Dear ENYTB Members,Last night the existing MM16 and CM18 Leagues voted to renege on their previous vote to merge with us and instead proposed that all our (ENYTB) teams simply register in their Leagues with them. This was Joe and Brian Henkel's original suggestion at our March 8th meeting with Al Roy. When that failed to get traction with me they s... read more

Following a heartfelt exchange of views by those who were in attendance as to what this League stands for and means to them, as well as a thorough discussion of the potential risks inherent in a merger, the League passed a motion to merge with the Capital District AAU League (13-14-15), the Eastern New York Mickey Mantle League (16U) and the Easter... read more

Recent Email to ENYTB General Membership.....The general terms of the merger proposal can be viewed in the news posts immediately below. Please familiarize yourself with its terms prior to the meeting. The meeting will be held at the Waterford Town Hall in the Village of Waterford, this Sunday, April 3, at 6:00PM. Our Executive Board has guided us ... read more

Welcome to the new era! Tuesday night, after a four hour joint meeting of their memberships, all three of our local "rival" Leagues - the Capital District AAU (13-14-15); the Eastern New York Mickey Mantle League (16U); and the Eastern New York Connie Mack voted unanimously (a couple of abstensions or "with reservation" votes) to merge with us to form a new entity called the Eastern New York Baseball Federation. Many of the ENYMML and ENYCML members in the room were ENYTB members as well, and they provided significant support to this proposal both with their comments and their votes. I thank all of them. Under this proposal, should our League adopt it, all incoming merger teams at aged 16 and 18 will be registered with both AABC and NABF for the upcoming 2005 season and jointly scheduled with our teams that are registered with both AABC and NABF. ENYTB teams that are currently registed AABC only or NABF only will be required to register for both now. Teams will still have the option to register for neither post-season option. Administration and scheduling will be done through ENYTB and its website. The ENYTB will otherwise remain financially separate from the ENYMML and ENYCML for this season (we will not be assuming their obligations to host the AABC tournaments at MM16 and CM18 this year). NExt year we will operate as one League in all respects. Teams at 13-14-15 will NOT be required to register in both AABC and NABF this year but will be required to do so beginning the 2006 season. Administration and scheduling for these teams will be done through ENYTB and its website. These teams will pay the usual ENYTB registration fees this year. These three Leagues will bring about 70 new teams into the Federation. We currently have about 130 teams registered. Thus, the Federation will have approximately 200 teams in its first year. Power Sharing and Governance - We agreed to accelerate the next cycle of League elections and hold them in 2006 instead of 2007. We also agreed to expand the Board to nine elected seats at that time. We currently have 7. In the interim period, we agreed to allow each of those Leagues two seats. Thus, for the remainder of this year we would have 7 elected seats (1 unoccupied), 6 temporary seats, and our 2 Commissioner posts (non-elected). The temporary seats will expire when we have our next election. The centerpiece of this agreement is full acceptance of ENYTB's basic rules on entry and player rights. The occupants of the temporary seats may act as a Constitutional research committee to recommend Constitutional changes that they believe reflect the terms and reality of this agreement. A Transition Committee will oversee these indivdual age division committees. It will consist of myself, Andy Smith, who was instrumental in getting this agreement hammered out and accepted, and Bill Kelts. The Transitional Committee will make its recommendations to the full Executive Board and a vote shall be required. Player Rights - Under this merger agreement, all member teams will have full roster protection all the way through. All first time league players at 15U and below will be free agents provided they follow the steps listed in our Constitution for restricted players. The deadline for such "non-discretionary" release requests would be moved from May 1 to April 15 beginning in 2006. After April 15, first time players would be treated the same as protected players if they reside in a member's franchise area. Players at 16U and above, who were not on a team in our League in the previous year, or whose team does not continue to the next age level, also shall be Free Agents. In the first year of this agreement, ENYMML, ENYCML and ENYTB teams would have full roster protection of their AABC or NABF rosters from last year at 16 and 18 except where a player played in both Leagues last year. In such cases, the player will be allowed to choose which of those teams he will play for in 2005. No player will be allowed to play for two teams in the same age division. Since all member teams will abide by the same player procurement rules, none shall be viewed as "ELITE", regardless of the number of released or "outside" players on their roster Thus, under this agreement, all Federation teams are viewed the same with one possible exception, this year's So. Troy Dodgers 16 team, which is still subject to negotiation. While there was no objection to allowing So. Troy to register its 16 team in the Federation under AABC or anything else, there was concern about allowing them entry into the UNYSABA MM tournament this year. There was no objection to them being eligible for NABF or PONY sanctioned tournament play this year or in teh future. This issue needs to be decided this week and we agreed to do so. The WaSaRen league is not a party to this agreement but this agreement contains a provision offering them the same terms. Bill has been instructed to contact them and make them aware of of this.

* Ends the 10 year war between the Leagues.* Ends the unregulated competition for players among teams - it creates one League from top to bottom that provides all members with full roster protection all the way up* Offers wider opportunities for regular season play - more diversified set of opponents, competitively balanced schedules and more proxi... read more

* Umbrella is a federation of existing Leagues, under a single governing body. A new name shall be adopted. The Eastern New York Baseball Federation has been proposed.* Existing AABC Leagues are unique to each age division and shall therefore maintain their current names under the federation. Eastern New York Connie Mack League Eastern New York M... read more

Exciting news for ENYTB teams in the 16U and 18u Divisions - more sanctioned tournament opportunities! UNYSABA (AABC) will permit ENYTB to include its teams in the Mickey Mantle and Connie Mack Divisions in the upcoming 2005 season, subject to various provisions. With this announcement, ENYTB now offers its members uninterrupted AABC sanctioned pla... read more

ENYTB has 5 berths, including host, in this 9-10 team tournament. Play begins July 28. Is Joe Bruno a possibility? RPI?NABF Tournaments Hosted By ENYTB In 200514U - JUN 3016U - JUL 2118U - JUL 2122U - JUL 28

Meeting came to order approximately 3:10 pm. Board Members Present: Ed Frye and Bill Kelts ABSENT: Vermont Lakers Albany Senators (down south playing ball)MamasLansingburgh RoyalsClifton Park Yankees (excused) (1) Adult Division Coordinator Tom Kennedy is no longer serving in that capacity. Bill and I will continue to share those responsibilities f... read more

Meeting came to order at 6:10 pm. Attendance: Meeting was well attended as there was SRO. Due to the size of these age divisions, next year we will try to have this meeting in the same place as our Kick-Off meeting (WFD Town Hall). TOPIC #1 - AABC Association Meeting Report Earlier in the day, our AABC Association, the UNYSABA held its semi-annua... read more