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 f... read more

* 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 for this year. (2) Pre-Season Tournament Has been moved to the weekend before Memorial Day Weekend. The regular season will now begin on Memorial Day Weekend. The Tournament Director is Bill Kelts. Contact him if you want in. (3) It was affirmed that ENYTB would like to play the Albany Twilight League in an All-Star game sometime in late summer. Scott Mastroianni will manage the ENYTB entrant. Scott will coordinate with the ATL. (4) NABF College Regional Host Site There are two plans afoot.Plan A is to secure at least two premiere fields in the Albany area including possibly Central Park "A" Diamond. Clifton Common could serve as secondary fields if necessary. Plan B is to hold the tournament at Fulton-Montgomery CC, Husky Field in Gloversville and Shuttleworth Park in Amsterdam. Advantage to move tournament out of local area because of track season. (5) Other Field News Husky Field in Gloversville (lighted) is available to the Twin County Cyclones. This gives this division two lighted fields (Husky and Clifton Common). No word yet on Central Park in Schenectady (would be 3rd lighted field). Waterford-Halfmoon HS is ready to go. (6) Inter-League Play With Other Adult Leagues We are still pursuing two possibilities: (a) NABA - Clifton Park (12 teams including a couple of GOLD)(b) NABA - Utica (12 teams includidng several GOLD) Meetings are planned with both groups and final decisions will be rendered by April 15. (7) Member Rights To Players Open competitive with protection of last year's ENYTB roster. (8) Roster Limits Regular Season - 25Official Sanctioned Roster - 21 4 Players not on official sanctioned roster shall be designated as inactive on the website. (9) Sportsmanship Rules Reviewed (10) Regular Season Playing Rules Were significantly revised. New rules will appear on website in about a week. Make copies and bring to all games. (11) Registration Checklist (handout) All members present are activated (appear on league website with access codes etc. ) and on league email distribution list. If you are not, please call me. Must make your registration choices and submit payment by April 1. Must get me team and field availability info by April 15. Must have roster established (at least 9 players) by May 1.(12) Registration Options Table (Handout) Showed all NABF and AABC sanctioned tournaments, dates, sites, and fees. (13) Regular Season Competitions. AABC - All teams selecting AABC eligibility will be put in a single division and play each other twice (if teams play more than twice, only the first two games count in this Standings). Whatever number of AABC berths ENYTB qualifies for based on its AABC registrations will be awarded to teams based on best record in this division. NABF Regular Divisions - There will be four NABF Regular Divisions. Each NABF Regular Division will have one College berth and one Unlimited berth earmarked to it. The winner of each Division shall have choice of berth. The next best record shall get the remaining berth. It was decided that the Standings in each NABF Regular Division would be based on divisional games only. Twilight League teams will be placed in a common division and their games vs each other in the Twilight League shall be counted in this League. NABF Wildcard Division - ENYTB can use its host berth in the College Regional as its wildcard berth. All 10 teams shall play each other twice in this division for this berth. There is one additional berth available to ENYTB at both NABF College and Unlimited. We will wait to see what transpires in the Silver/Bronze Division as well as with the two NABA Adult Leagues referenced above before deciding whether to purchase these berths. Teams have 15 days to get registered (April 1) and 30 days (April 15) to get me their availability info for scheduling. Scheduling will begin April 15 and conclude by May 1. ENYTB also will conduct a computer lab on website features and navigation sometime in April. Play will begin May 20. Contact Bill Kelts if you want to enter the pre-season tournament. ed

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