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 Tol... read more

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 19;NABF 22U beginning July 22.For the past several years, the NABF has scheduled its 16U and 18U Regional tournaments to begin one day apart. This year, at my request, they have staggered the starts by two days, with the 16s starting on Thursday and the 18s on Saturday. Fridays were killers under the old format - requiring 20 plus tournament games. And, as previously announced, all NABF tournaments from 16U and up are now wood bat only (composite bats are legal).And the big news, today, Charlie Blackburn Jr, NABF Executive Director, has agreed to give ENYTB two berths to the NABF 14U World Series, instead of the usual one. And it gets better, since Brooklyn has been granted its own NABF Regional tournament this year at 14U, our NABF 14U Regional tournament will consist of ALL ENYTB registered teams. So, this will be a golden opportunity for two ENYTB registered teams to qualify for a World Series. (NOTE: UABA gets its own berth to this tournament but its teams are double registered in ENYTB.) Last year the So. Troy Dodgers won this tournament and represented our region in Cincinatti, OH., finishing a close 3rd at the Series.STRUCTURE/FORMAT (tentative): Two divisions - one for 13U teams and one for 14U teams. The winner of each tournament division advances to the NABF World Series and receives $2,000 for travel from the NABF. The league will purchase six berths in each tournament plus a host plus one UABA berth = 8 teams per tournament. Both tournaments will be run as a double elimination events, and play under NABF rules.In addition, since this year's NABF and PONY tournaments in the 13U and 14U divisions will include only ENYTB teams, they could be run jointly as NABF/PONY tournaments. In that case, the top two teams in each tournament would advance - the winner to the NABF WS and the runner-up to the PONY Regional. (This would make the awards ceremony a happier event for all.)Furthermore, w/o outside teams, ENYTB has some latitude in scheduling when these tournaments would begin. Thus, they could be coordinated around the AABC State tournaments at the same age divisions so that teams would be available to participate in both:July 3 = AABC SK14 State Tournament and NABF/PONY13 RegionalJuly 10 = AABC SK13 State Tournament and NABF/PONY14 RegionalThis proposal will be discussed and voted on at our Jan 6 Executive Board meeting.

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