Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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The Premier Travel League In Eastern Upstate NY

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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

  • Why Voluntary Release Systems Are Doomed To Fail
    • Effective 2013 Season - ENYTB Adopts Team Player Caps To Regulate The Extent To Which Teams Can Take Players From Their Fellow Members

    Effective 2013 Season
    ENYTB Adopts Team Player Caps
    To Regulate The Extent To Which Teams
    Can Take Players From Their Fellow Members

    (1) MAIN OBJECTIVES

    The objectives of the ENYTB CAP system are twofold:

    (i) to provide "unhappy" players, regardless of reason, with sufficient flexibility to change clubs/teams within the league from one year to the next; and,

    (ii) to prevent members from forming powerhouse teams by engaging in unlimited or extreme recruiting at the expense of their fellow members.

    (2) ENYTB Guiding Philosophy

    Unlike other local travel leagues (Empire/Babe Ruth) or house leagues (Babe Ruth), ENYTB does not limit a player's opportunity to play baseball based on territorial boundaries.

    (A) All first-time ENYTB players have the freedom of choice as to what club/team to play for.

    Once a player/family commits to playing for a team, he can not play for any other ENYTB team on a primary basis for the entirety of his first season with that team.

    Regardless of reason, when a player's choice of team doesn't prove to be a good fit for him, ENYTB believes it is a win-win for all concerned, to grant players the opportunity to find a better fit elsewhere in this league.

    (B) All ENYTB rostered players are eligible to change teams once their first season with a team is concluded.

    ENYTB limits the overall number of players each team may take from the league player pool in the current year. ENYTB also limits how many players any team can take from any other team in the same year as well as over their common lifetime.

    Each team is granted a number of overall player credits annually. Teams also can earn bonus credits by bringing UFAs into the league. These RFA credits are used to acquire players from other ENYTB teams.

    The only other requirement to a player transaction is that the player or his family agrees to the change.

    NOTE: Players that qualify for any of several special exemptions recognized by the league, may be taken w/o using these credits.

    Once a team exhausts its credits in any year, it has taken its limit of players from other league teams for that year and it can have no more.

    NOTE: If a team is out of credits and it has suffered player losses to the extent that its viability is at stake. it may apply to the league for CAP relief.

    Clubs, teams and the public may view a team's RFA Cap Space at:

    → LEAGUE PLAY → RFA Cap Space - By Team

  • OVERVIEW OF ENYTB CAP SYSTEM FOR REGULATING INTRA-LEAGUE PLAYER MOVEMENT
  • ENYTB Player Classification
  • TEAM CAPS (RFA CREDITS)
  • RFA EXEMPTIONS
  • Limited Members - Restricted Applicability Of RFA Credits
  • Intra-Club Transfer Rules

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

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.