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2008

And, Our 18U PONY Champion Is ...........
posted by Administrator 07/04/2008 10:07:33
The Bethlehem Eagles 18OL22, managed by Tim Bruculere. The Eagles clinched the berth last night virtue of a 2-0 win over runner-up, Brunswick Buckeyes 18 Red. The Eagles will join host Chatham Reds in the PONY Regional, to be held beginning July 25 in Chatham, NY. Gerry Patnode of the Columbia Patriots organization will be Co-Tournament Director an... read more
15U Extra Innings/ENYTB League Championship Set To Begin July 8
posted by Administrator 07/03/2008 07:07:50
The following 10 teams are entered:STD15UV15RR15GBR-Red15 (has withdrawn per Tom Litz)GBR-Blue15TCB15NISKY15OLDB15BRWK15NCP15(NOTE: The EI/ENYTB League Championship Tournaments at 13U, 14U and 16U were canceled due to insufficient entries.) Hybrid Hosting Format - The first two rounds will be played on Tuesday through Friday nights, on the home fields of participating teams. Teams will share umpire fees for games played in the first two rounds and supply baseballs same as regular season. The home team in each game in rounds one and two shall be responsible for ordering umpires. All remaining games will be played at a central host site, FMCC, on Saturday, Sunday and Monday night, if necessary, and the umpire fees for these games are covered by the tournament entry fee. The teams eliminated at the end of the 2nd round shall play a consolation round-robin on Saturday at the home field of one of the participating teams.With games beginning as early as Tuesday, the tournament schedule needs to be completed before end of this weekend. Thus, I need the following two things from each team right away: ************************************************************************(1) Confirmation that you are still in - your team needs to be available from Tuesday (or Wednesday) through Sunday (possibly Mon night too). The dates of July 8 thru 12.(2) Dates from Tuesday 7/8 thru Friday 7/11 that your team is able to play on its home field at 6pm.********************************************************************** TOURNAMENT FORMAT - Double elimination with a consolation round to guarantee teams a three game minimum. SEEDING - Average points attained in ALL regular season league games at 15U shall be used to qualify, place and seed teams in both divisions. A weighted points system, designed to "normalize" for strength of schedule as well as number of games played, shall be used. Log-in to the website and go to:Main > Team Home > Standings and find STANDINGS for:Sanction = NoneAge = 15UDivision Type = TournamentName = League ChampionThis STANDINGS is brand new as of this morning. Teams are ranked by points (not W/L percentage) and points are weighted by strength-of-schedule. This STANDINGS closes on Sunday so please get your schedules fully updated as early as possible on Sunday as I will use this STANDINGS to seed your teams into this tournament.Rounds 1 and 2 (weekdays) - Games will be played at home field of highest seeded team in that game where possible. If highest seeded team doesn't have a field available the game will be played at the other team's home field. If neither team has a home field available, we have a problem. We will be able to play 1 or 2 games on Friday (RD2) at FMCC if nec. Rules - Same as regular season.Drafting - Teams are allowed to select as many as three players from other 15U league teams not entered in the tournament, with permission of the player's team manager. Drafted players can wear their own uniform. There will be no selection order for the draft. Teams may begin contacting managers (first) and players (second) beginning now. PRIZES - Each team will receive a dozen high quality tournament baseballs and an Extra Innings "Sack-O'-Gold" (EI batting cage tokens valued at $50). In addittion, the top 2 teams in BOTH divisions also shall receive:free use of the Extra Innings team training facility (valued at $250); team trophies (ENYTB trademark "3-Bat, Glove & Ball" trophies) and tournament tee-shirt (with ENYTB trademark logo on front and baseball diamond w baseballs on back). Any questions, fryes@nycap.rr.com or (518) 356-9089.Please reply re: (1) and (2) above ASAP.Thank you.Ed
Details re: Next Week's PONY13 and NABF14/PONY14 Tournaments
posted by Administrator 07/03/2008 06:07:10
To ALL Tournament Eligible Teams:(1) Please let me know ASAP if your team intends to accept a berth in next week's PONY13 or NABF14/PONY14 tournaments, if you win one. To say yes you must guarantee that if you win a berth to advance from this tournament, you will take it and go.Check website Tournament Board for dates and sites of progressive tourn... read more
It;'s OFFICIAL!!! Introducing the New "NATIONAL YOUTH BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS" Co-sponsored by AABC, NABF, PONY et. al.
posted by Administrator 06/11/2008 01:06:04
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ENYTB FORFEIT PENALTIES
posted by Administrator 06/08/2008 10:06:47
Non-playing forfeits shall be penalized as follows:Teams sometimes wrongly assume that non-tournament qualifying games can be canceled w/o penalty because they don't count in the competitions for tournament berths. This is NOT the case. Forfeit penalties apply to ALL league scheduled games equally. (The only exception is early in the season, when a... read more
COMMON MISTAKES FROM WEEK No. 1
posted by Administrator 06/03/2008 09:06:47
To All Teams:Common mistakes by teams during first week:(1) Mid-game Rain-Outs are RAIN-OUTS, NOT suspended games.Games that are rained out before the trailing team has 5 complete offensive innings are NOT suspended games. They are rain-outs and must be postponed and replayed from their beginning (unless teams agree to do otherwise). NOTE - W/o doc... read more
Exclusive Discounts Available to ENYTB Members on Extra Innings Team Summer Training Programs...
posted by Administrator 05/28/2008 06:05:44
One of the goals at Extra Innings is to help teams continue their developmental efforts together for longer into the year. To accomplish this, EI has set up a special team training summer program, headed by Coaches Michael Hubbs and Virgil Chevalier. Together with other local college coaches, these two Extra Innings pro coaches have provided priva... read more
ENYTB Switches to More Flexible Postpone/Reschedule Game Function
posted by Administrator 05/22/2008 11:05:35
Moments ago I switched the league over to the new "situational-based" [UPDATE GAME STATUS] function. This replaces the old [postpone] and [reschedule] game functions. Every game on your schedule now has its own Update Game Status game function. This function allows you to keep current the status of every game on your schedule. Keeping your online s... read more
OPENING WEEKEND 2008 - 13U and Up - And Much Much More ...
posted by Administrator 05/16/2008 11:05:52
To: All 13/18U Teams,For those of you used to my long emails and wondering what is wrong, fear not, this one will make up for what you have been missing. I have put a major announcement at the very bottom to force you to read it all!As most of you know, the league schedule is usually completed by about now. However, this year, largely because of my... read more
Wood Bat Reminder
posted by Administrator 05/07/2008 11:05:52
[17U DIVISION NEWS]

22U and UNL = Wood Bat (Regular Season and NABF Post-season)AABC POST-SEASON = METAL/Wood17U and 18U = Wood Bat (Regular Season and NABF Post-season)AABC Post-season = Metal (last Year)PONY Post-Season = Metal/Wood16U = Metal/Wood Bats Except For NABF Post-season (incl PONY Sectional Tournament Only that we host because it is a double sanctioned ev... read more

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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.