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2005

Reminder: ENYMML/ENYCML Teams Can No Longer Double Register With ENYTB
posted by Administrator 01/18/2006 07:01:52
ENYTB has always welcomed dual-participation by teams from other Leagues (a process known as double registrations). ENYTB provides these teams with additional opportunities for competitively balanced play and sanctioned tournament eligibility. Most of these teams also register with us to be eligible for NABF Regional tournaments hosted locally by E... read more
ENYTB Introduces Supplemental Travel Program To Extend Playing Opportunities For
posted by Administrator 01/18/2006 07:01:33
Approximately half of our members are also responsible for operating their own house programs. Those that run smaller house leagues often are faced with the problem of having too few teams to provide them with a sufficient diversity of opponents. In addition, many house leagues, big and small, also desire to offer their house level players an exten... read more
***Major News*** AABC Makes Permanent ENYTB's Mickey Mantle and Connie Mack Programs and Removes All Restrictions On Team Eligibility
posted by Administrator 01/18/2006 07:01:14
When ENYTB was established in 1996, it affiliated with the AABC Sandy Koufax Division. Later we added AABC sanctioning at 15U, 13U, 12U, and 11U. Since there was an existing Mickey Mantle and Connie Mack League in the local area, AABC for many years would not sanction ENYTB at 16U and 18U. That prompted ENYTB to seek out other national affiliations... read more
ENYTB Introduces Elite Division Play at 16U and 17U
posted by Administrator 01/18/2006 06:01:40
In the last couple of years ENYTB teams have increasingly inquired about the possibility of ENYTB forming its own "Elite" division, with the possibility of including other elite teams from other regions. The ENYTB Constitution recognizes elite teams beginning at age 16, provided they participate in a higher level organized program of play than ENYT... read more
NABF Accepts ENYTB Host Bids at 13-14-15-16-18-22!
posted by Administrator 11/15/2005 08:11:00
About 75 persons attended the recently concluded NABF annual meeting in King's Island, OH. I was accompanied by my oldest son Pete, who is now our principal webmaster. We were both made to feel very welcome by VARCHARlie Blackburn, NABF's Executive Director, and the entire NABF fraternity. Like most annual meetings of national baseball organization... read more
NABF Man Of The Year For 2005 Is Ed Frye
posted by Administrator 11/15/2005 08:11:00
ENYTB Members and Friends, Later this week I will be traveling to Kings Island, OH to accept NABF's Man Of The Year Award for 2005 on behalf of ENYTB. While I am greatly honored by this award, it is really an award for the entire League to share. In the last six years the NABF has gone from being a sidelight for our League to one of its main attractions. We first registered with NABF in the year 2000 to provide a small group of 16U teams with an opportunity for sanctioned post-season play. It quickly grew to include all age divisions and then, in 2004, we hosted our first NABF Regional tournament. We gained instant recognition by the tournament particpants for the quality and condition of our facilities, the hospitality of our hosts and the quality of the tournament. That week the Northeast was deluged with a series of frequent downpours. The fields at Clifton Park were hit with heavy rain at least twice a day throughout the entire tournmament. Every other NABF Regional in the Northeast was washed out that weekend. But not us. We never fell behind schedule. The efforts by the folks at Clifton Park (Al Williams, the entire Cramer family, George Smith and countless others) were nothing short of extraordinary. As a result, NABF trusted us to host four of its Regional Tournaments in 2005. Once again, superb efforts were turned in by all our host facilities, including Clifton Park again, Bethlehem, Waterford, So. Troy and Brunswick. This award is the direct result of the efforts of our members who have served as NABF hosts as well as the increasing popularity of our locally hosted NABF tournaments among our own membership. These events are affording our local players with the benefits of high level competition while making great lifelong memories. That is something we can all be proud of and look forward to building upon. My sincere thanks goes out to all of you that have helped me earn this award.
Trick or Treat: ENYTB Fall "League" Halloween Bonanza
posted by Administrator 10/31/2005 10:10:00
It took us three weekends to get the Fall Super Showdown Series completed in all three age divisions but sunny skys prevailed this weekend and play was concluded in both the Intermediate and Senior Divisions. The Senior Division enjoyed a Halloween Bonanza as two of the three teams that played on Sunday had already been eliminated from the tournam... read more
ENYTB Ends Record Breaking '05 Season On a High Note
posted by Administrator 10/31/2005 10:10:00
Our 10th season was our biggest and best yet. The League grew by another 40 teams (160 total), played over 3,000 games and produced an incredible number of sanctioned championship tournament winners and runner-ups. ENYTB teams won every AABC State Championship Tournament from 11U through 18U. And, we put SIX teams in the AABC World Series!!!AABC Wo... read more
RULE CHANGE (PROPOSED 2006): Treatment Of Unplayed "Must Play" Games In League Standings
posted by Administrator 10/31/2005 09:10:00
A berth in the 14U Division was decided last night on the basis of forfeits of unplayed games that had been pp'd for non-weather related reasons. The two teams involved in these unplayed games both received berths but a third team, lost a berth as a result of these forfeits. That team was rightfully upset but they handled themselves in a gentlemanl... read more
ENYTB's Last Man Standing Tournaments .....
posted by Administrator 10/31/2005 09:10:00
For the past several years ENYTB has sponsored a season ending weekend open tournament for all age groups called "Last Man Standing". These tournaments have been played in mid to late July, varying depending on both host and team availability. These tournaments were a pay your own way as you play (i.e., no tournament fee) and the League donated t-s... read more