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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

  • Schedule Management 101 - Rules For Schedule Changes & Updates
  • Summary Of Penalties/Fines For Non-Playing Forfeits and Passed Games
    • Quick Guide re: Weather Postponements (Subject To League Verification)

    Quick Guide re: the Schedule Management Protocol for
    Weather Postponements (Subject To League Verification)

    Each team is required to manage its own online schedule throughout the season i.e., the game status of each scheduled game must be made current within 7 days of the scheduled date of the game. Other than scoring a game (including suspended games) no team shall attempt to change the status of ANY scheduled game via the website until it has discussed the change with its opponent and where agreement is required, has obtained it.

    This protocol is applicable to:

    (1) games not started due to bad weather;

    NOTE: This could include unplayable field conditions due to an accumulation of bad weather in the recent past e.g., snow, heavy rains, or damage caused by high winds, or bad weather immediately before the start of the game.

    (2) games not played to official length (5 complete AB for trailing team when game is scheduled for 7 innings and 4 when game is scheduled for 6 innings) due to bad weather while the game was in progress.

    (3) games not started due to any mechanical malfunction that causes unsafe or unplayable field conditions BEFORE the game is started e.g., field was saturated due to sprinkler heads that were defective or left on overnight etc.

    Rules re: Weather Postponements and Make-Ups

    (i) 7-DAY Time Limit For Entering a WEATHER POSTPONEMENT To The Website

    Teams shall be required to update their online schedule within 7 calendar days of when the game was previously scheduled to be played and preferably as soon as possible after notifying their opponent that game has been postponed due to bad weather. Failure to do so will result in a PASSED game (see below). PASSED game designations are not reversible and result in both teams being fined $50 per passed game.

    NOTE: Prior to the date of a game, only the home team can weather postpone a game. After the date of the game has passed, if the home team has failed to weather postpone the game on the website, the away team may do so to prevent the game from becoming PASSED (the weather postponement icon will appear on the away team's game tray.

    When a weather postponement is entered to the website, the website shall auto-generate an email alert to all managers/coaches, club reps and league reps for teams A/B as well as league Schedule agent and President, notifying them of the change in game status.

    (ii) 7-DAY Time Limit For Entering A RESCHEDULE To The Website

    Teams shall be required to update their online schedule for the make-up of a postponed game within 7 calendar days of when the game was previously scheduled to be played and preferably as soon as possible.

    NOTE: Once teams have reached agreement on a make-up, either team may enter the reschedule information to the website.

    When a weather postponed game is rescheduled, the website shall automatically update the status of the game on both team schedules and auto-generate an email alert to all managers/coaches, club reps and league reps for teams A/B as well as league Schedule agent and President, notifying them of the change in game status and the details thereto.

    (iii) 7-Day Time Limit For entering a NO-FAULT IMPASSE

    At any time during the allowable reschedule period, after normal effort to reschedule a weather postponed game with an opponent has proven to be or threatens to be unsuccessful, regardless of reason, either team may declare an IMPASSE. This declaration shall preserve both team's right to have the game played and to count by forcing a league intervention. In other words, once a weather postponed game has been declared an IMPASSE, it is exempted from the PASSED game penalty.

    When an impasse is declared, the website shall auto-generate an email alert to all managers/coaches, club reps and league reps for teams A/B as well as league Schedule agent and President, notifying them that an impasse has been declared and that the league shall be in contact with both teams within 72 hours to resolve the impasse and reschedule the game.

    (iv) PASSED GAMES

    After 7 calendar days (of the final day of the season, whichever comes first), the status of any game that has been neither scored, forfeited, suspended, rescheduled nor declared an IMPASSE, shall be automatically reclassified as a PASSED game. The website shall make the determination of a passed game automatically based on the passage of time.

    NOTE: 48 hours before a game is eligible to be passed, the website will auto-generate an email alert to all managers/coaches, club reps and league reps for teams A/B as well as league Schedule agent and President, warning/notifying them of the pending change in game status.
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    The PASSED game rule is used to prevent teams from accumulating un-played games throughout the season and then "cashing them in" as forfeit wins at season's end.

    All fines collected by the league for PASSED games, Non-Playing Forfeits etc. are held in a separate account and shared among teams from the same age division advancing in non-local sanctioned tournament play.
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    Once a game is PASSED, it shall be marked on both team's schedules as PASSED. This means no score can be entered for that game and no subsequent reschedule can be effected. All passed games shall become final and cannot be challenged.

    NOTE: A complete game doesn’t count as played unless it is scored on the website by either of the two teams within 7 days of the scheduled date of the game.

    Each team is fined $50 per PASSED game. Both teams are fined because both are at equal fault for not keeping their schedule current within 7 days of the scheduled date of the game.

    NOTE: Doubleheaders that are PASSED count as two PASSED games.

    PASSED games do not affect a team’s won/loss record nor any eligibility it may have for sanctioned post-season play.

  • Quick Guide re: Rescheduling Weather Posponed Games (Agreement Required)
  • Quick Guide re: Declaring An Impasse (Approval Not Required)
  • Quick Guide re: Requesting A Non-Weather Postponement (Discretionary Change - Must Include Make-Up)
  • Quick Guide re: Replying To A Request For A Non-Weather Postponement (Discretionary Change)
  • Quick Guide re: Replying To A Non-Weather Postponement Request That Has Been Declined (Discretionary Change)
  • Quick Guide re: Requesting a No Harm/No Foul Cancellation (Discretionary Change)
  • Quick Guide re: Replying To A Request For A No Harm/No Foul Cancellation (Discretionary Change)
  • Quick Guide re: Replying To A No Harm/No Foul Cancelation Request That Has Been Declined (Discretionary Change)
  • Quick Guide re: Changing Fields (Approval Not Required)
  • Quick Guide re: PASSED Games
  • Quick Guide re: Suspend Game
  • Quick Guide re: Continue Suspended Game
  • Quick Guide re: Change Start Time
  • Quick Guide re: Change Innings/Number of Games
  • Quick Guide re: I Am Forfeiting
  • Quick Guide re: My Opponent Has Forfeited

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.