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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

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
  • 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?

    When does the ENYTB spring/summer season start? end?


    In general, all teams have the option to begin regular season play as early or as late as they wish and end regular season play as early or as late as they wish, with two caveats:

    (1) A second team must be seeking to play at the same time or a game can't be scheduled; and,

    (2) Each league division has a cutoff date for games to count in the standings. This date is typically several days before (often the Sunday before) the scheduled start of the entry-level tournament in the sanctioned National Championship Tournament Series (NCTS) for which the standings is applicable. This date is set before the schedule is developed and is shown in the heading of each divisional standings.

    NOTE: Separate standings are maintained for each sanctioning body: AABC, NABF, PONY and ECTB. A strength-of-schedule factor is applied to these rankings because each includes teams of different competition levels and because of FLEX scheduling, no two teams play the same set of opponents or even the same total number of games.

    Thus, the ENYTB regular season officially "ends" on several different dates, depending on the cut-off date for the sanctioned NCTS that the team is registered to be eligible for.

    Tournament eligible teams also can be scheduled beyond the dates of the sanctioned tournaments they registered to be eligible for (these are exhibition games in the sense that they don't count in any standings leading to a tournament berth).

    Teams that don't make themselves tournament eligible can be scheduled for as long as there are suitable opponents available.

    Typical Start Dates For Regular Season Play
    • 12U and under - earliest start usually the second week of April, weather permitting. By early May just about all of the younger aged teams are playing. Teams involved in all-star play in house leagues usually cease playing in the third week of June.
    • 13U and above - A few teams, usually 13U and 14U, begin play before Memorial Day Weekend but most wait till Memorial Day Weekend or a bit later because of conflicts with ongoing school ball programs. Memorial Day Weekend (aka Opening Weekend) is the traditional opening of regular season play for teams 13U and older. However, teams are not obligated to begin their seasons at that time.
    • Some 13U and 14U teams begin their seasons the first weekend of May and play Sundays only until Memorial Day weekend
    • 16U and up - Some of our older teams choose not to begin play until the first or second week of June because of the potential conflict with HS Sectionals.
    Most teams stop playing between the middle of July and the first week of August. ENYTB schedules its season ending Last Man Standing Tournament for the last two weeks of July.

  • 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.