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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?
  • Why Is There No Print Function For My Schedule?
  • Grace Period For Reschedules
    • Quickie Overview Of What To Do Depending On The Situation

    Quickie Overview Of What To Do Depending On The Situation


    (1) Game is rained out.

    Home team postpones on website.

    (A) What if he doesn't?

    Contact him to tell him he needs to do so ASAP.

    (B) What if he still doesn't?

    Contact Ed Frye BEFORE 7 days is up.

    (C) What if he does postpone on website but doesn't give me an agreeable make-up date and time is running out on the 7 day window for a reschedule?

    Declare an IMPASSE on the website. IMPASSEs mean the two teams have not agreed on a make-up and you want the game to be rescheduled. An IMPASSE stops the 7 day clock and the league will be notified and intervene to help.

    (2) I show up at my opponent's field and he doesn't have 9 players.

    (A) What do I do?

    Wait 20 minutes and if 9th player doesn't show, declare a forfeit on the website.

    (B) What if it was a scheduled DH?

    Declare two forfeits on the website.

    (3) My opponent doesn't want to play a future game and neither do I.

    (A) What do we do?

    One of you must request a No Harm No Foul Cancellation through the website (Update Game Status) and the other must grant the cancellation by saying yes via the website.

    (B) Is there any penalty for either team?

    No, hence the name, ho harm, no foul.

    (4) My opponent has called me and requested a non-weather postponement.

    (A) Should I give it to him?

    It is up to you unless the game is less than five days away (non-weather postponements are not allowed once a game is less than five days away).

    (B) What factors should I consider?

    You may want to consider your opponent's reason. If it's because a certain player won't be available, that's not a good reason. Nor is I won't have 9 players because teams having trouble fielding 9 players will always have trouble fielding 9 players. Nor is the manager can't be there. Let the coaches manage the team. Now, if there has been a death affecting the team, that is different.

    If your opponent doesn't have a legitimate reason, I wouldn't grant a postponement, period.

    Assuming his reason is legitimate, it would still depend on whether you have an open date in your schedule to make such a game up. If you do and your opponent agrees to it, then why not. On the other hand, if you don't have an open date, why would you grant him a postponement? ENYTB schedules are customized before the season begins. Teams are expected to play all their games as scheduled except if prevented by rain. If they don't, they should expect to have to forfeit. The first two forfeits will not hurt any team i.e., no fine, no post-season penalty. Any team that forfeits three or more games deserves to be penalized.

    (C) I want to play this team and if take a forfeit I won't be able to.

    NOT TRUE. The two have nothing to do with each other. Any two teams, by mutual agreement, can add games to their schedule and those games will count the same as if they were on the original schedule. That is what the Add Game function is for (located on the blue menu bar when schedule is selected).

    (5) What if my team is lazy and doesn't update its schedule and my opponents are the same?

    Seven days after the date a game was scheduled to be played, it will be classified as PASSED if nobody has updated its status in some way, including a score. A PASSED game is the equivalent of a NHNF cancellation. Neither team cared enough to update its schedule so poof, the game no longer matters.

    Why do you have PASSED games?

    To prevent teams from accumulating unplayed games throughout the season and then submitting a bunch of forfeit wins in the last days of the season to go from last to first place and win a tournament berth. Unfortunately, before we had this system, teams did that.

    Is there any difference between a PASSED game and an IMPASSE?

    The two have NOTHING to do with each other. IMPASSES apply to weather postponed games only and when selected, stops the 7 day clock for a PASSED game. PASSED games are games other than IMPASSES, that have not been scored or rescheduled withing seven days of the scheduled play date.















  • 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.