The 2008 Kick-Off Meetings will be remembered as the longest in league history - almost 7 hours for the two days combined! We got started a little late on Saturday, about 1:15PM and the room was still close to full at 5:00PM. On Sunday we started on time and finished at 4:00PM.For more than 50% of the attendees on both days, this was their first ev... read more

See previous news article for full details.I'm looking forward to discussing with you what we have in store for this year. 2008 is shaping up to be another banner year in terms of both program improvements and membership growth.MEMBERSHIP GROWTHThe club reps have done a terrific job getting their club and teams activated for the 2008 season. We alr... read more

Former Yankee Visits Area To Host Coaching Clinic this Saturday at Sand Creek Middle School Gymnasium ...Colonie, NY -- Gary Cathcart- a New York Yankee draft pick in 1984 and the Toronto Blue Jays 2007 Instructor of the Year- will be hosting an instructional baseball coaching clinic on Saturday, January 19th in the gymnasium at Sand Creek Middle ... read more

On January 5, 2008, the Board of Directors of Eastern NY Travel Baseball League (the "League" or “ENYTB”) approved and adopted a statement of priorities and programmatic plan for the upcoming season. 2008 will mark the League's 13th consecutive year of operation. *******************************************************ENYTB - Organizational Stru... read more

Last year, after the season began, we received an unusual amount of member feedback about the League's playing rules. A number of folks were clamoring for a mercy rule and for adoption of the NCAA force play slide rule. The League's Executive Board voted unanimously to adopt both rules.It also was time to enumerate specific penalties for ejections... read more

Congratulations to Mark Sidoti, son of Doug Sidoti, manager of the Waterford team in our College Division for winning an NABF Scholarship for the 2007 academic year. ENYTB contributes to the NABF Scholarship fund each year and Mark is our first ever winner.I met up with Mark over the Thanksgiving holiday, along with his dad and a special friend, to... read more

This is a brand new World Series site for NABF 17U and I had the opportunity to sit with the people that made the successful bid at the recent national NABF meeting in Louisville, KY. Trust me on this one, this promises to be one of the finest events ever held for this age division and a memorable experience for all.The playing sites will be City S... read more

After a one year hiatus, the NABF College Division (22U) World Series returns to Toledo, OH, sponsored by the City Of Toledo and the Toledo Amateur Baseball Federation. This 16 team event includes various Regional Champions, direct teams, and host teams and, is planned to take place at various local college facilities, including: University of Toledo (Scott Park); Ned Skeldon Stadium; Bowman Park; Byrne Park; and, Joe E. Brown Park.This promises to be a great event. Last year the Long Island Titans defeated the Waterford Fordians in a tightly contested championship game to advance from our regional. The year before it was the Waterford Fordians prevailing and the year before the that it was a tight 3-waybattle between the Long Island Astros, the Schenectady CC team and the So. Troy Dodgers - the latter featuring many players that had played up through ENYTB over the years. The Astros won that year and two years later, in 2007, the Astros team won all the marbles at the College World Series. The moral of the story is that college teams from this area have gone toe-to-toe with the best college teams in the entire NABF organization and have more than held their own. In 2007 ENYTB filled 6 berths in our regional tournament and all but two teams won at least one game. ENYTB teams finished 2nd and 3rd (Utica Falcons) and, the Adirondacks lost games by scores of 2-1 and 1-0 to eventual Champion, the LI Titans and the 4th place finisher, the NY Angels. See Tournaments > Brackets to see results from ALL ENYTB hosted tournaments in 2007, including sanctioned and league sponsored events.Early sign-ups in the college division for the 2008 season are well ahead of pace from last year. We expect 12 to 16 Gold teams in the college division before we close registration. The league qualifies for a maximum of 7 tournament berths, including host. For the last two year we have hosted this tournament at fields in both Bethlehem and Waterford and will do so again in 2008. That tournament kicks-off on July 31. The League is considering adding a late-season College All-Star game in 2008 as well.ENYTB welcomes all returning and new members in this prestigious division and invites other college-aged teams both locally and in surrounding areas to contact us to learn about the fastest growing summer college program in Upstate NY (Ed at (518 356-9089 or fryes@nycap.rr.com). NOTE: All ENYTB College Division teams also are eligible for additional post-season opportunities through ENYTB's Adult Division under both NABF and AABC.

Official dates for the NABF National Championship Tournament Series (Regionals and World Series) have been announced and can be found on our Tournaments menu as well as on each team's online registration page.As usual, ENYTB will be hosting four NABF Regionals this year:NABF 14U beginning July 10;NABF 16U beginning July 17;NABF 18U beginning July 1... read more

LINEUP CARDS - The website will include a new feature in 2008 that will allow teams to quickly prepare and print their team lineup cards online. Teams will select their starting players from a list that includes all players on their active ENYTB roster. Teams also will be asked to indicate each player's fielding position and where they will appear ... read more