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 ***************************************... read more

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... read more

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... read more

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 ... read more

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... read more

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 ... read more

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... read more

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. ENYTB registers its teams with the various sanctioning bodies via these roster forms. Teams that win NCTS berths need to bring their official tournament roster with them to their tournament.For all the reasons above, needless to say, rosters and player eligibility criteria are enormously important, especially in a multi-sanctioned league such as ENYTB where a team may have as many as 7 or more rosters, no two of which are on the same form or subject to the exact same player eligibility criteria.ENYTB members are fortunate that all the official forms are loaded to the website and that each roster has its own eligibility criteria filter. Teams simply enter the player's data once (unless the player is already in the league database and then not at all). From there, the team needs only to link its players to its other required rosters. During the linking process, the player is tested against all eligibility criteria for that roster. This is referred to as "SMART" rosters.This system is referred to as ORMS: enytb.com's Online Roster Management System. It does almost all of the roster work for you. Teams need only to link players to all their rosters. ORMS takes care of the rest. When the roster is complete, the user simply clicks PRINT and the roster that prints off includes eligible players only and all information is printed on the official roster form of the associated sanctioning body.ORMS also allows tournament teams to view all eligible draft picks within the league and to actually make their draft selections online. The selected player immediately appears on the team's tournament roster with all required information filled in!W/o further adieu, here are the slides for today's presentation: CLICK HERE for an overview of information sources on UFA and RFA as well as many of the differences between the two; CLICK HERE for an overview of ORMS; CLICK HERE for a diagrammatic overview of ORMS; CLICK HERE for an overview of the player eligibility criteria for ENYTB regular season play;CLICK HERE for an overview of the player eligibility criteria for NABF post-season play; CLICK HERE for an overview of the player eligibility criteria for AABC post-season play; CLICK HERE for an overview of the player eligibility criteria for PONY post-season play; and, CLICK HERE for an overview of the player eligibility criteria for ECTB post-season play..

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... read more