It was very gratifying to recently receive this award from AABC(inscription below). AABC was our league's first affiliation and remains our largest. I share this award with my fellow Board Members as well as our many dedicated members, who have worked hard to provide a quality baseball experience for their players.Ed Frye, President ~ ENYTB Upper ... read more

ENYTB has liberalized its sanctioned tournament registration options this year. Teams are now eligible to win berths in multiple sanctioned tournaments (in the past teams were limited to participation in a single sanctioned tournament). In addition, all sanctioning choices are now optional (in the past AABC was mandatory). The complete formalized v... read more

AABC has enacted three new rules that all members should be aware of. These rules apply to AABC sanctioned tournaments only.(1) The -3 restriction on bat length-weight differentials has been rescinded for the Sandy Koufax Division at both Koufax 13 and Koufax 14.I think this is a good idea at 13U and is OK at 14U on 90' diamonds but AABC plays its ... read more

TOURNAMENT OF STARSLast summer, a two-out single in the eighth inning drove in the tie-breaking run as the AABC All-Stars rallied to edge RBI 5-4 and capture the gold medal in the Ninth Annual Tournament of Stars at historic Joe Becker Stadium. This was AABC's 2nd consecutive gold medal in this highly prestigious national event.AABC has launched it... read more

(1) All players and coaches must display a unique number on the back of their uniform shirt.(2) 18U Division - Wood bats, wood composite or laminated wood bats, will be required in NABF 18U tournament play, as described under rule 9.05(B).The 2005 NABF Rule Book is distributed to leagues following receipt of 2005 registration fees. ENYTB usually re... read more

NABF has announced that its highly prestigious High School Division (17U) World Series will be hosted in Greensboro, North Carolina this year. For the last 10 years this tournament has been played in Millington, TN. Last year Double Play Baseball represented the ENYTB at this tournament.Some of the playing sites set aside for this event include:Sto... read more

It has been League practice in years past for the home team to pay the umps and provided the baseballs, except at 12U where both teams split. The old policy made it important that teams played an evenly divided home and away schedule, especially if they had no concessions. With the growth of the League and the increased utilization of many baseball fields, this policy became a significant scheduling constraint in 2004. Two teams both wanted to play but the "wrong" team had the available field. Rather than have both teams sit idle, ENYTB members have agreed to a change in policy. Beginning in 2005, both teams will split the ump fees at all games and the home team will provide all baseballs (see DH exception below). The formal version of our new rules are presented below.FROM:ENYTB Constitution and By-LawsArticle IXSection 9.5 Home GamesWhenever possible, each team shall be scheduled an even number of home and away games. 1 Payment Of Umpires. The home and away teams shall split all umpire fees equally at every game regardless of who is home and away.2. Provision Of Game Balls. The team designated as the home team on the official league schedule shall provide all game balls except for same team (non-split) doubleheaders when each team shall play one game as the home team and provide all game balls.3. Scheduling Of Umpires. Under normal circumstances, the home team shall provide for the scheduling of umpires. Exceptions: • Opening Weekend - On opening weekend it shall be the duty of each host field to schedule umpires for all games. • Home/Away Reversals - Also, due to field constraints, the roles of home and away may be reversed i.e, the traveling team may be designated as the home team and the non-traveling team may be designated as the away team. In such cases, the non-traveling team shall be responsible for field preparation and scheduling of umpires. • Third Party Fields - When neither team is playing on its home field it shall be the responsibility of the designated home team to coordinate with the field owner, the scheduling of umpires. If the teams cancel the game without providing the field owner with timely notification and the umpires are not properly canceled, the designated home team shall be responsible for all umpire fees incurred.

In previous years, George Smith, ENYTB Senior Vice-President, and myself, have traveled to Cooperstown in the wee hours of Jan 2 to stand in line to hand deliver the league's application for field time on Doubleday. Unfortunately, The Village of Cooperstown has given us only a single game each of the last two years. Thus, we will be discontinuing t... read more

Becuase, the ENYTB is hosting NABF Regionals at 14U, 16U and 18U this year, we will dedicate one berth in the 14U NABF Regional to the 13U Gold division as a special wildcard berth. Similarly, one berth in the 16U NABF Regional will be dedicated to the 15U Gold division, as a special wildcard berth. This will give our very best team in each of thes... read more

Sanctioned tournament information is important to you in order to make the right registration selections.Click the Sanctioned Tournaments menu bar on the left (Front Page) to see all sanctioned tournaments available through the ENYTB in 2005.NABF has released all its tournament dates and sites for 2005. Our website has been updated to reflects that... read more