------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 590 ***************** 2-20-00 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** WARREN MORRIS: #1 Pick in 26th Annual IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft *** # NT OT T PLAYER --- -- -- - ------------------- Preliminary Round 1 29 12 1 MORRIS, WARREN 2 30 29 1 DURAZO, ERUBIEL 1st Round 3 27 7 2 ANKIEL, RICK 4 30 18 1 LEE, CARLOS 5 2 12 2 BENSON, KRIS 6 27 6 1 DAWKINS, TRAVIS 7 6 27 1 PETRICK, BEN 8 20 18 1 SINGLETON, CHRIS 9 16 14 2 HUDSON, TIM 10 5 6 2 WILLIAMSON, SCOTT 11 14 25 2 GARCIA, FREDDY 12 10 26 1 WELLS, VERNON 13 24 15 1 MATEO, RUBEN 14 12 15 2 ZIMMERMAN, JEFF 15 26 10 2 DOTEL, OCTAVIO 16 12 24 1 SORIANO, ALFONSO 17 3 1 1 BERKMAN, LANCE 18 8 2 2 MCGLINCHY, KEVIN 19 17 30 2 RUPE, RYAN 20 13 18 2 WELLS, KIP 21 23 12 1 HERMANSEN, CHAD 22 19 19 1 BARKER, KEVIN 23 7 23 2 WEAVER, JEFF 24 28 14 1 HERNANDEZ, RAMON 25 1 25 2 MECHE, GIL 26 9 4 2 NATHAN, JOE 27 19 22 1 VERAS, WILTON 2nd Round 28 29 26 2 KOCH, BILLY 29 30 13 2 ORTIZ, RAMON 30 2 11 2 WOLF, RANDY 31 27 22 1 LOMASNEY, STEVE 32 6 28 2 BURNETT, A.J. 33 4 21 2 RILEY, MATT 34 16 17 1 GUZMAN, CRISTIAN 35 5 17 2 MAYS, JOE 36 14 9 1 BERGERON, PETER 37 11 3 2 GAGNE, ERIC 38 20 17 1 ALLEN, CHAD 39 21 24 2 YARNALL, ED 40 25 28 1 RAMIREZ, JULIO 41 1 23 2 CORDERO, FRANCISCO 42 10 9 2 ARMAS JR., TONY 43 24 8 2 FARNSWORTH, KYLE 44 7 17 1 JONES, JACQUE 45 26 12 2 SAUERBECK, SCOTT 46 22 16 2 MORENO, ORBER 47 3 7 1 KENNEDY, ADAM 48 8 16 1 QUINN, MARK 49 17 14 1 SAENZ, OLMEDO 50 13 30 1 COX, STEVE IRBL # 590 2-20-00 2 51 23 18 2 MYETTE, AARON 52 19 28 1 CASTRO, RAMON 53 7 8 1 BROWN, ROOSEVELT 54 28 22 2 PENA, JUAN 55 1 16 2 DURBIN, CHAD 56 12 15 2 VENAFRO, MIKE 57 18 9 2 MOTA, GUILLERMO 3rd Round 58 29 24 1 JIMENEZ, D'ANGELO 59 30 28 2 TEJERA, MICHAEL 60 2 3 2 MASAOKA, ONAN 61 27 9 2 LILLY, TED 62 6 14 2 HARVILLE, CHAD 63 4 29 1 BARAJAS, ROD 64 16 27 2 LEE, DAVID 65 5 5 1 GONZALEZ, WIKI 66 14 9 1 BLUM, GEOFF 67 27 13 1 COLANGELO, MIKE 68 20 12 2 ANDERSON, JIMMY 69 21 18 1 LIEFER, JEFF 70 25 6 1 LARUE, JASON 71 1 28 2 ALMONTE, HECTOR 72 10 8 2 BOWIE, MICAH 73 24 5 2 CARLYLE, BUDDY 74 19 18 1 DELLAERO, JASON 75 26 21 2 RYAN, B.J. 76 22 20 1 ROBERTS, DAVID 77 3 19 2 PETERSON, KYLE 78 8 20 2 DEPAULA, SEAN 79 17 9 1 COQUILLETTE, TRACE 80 13 30 2 WHEELER, DAN 81 23 5 1 DARR, MIKE 82 19 8 1 MEYERS, CHAD 83 7 13 1 DURRINGTON, TRENT 84 28 15 1 DRANSFELDT, KELLY 85 5 1 2 MILLER, WADE 86 9 10 1 MORA, MELVIN 87 18 3 2 BORBON, PEDRO 4th Round 88 29 18 1 CHRISTENSEN, MCKAY 89 30 4 1 GUZMAN, EDWARDS 90 2 26 2 DAVEY, TOM 91 27 10 1 LONG, TERRENCE 92 6 29 2 KIM, BYUNG-HYUN 93 4 16 2 REICHERT, DAN 94 16 1 2 WILLIAMS, BRIAN 95 5 18 2 DANEKER, PAT 96 14 20 2 BROWER, JIM 97 20 1 1 BARKER, GLEN 98 21 15 2 LEE, COREY 99 25 10 1 TOCA, JORGE 100 1 12 1 HAAD, YAMID 101 10 19 1 CANCEL, ROBINSON 102 24 8 1 LINIAK, COLE 103 23 23 2 BORKOWSKI, DAVE 104 26 9 2 STRICKLAND, SCOTT 105 22 26 2 MUNRO, PETER 106 3 5 1 MATTHEWS JR., GARY 107 8 13 2 POTE, LOU 108 17 30 1 LAMB, DAVID 109 13 28 1 GARCIA, AMAURY IRBL # 590 2-20-00 3 110 23 16 2 CARTER, LANCE 111 19 26 2 GLOVER, GARY 112 7 1 1 HERNANDEZ, CARLOS E. 113 28 20 1 MCDONALD, JOHN 114 12 28 2 ALMANZA, ARMANDO 115 9 11 2 SCHRENK, STEVE 116 12 5 1 NEWHAN, DAVID 5th Round 117 5 18 1 PAUL, JOSH 118 30 22 2 OHKA, TOMOKAZU 119 2 13 2 COOPER, BRIAN 120 27 18 1 RODRIGUEZ, LIU 121 6 17 2 ROMERO, J.C. 122 4 14 2 LAXTON, BRETT 123 16 4 1 MURRAY, CALVIN 124 5 21 2 MOLINA, GABE 125 20 26 1 BLAKE, CASEY 126 21 8 1 MOLINA, JOSE 127 25 15 2 DAVIS, DOUG 128 12 27 2 HACKMAN, LUTHER 129 10 29 2 PADILLA, VICENTE 130 24 17 2 RYAN, JASON 131 12 12 2 GARCIA, MIKE 132 26 9 2 SMART, J.D. 133 22 22 1 GUBANICH, CREIGHTON 134 3 25 2 RAMSAY, ROB 135 8 8 1 PORTER, BO 136 17 14 2 VIZCAINO, LUIS 137 13 13 1 DAVANON, JEFF 138 23 20 2 RISKE, DAVID 139 19 17 2 LINCOLN, MIKE 140 7 10 1 WILSON, VANCE 141 28 26 1 WOODWARD, CHRIS 142 15 19 2 RAMIREZ, HECTOR 143 9 15 2 KOLB, DANNY 144 18 26 1 BRUMFIELD, JACOB 6th Round 145 29 9 2 SMITH, DAN 146 30 8 2 RAIN, STEVE 147 2 7 2 LUEBBERS, LARRY 148 27 23 2 HILJUS, ERIK 149 6 13 2 SCHOENEWEIS, SCOTT 150 28 17 1 DAVIDSON, CLEATUS 151 16 11 2 GRAHE, JOE 152 29 30 1 SORRENTO, PAUL 153 20 3 2 ARNOLD, JAMIE 154 25 23 2 KIDA, MASAO 155 1 27 1 SOSA, JUAN 156 10 23 1 GARCIA, LUIS 157 24 9 1 FERNANDEZ, JOSE 158 12 9 1 COX, DARRON 159 26 3 2 WILLIAMS, JEFF 160 22 21 2 FALKENBORG, BRIAN 161 3 27 1 SEXTON, CHRIS 162 8 18 2 DAVENPORT, JOE 163 17 18 2 LUNDQUIST, DAVID 164 13 2 1 BATTLE, HOWARD 165 23 25 2 SCHEFFER, AARON 166 19 2 2 EBERT, DERRIN 167 7 13 1 HEMPHILL, BRET 168 28 18 2 PENA, JESUS IRBL # 590 2-20-00 4 169 9 14 1 MENECHINO, FRANK 170 18 2 2 CORTES, DAVID 7th Round 171 8 3 2 HERGES, MATT 172 30 17 2 RADLOSKY, ROB 173 2 11 2 SHUMAKER, ANTHONY 174 27 18 2 WARD, BRYAN 175 6 17 2 PERKINS, DAN 176 16 28 2 BILLINGSLEY, BRENT 177 20 12 2 BOYD, JASON 178 1 16 1 LOPEZ, MENDY 179 24 2 1 MATOS, PASCUAL 180 12 13 2 ALVAREZ, JUAN 181 26 4 2 DEL TORO, MIGUEL 182 22 25 2 SPENCER, SEAN 183 3 27 1 PETERSEN, CHRIS 184 8 26 2 BALE, JOHN 185 17 21 1 DAVIS, TOMMY 186 13 13 1 O'BRIEN, CHARLIE 187 23 16 2 MURRAY, DAN 188 19 7 1 MCGEE, WILLIE 189 7 19 1 ZOSKY, EDDIE 190 28 8 2 KING, RAY 191 9 15 2 GLYNN, RYAN 8th Round 192 29 16 1 MARTINEZ, FELIX 193 30 19 2 ESTRADA, HORACIO 194 2 8 2 MCNICHOL, BRIAN 195 27 30 2 NEWMAN, ALAN 196 16 25 2 MARTE, DAMASO 197 1 8 2 BARKER, RICHIE 198 24 14 1 RAINES, TIM 199 12 15 1 GREEN, SCARBOROUGH 200 22 13 1 PRITCHETT, CHRIS 201 3 28 1 CLAPINSKI, CHRIS 202 8 9 1 STOWERS, CHRIS 203 13 21 1 GARCIA, JESSE 204 23 26 1 SANDERS, ANTHONY 205 19 25 2 HINCHLIFFE, BRETT 206 7 5 2 GUZMAN, DOMINGO 207 28 29 2 SABEL, ERIK 208 9 24 1 BELLINGER, CLAY 9th Round 209 29 2 1 DEROSA, MARK 210 30 30 2 CALLAWAY, MICKEY 211 27 30 2 SPARKS, JEFF 212 1 26 2 LUDWICK, ERIC 213 24 17 2 REDMAN, MARK 214 12 28 1 HYERS, TIM 215 3 26 1 BERROA, GERONIMO 216 8 27 2 PORZIO, MIKE 217 13 14 2 CANDIOTTI, TOM 218 23 30 1 FRANCO, JULIO 219 19 12 2 PHILLIPS, JASON 220 7 25 2 ZIMMERMAN, JORDAN 10th Round 221 29 16 2 RAY, KEN 222 30 30 2 MORRIS, JIM 223 1 2 2 STULL, EVERETT 224 12 6 2 GREENE, RICK 225 3 29 1 RYAN, ROB IRBL # 590 2-20-00 5 226 13 26 1 BUTLER, ROB 227 23 21 2 FETTERS, MIKE 228 19 23 2 ROBERTS, WILLIS 229 7 25 2 STARK, DENNIS 11th Round 230 29 2 2 WINKELSAS, JOE 231 30 25 1 TIMMONS, OZZIE 232 1 26 2 ROMANO, MIKE 233 12 23 2 GRATEROL, BEIKER 234 3 25 2 BUNCH, MEL 235 13 22 2 HARIKKALA, TIM 236 19 22 2 WOLCOTT, BOB 237 7 29 1 YOUNG, ERNIE 12th Round 238 29 19 2 DALE, CARL 239 30 1 2 SLUSARSKI, JOE 240 1 23 1 MACIAS, JOSE 241 3 25 2 FRANKLIN, RYAN 242 19 7 2 HEISERMAN, RICK 243 7 9 2 BENNETT, SHAYNE 13th Round 244 29 16 2 WENGERT, DON 245 30 21 2 LINTON, DOUG 246 3 18 2 RIZZO, TODD 247 19 3 1 COOKSON, BRENT 14th Round 248 29 28 2 CORBIN, ARCHIE 249 30 22 2 GROSS, KIP 250 3 5 2 VOSBERG, ED 251 19 19 2 ABBOTT, JIM 15th Round 252 30 8 2 CREEK, DOUG -------------------------------- LEGEND: # : draft pick number NT : new (IRBL) team OT : old (DMB) team T : player type: 1 : batter; 2 : pitcher IRBL # 590 2-20-00 6 ...................................... Please call me immediately if you find any errors on the draft results, cross-reference rosters or the DMB IRBL player files. ...................................... The draft took 8 hours and 9 minutes this year ending at 4:09 pm (ET). The 252 draft picks averaged 1.9 minutes per pick. This makes five years in a row that the average time per pick has been reduced by about 30 seconds and once again, a new speed record was set. The averages for the past few years have been: 2000 1.9 minutes per pick 1999 2.3 minutes per pick 1998 2.8 minutes per pick 1997 3.3 minutes per pick 1996 4.0 minutes per pick 1995 4.5 minutes per pick The breakdown of draft participation for the 30 teams was as follows: 17 --> IRC 5 --> on-site* 5 --> telephone 3 --> typed list *: includes 3 main teams plus a temporary team and handling a team for one manager who was not available and did not submit a backup instructions list Next year, I hope that almost all managers will draft via IRC so we can complete the draft even quicker. Once again, my thanks to Ricky Diaz and John Mattfeld for helping me run the draft on-site. Without their help, the draft would have taken much, much longer. ....................................... The next newsletter (LRD) will contain guidelines and forms to fill out for your team season instructions. ...................................... REMINDER: You must reduce your roster to 50 players or less (combined rated and unrated players) by the trading deadline. Your roster may never exceed 60 total players during the trading season. You must release enough players prior to making a trade that would cause your team to exceed the limit. If your roster exceeds these limits then enough unrated players IRBL # 590 2-20-00 7 will automatically be released, alphabetically, to reduce your roster to the 50 or 60 player limit. ...................................... The following is a summary of the 2000 draft telephone calls that I should be receiving reimbursement for: TEAM MANAGER CALLS COST ---- ------- ----- ---- GIANTS Mike Mayko 4 3.00 ASTROS Mike Ranney 2* 1.50 CARDINALS Don Tobin 1 0.75 REDS Jeff Nicholson 6 4.50 BRAVES Jim Jansen 8 6.00 INDIANS Bill Mattfeld 3 2.25 ORIOLES Carmine Salerno 4 3.00 *two calls to an answering machine ...................................... MANAGER RESIGNATION: Mark Johnson (TWINS) has resigned from the IRBL after five seasons because he no longer has the time to participate. NEW MANAGER: Brian Myers (BLUE JAYS) Brian is located in Johannesburg, South Africa and his time zone is 7 hours ahead of Eastern time in our winter and 6 hours ahead in our summer. I have included an updated IRBL Manager Address List. ...................................... PLAYER SHORTAGES: If any manager is short some GP's or AB's at a position in order to stay within the IRBL player season limitations and you are unable to complete a trade to fill those needs, let me know before the trading deadline and I will work out a trade for you to fill that need. ...................................... DEADLINES: Mar. 12 - Trading deadline (6 pm, EDT) Mar. 26 - Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 5 - First series of 2000 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 590: --------------------------- IRBL # 590 2-20-00 8 IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters NEWSL590.xxx --> Newsletter # 590 PLAYERUF.Y00 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK IRBL # 590 2-20-00 9 MESSAGES OF INTEREST POSTED SENT VIA INTERNET EMAIL --------------------------------------------------- From: MJPJ64@aol.com Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 17:00:37 EST Subject: Twins Resignation To: IRBL Managers Fellow IRBL Managers, I notified Barry yesterday that I am resigning immediately from the IRBL. I do so wistfully, but unable to commit the time necessary to be a competent IRBL manager for the coming year. I wish all of you well this season and in seasons to come. As I told Barry, the IRBL is a well run league, and I do not leave it lightly. I have enjoyed competing with all of you these past seasons. Perhaps we will meet again. Take Care, Mark From: "Chip Hopkins" To: IRBL Managers Subject: Needs for White Sox Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 12:07:19 -0800 Hello Everyone, I have a need for an Rightfielder or Centerfielder that has good numbers verses either RHP or LHP, age is not a concern. Guys I have to trade are: Mike Matheny- Catcher 238 IRBL abs Mota, Guillermo- RP 2.93 ERA Runyan, Sean- RP Injured last year Obviously I am not looking for an All-Star, I got Jacob Brumfield in the draft and am looking for another guy like this. Another option I have is making it a bigger trade and upgradeing Tom Goodwin. Chip From: "Donald Swearingen" To: IRBL Managers Subject: Marlin Needs Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 19:16:10 -0500 Marlins looking to trade some young pitching talent for backup catcher, 5th starter, utility infielder. The following pitchers are avail.... John Thomson, Mark Brownson, Cliff Pollite, Mike Johnson, Jeff D'Amico, and perhaps Mark Petkovsek if anyone needs bullpen help. Not looking for the world here, just something that is helpful and doesnt suck too bad. Don Swearingen Marlins, '99 IRBL Champs Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 18:58:27 -0600 From: Mike Boling To: IRBL Mangers Subject: 2000 Draft Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the draft. It went fairly smooth and I for one enjoyed myself in IRC. I hope I didn't bug too many people IRBL # 590 2-20-00 10 with my little pictures and gags. It was a way to make it through the rough spots. Got to know Brian, our newest member better (boy is HE weird!) and of course always fun to see everyone together like that. Barry, again, good job, you and your crew, Ricky and Mike, but you need to work on getting those Yankees scouts in line! They seemed to take forever to pick! Great job one and all. Mike Boling From: MMayko@aol.com Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 22:17:03 EST Subject: SOS for Giants' SS To: IRBL Managers FEllow IRBLers The Giants are in desperate need for a SS with at least or as close to as possible 400 at bats. Even Felix Martinez would be appreciated. Call, write Mike Mayko