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Charleston, SC - Niskayuna Indians Advance Out Of Pool Play @CABA15 World Series!Game 1 - niskayuna 5-2 over carolina redsGame 2 - niskayuna 7-3 over tennessee dores.Gane 3 - niskayuna 10-2 over round trip baseball georgia 2Indians finished 4-1-1 in pool play - and are the #5 seed.To play Upstate Warriors (South Carolina) next. Update......"it was... read more

AABC11 Title Goes To Clifton Park Cougars!Congratulations to the Cougars for winning the AABC11 Upstate Championship. Next stop - the AABC11 World Series in Brooklyn at the end of July!

Adirondack Heat Crowned NYS CABA12 Champion!The bats of the Adirondack Heat proved to be as hot as the Memorial Day Weekend weather, averaging 15 runs per game to finish undefeated and be crowned Champion of first CABA12 World Series Qualifier hosted by ENYTB. The CABA12 WSQ tournament was played at the Twin Town Little League Park in Poestenkill, ... read more

ENYTB Doubles Down On PONY & NABF Post-Season Play!ENYTB Has Acquired 12 More PONY/NABF Tournament Berths!The BONUS berths include the following:Eight EXTRA PONY Berths = one more @ every PONY age level 10U thru 18U; and,Four EXTRA NABF Berths = one more @ every NABF age level 14U thru 22U.This means 12 More ENYTB Teams Will Advance In National Cha... read more

Albany Dutchmen Looking For 5 or 6 More Host Families To House Their College Players... Are you interested? The Albany Dutchmen organization is looking for 5 or 6 more Host Families for their college players who are reporting next Sunday June 6th. They are looking for a few baseball loving families to open up their arms and homes to their players ... read more

Simple 3 Step Procedure re: Discretionary schedule changes vs Play or ForfeitNumerous veteran members and new teams alike, seem unsure of how ENYTB's basic rescheduling process work.Here is a quickie outline of the normal sequence one would follow to resolve a typical "My team can't play as scheduled" situation:The Problem:TEAM A ---> I know I can't field a team for a league game that is more than 7 days in the future:The Solution:Step 1: Request NWP from opponent(where opponent = Team B)NOTE: Only applicable if during pre-season Grace Period or if Team A has not used up its allowable limit of NWP = 2.If Team B answer = no, go to step 2.NOTE: If team A and Team B can't find a make-up to Team B's satisfaction, no is the only possible answer Team B can give.Step 2: Request NHNFC from Team B(= cancel w/o penalty)NOTE: Only applicable if during pre-season Grace Period or if Team A has not used up its allowable limit of NHNFC = 2.If Team B answer = no, go to step (3).NOTE: Basic decision here for Team B is whether it wants the wins or not. If it does, it must answer no.Step 3: Play or forfeit.If forfeit:(i) Team B gets 2 wins (assuming a DH)(ii) Team A gets 2 losses(iii)Team A also gets a $75/game fine.(iv) One more forfeit loss for Team A and they would lose their eligibility for any sanctioned post-season play through ENYTB.And, remember, NWP and NHNFC can NOT be used for non-local travel games. The latter are all play or forfeit from the git-go.Also, once the Grace Period ends (May 25), all teams shall be limited to two NHNFC and two NWP for the entire season. Once they are used up, all games for that team shall be play or forfeit.That, in a nutshell, is the ENYTB rescheduling system. It is designed to reward teams who carefully plan their season ahead of time and who reliably play their games as scheduled. Teams who don't will take it on the chin. =======================================================IMPORTANT: There are only 2 significant differences in this system from what has been in place in ENYTB for the last several years.(1) Teams are not allowed to receive an unlimited number of NWP or NHNFC anymore; and,(2) All non-local travel games (designated by a red car icon on your schedule) are now play or forfeit only i.e., you can NOT use any of your allowable NHNFC or NWP to avoid playing a non-local travel game as scheduled. This is true even during the Grace Period.#1 is necessary because nobody wanted to be the bad guy and force another team to forfeit. Instead, they would let their opponent off the hook and then complain to the league. For this reason, the previous system, which relied on teams policing their own schedules, did not work.#2 is necessary because local teams were not treating non-local teams fairly and the latter were leaving the league or threatening to do so if it continued. Since non-local teams are an important part of this league (about 20% and an even higher percentage of our gold teams), it became necessary for the league to do something.Last year in particular, our local teams at the older ages canceled a high percentage of non-local games, but only when they were the away team. Non-local teams can only play on the weekends. Often they play only one DH per weekend, sometimes less. They travel here for 50% of their games. And they often rent DeLutis for their home games. Thus, it is particularly disruptive to non-local members to have their home games canceled. Not surprisingly, last year's experience was very discouraging for them. As a result, several excellent non-local teams at the older age levels decided not to come back this season.By making it very costly for either team to "stiff" an opponent in any game played between a local and non-local opponent, regardless of location, Rule 2 was implemented. We hope to eliminate this problem by focusing on it and thereby regaining the trust of non-local teams in ENYTB. The penalty for forfeiting a non-local DH is the equivalent of forfeiting three local games ($225) PLUS any unavoidable home team cost (umps or field rental fees) plus loss of eligibility for sanctioned post-season play through ENYTB.So, unless you have money to burn or don't care about participating in a post-season you have already paid for, or don't care about being allowed to continue in this league, whatever else you do, make sure you play your non-local travel games as scheduled.NOTE: The same penalty applies to the home team in these contests if they are the offending team.The Executive Board proposed this rule change due to what happened in 2010 and the Members Council unanimously supports this policy.

ENYTB Registration Officially Closes This Tuesday (APR 19) For Ages 13U and Up!We need your registration choices, payment and scheduling inputs by then. Anyone wanting to late register can do so up until that time by calling me (Ed Frye) at 518-356-9089. No emails please at this late date.Scheduling is set to begin as soon as the mail arrives on Tu... read more

ENYTB Releases 2011 Schedule For Ages 9U - 12U.ENYTB customizes each team schedule according to the team's strength-of-schedule preferences as well as its home field availability, team availability (including either/or play options), availability for long distance travel, weekend doubleheader preferences (including either/or options), and various o... read more

Are you making registration more difficult than it is?It really isn’t as difficult as many of you make it out to be. Any organized baseball league needs certain information from its members. Because ENYTB has more options than other leagues and customizes everything to the preferences of each team, we require a lit bit more, but still not that mu... read more