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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

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

    Introduction to ENYTB Fall League, Including Registration and Scheduling

    Introduction to ENYTB Fall League Including Registration and Scheduling

    ENYTB Fall League is open to ENYTB and non-ENYTB teams alike. To register your team(s) in the ENYTB Fall league, you need to do three things: 1 - Read this short FAQ; 2 - Read our homepage news articles re: fall ball; and, 3 - After reading (1) and (2), call Andy (518-545-0747) or Ed (518-356-9089). They will set up your club and team(s) on the website. All persons linked linked to your club and/or teams will be provided passwords for website access. Everyone in your club/team(s) will also be added to the league's active email list. FALL LEAGUE QUICK FACTS More than 125 teams participated in our fall league each of the last three years:
    • Open to ENYTB and non-ENYTB teams alike;
    • Player's age for fall ball is equal to his baseball age for next year i.e., his baseball age for the summer just ending plus one);
    • team age also based on player's age for next year's summer season;
    • Open Rosters (players from summer teams can play where they choose);
    • Mixed age teams (it is not unusual for fall teams from lower population areas to span three or more ages e.g., a 14F+ team might include mostly 14 yo players as well as several 13 yo and 15yo players)
    • ENYTB schedules teams using its proprietary customized scheduling methodology;
    • ENYTB's NEW "Pick your own Strength-of-Schedule" - teams self-identify their level of competitiveness and pick the degree of schedule difficulty they prefer. These inputs define a team's "competitive range" and produces a list of all teams within that range;
    • No paperwork required - other than proof of team insurance for teams that were not ENYTB members in the spring/summer season (proof of insurance not required for ENYTB spring/summer teams provided team name and 50% of original roster remains intact;
    REGISTRATION FEES -
    • Fall Fee - $325 per team
    • Security Deposit - $225 per club (not team). The latter is fully refundable if your team(s) does not forfeit any scheduled games and keeps its online schedule current within 7 days of the scheduled date of each game. Summer security deposit automatically applied to fall season.
    CUSTOMIZED SCEDULING - Play begins when you want it to (usually the first weekend after Labor Day)and ends when you want it to (usually mid to late OCT). Play is predominantly weekend only but Friday play is possible as some teams have lighted home fields. You tell us the following about how you want to be scheduled:
    • Days your team is available to play. If necessary, you may restrict times as well. This is referred to as Team Availability and is entered to the website by the team.(NOTE: the more your team is available, the more likely it is we can schedule to play opponents from within your team's competitive range.);
    • Dates and times your home field is available for scheduling. This is referred to as field availability and is entered to the website by the club GM;
    • How many games per week you want to play;
    • What type of games you want to play e.g., SG, DH and/or SG9; and,
    • Your team strength and your strength-of-schedule preference.
    Depending on your scheduling inputs above, your team can be scheduled to play any way it wishes including any of the following:
    • Saturday only;
    • Sunday only;
    • Saturday or Sunday but not both;
    • Both Saturday and Sunday;
    • Mondays (Holidays);
    • Any of several game types e.g., SG, SG9 or DH on each particular date.
    • Any total number of games on each weekend combined (Friday thru Monday) e.g., 0,1,2,3,4,5 or 6.
    • Conditional block-outs are available - i.e., if Friday, no Saturday, if Sunday, no Monday etc.; and,
    • Conditional block-outs based on total game request for weekend i.e., my team is available all days FRI thru MON, however, once 2 games are scheduled, block out all remaining dates that weekend.

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.