREVERSIBLE SO AS TO INCENTIVIZE TEAMS TO KEEP THEIR SCHEDULE UPDATED AT ALL TIMES. This prevents teams from accumulating un-played games until the final week of the season and then badgering their opponents to give them an undeserved forfeit win because they "need it to get a sanctioned tournament berth".

    The MY TEAM location, is personalized to information for your team only. The system knows your team based on your log-in.

    MY TEAM includes many more useful menus besides Registration Manager and Game Manager, including both a group email function and online pop-up messaging capability for communicating with your players and/or coaches. We encourage all members to explore all the available menus in MY TEAM. MY TEAM functions as your team's virtual "baseball office" from which your team interacts with its own team (players and coaches) as well as its opponents throughout the playing season as well as for communicating with its own team members. Other important menus include: Free Agents, which also allows you to post online ads for player openings and public tryouts, STANDINGS, Roster Manager, Scheduling Inputs and Insurance, but none is as essential to functioning in the league as Game Manager > Schedule (Updated).

    For further introductory info on basic website operations see: Intro To Website Navigation and Functionality - The Quickie Primer On Where Things Can Be Found, What They Do and How They Work

  • Why Is There No Print Function For My Schedule?
  • Grace Period For Reschedules
  • Quickie Overview Of What To Do Depending On The Situation
  • Overview
  • More Specifics On The General Process Of Changing The Status Of A Game
  • Can I Add Games To My Online Schedule?
  • PASSED Games - What are they?
  • Are Home Teams Allowed To Change The Starting Time By Two Hours Or Less w/o Permission From Their Opponent?
  • Weather-Related Postponements - Incl Threat Of Bad Weather As Opposed To Actual Bad Weather
  • Weather Postponements, Make-Up Games and IMPASSEs
  • Discretionary Postponements i.e., games postponed not because of bad weather but because one team is unable to play as scheduled.
  • No Harm/No Foul Cancellations and Forfeits
  • One game of a doubleheader was completed but not the other, how do I record this on my schedule?

Schedule Management Protocols

Standings Questions

After You Have Won A Berth To A Sanctioned NCTS

Contact Info

How Do I Change My Email Preferences

How Do I Enter My Scores

Lineup Cards - Mandatory (available Online)

Field Availability

INFORMATION re: ENYTB Fall League

JOE Tournament (ENYTB/ValleyCats Fall Classic)

ENYTB OPEN Tournaments

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.