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

  • CUSTOMIZED SCHEDULING
  • Why Does ENYTB Separate Team Availability (TA) From Home Field Availability (HFA)?
  • Scheduling Inputs - General Description
    • TEAM AVAILABILITY INPUTS

    Team Availability Inputs

    Team availability is the collection of dates, times and other play preferences that your team is available for scheduling purposes. Your team availability encompasses your home games as well as your away games; whereas, your home field availability refers to when your home field (and your team) is available for scheduling purposes.

    CLICK HERE for an overview of the team availability information collected from all ENYTB teams prior to scheduling.

    NOTE: The team manager or primary contact usually provides the team availability data. In some cases, however, the club rep provides the availability for each or some of its teams.

    Team availability information collected from all ENYTB teams prior to scheduling include the following:
    • Teams determine when their seasons start and end;
    • Teams determine the total number of games they will play;
    • Teams determine when they play by blocking out full or partial days;
    • Teams determine the level of competition they wish to play at;
    • Teams determine their own strength-of-schedule i.e., how much they play opponents from outside of their own competitive class;
    • Teams determine how much long distance travel play they want (a minimum of one long distance trip is required) and can specify the dates for which they are available for long distance travel;
    • Team preferences for DH are fully accommodated;
    • Team preferences for night games by day type can be accommodated and those preferences can vary between when school is in session and summer recess; and,
    • Teams can make use of ENYTB's either/or functions to get the best schedule possible.


    EITHER/OR TEAM AVAILABILITY FUNCTIONS

    Teams are usually available to play more than they want to play. (The more teams make themselves available, the more likely they will get the competitively balanced schedule they desire.) For example, a team may be available on any weekday but does not wish to play more than two games during any one M-F period. Were the team to say it was available just Tues and Thur, it would limit its ability to be scheduled with teams that might be ideal match-ups otherwise. The either/or function includes a max # of games. This allows the teams to specify it is available to play on any # of days from M thru F w/o being specific as to which days. In addition, it can block out individual day types from the either/or function. For example, my team can play on any two days from Tues, Wed & Thur.

    Teams can specify up to two different either/or weekday patterns. For example, my team can play either Tues or Wed and my team can play either Thur or Fri. That will result in two games being scheduled on any of those four day types but never on both Tues & Wed and never on both Thur & Fri.

    There are two weekend either/or functions as well. One for availability and one for DH preferences. Teams may make themselves available to play on Saturday OR Sunday but not both in the same weekend. Teams playing on Saturday OR Sunday also may have any of the following doubleheader preferences:
    • DH on SAT only;
    • DH on SUN only;
    • DH on SAT or SUN; or
    • NO DH.
    Teams playing on both Saturday AND Sunday may have any of the following doubleheader preferences:
    • DH on SAT only;
    • DH on SUN only;
    • DH on both SAT and SUN;
    • DH on SAT or SUN but not both; or
    • NO DH.

  • HOME FIELD AVAILABILITY INPUTS
  • Scheduling Inputs: Strength-Of-Schedule (SoS) Preferences
  • How To Confirm (E-VERIFY) The ACCURACY Of Your Team Availability Calendar
  • How To CONFIRM/E-VERIFY Field Availability
  • When does the ENYTB spring/summer season start? end?
  • What is the minimum number of league games required to be eligible for sanctioned and/or members only tournament play?
  • How many games can the league guarantee a team?
  • When can teams expect to get their schedule?
  • Where can I find my team schedule?
  • How do I use Self-Scheduler? [VIDEO]

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.