FALL BALL SIGN-UP - 2013To: All ENYTB Members As Well As Non-ENYTB Members:Everything you need to know to hook your fall team up with the premier travel baseball league in eastern, upstate New York is provided below. *********************************************************** ENYTB FALL BALL REGISTRATION 2013 ***************************************...
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Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall...To: All ENYTB Members:All of us at ENYTB thank you for another record year! We set many records this year, including:....a record number of teams (more than 185)....a record number (4) of teams from Canada (Toronto/Montreal) as well as teams from as far away as Syracuse, NY, western MA, VT and Kingston, NY....a record n...
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OPEN Tournament Sign-Up - LAST MAN STANDING - All AgesENYTB is offering its Last Man Standing tournaments to all teams, including non-members and at all ages, during the latter part of July. These tournaments are listed on the Master Tournament Schedule Board (first item on Tournament menu).This a for fun, end-of-the season tournament, for low silv...
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Voorheesville Blackbirds Win Class C, Section II Championship!Congratulations to Manager Kyle Turski and ENYTB member Voorheesville Blackbirds for repeating as Class C Champion last night at Joe Bruno. The Blackbirds defeated the Ft. Plain Hilltoppers 14-4 and are 2-0 in Class C Championship games since joining ENYTB two years ago.Having lost five seniors from last year's team, the Blackbirds won from the #10 seed position. Great job Kyle!The Ft Plain Hilltoppers, managed by Craig Phillips, are a long time ENYTB member (their summer name = Mohawk Valley Express) and have won numerous Class C State Championships during that time. Coach Phillips also owns the honor of being the winningest coach in NYS high school history.ENYTB is happy and proud to be the summer home for both of these fine baseball programs.GO BLACKBIRDS!
Special Pricing Available Now On Summer Tournaments At Cooperstown Baseball World (CBW) - Local Teams 12u-16UMembers often ask me if I know of any local tournaments they can take their team to. I would advise everyone still looking to enter their team in a local summer tournament to check out a special offer just announced by CBW that includes sign...
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Message To Parents & Coaches:ENYTB Policy re: CUTs/RELEASEsENYTB has adopted a new system for regulating intra-league player movement. Gone are releases per se. Instead of placing restrictions on individual players in terms of moving from one ENYTB team to another, ENYTB now restricts individual teams in terms of the maximum number of players they ...
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Cut Players - "Bullet-Proof" Revisions ComingRecently, some parents (and some managers) have exerted significant pressure on teams to "FREE" CUT players, thereby circumventing ENYTB's effort to fairly manage player movement within the league via its new RFA CAP system. Unfortunately, many have been successful in achieving their aims. To ignore thes...
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HANDOUTS FROM 2/24 MEETING (Topic #3):Rosters & Player Eligibility CriteriaENYTB has its own player eligibility criteria for regular season play as does each sanctioning body. Similarly, each sanctioning body has additional eligibility criteria for tournament play. Each sanctioning body also has its own official rosters for collecting these data. E...
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HANDOUTS FROM 2/17 MEETING (Topic #2):Customized Scheduling &Rules Governing Allowable Schedule ChangesThe hallmark of a quality travel league, regardless of sport, is balanced competition, customized scheduling, schedule reliability and abundant post-season tournament opportunities. ENYTB feratures the best of all four! BALANCED COMPETITION - Nob...
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