------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 665 ***************** 1-4-03 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...................................... IRBL Menu Program v8.00.10 When you installed this LRD, the IRBL Menu Program should now indicate 2003 and the following three directories should have been created: C:\IRBL\LEAGUE.Y03 C:\IRBL\RESULTS.Y03 C:\IRBL\SERIES.Y03 Please select menu option <5> and verify that you see the following: Program version: 8.00.10 Last update: 10-19-02 If you see an earlier version, then try exiting and restarting the IRBL Menu Program and then check the version. If the listed values for the Windows operating system, Hard drive letter or DMB game directory does not match what is on your computer, then select options <1>, <2> or <3> to change the setting to match what you have. If you encounter any other problems, let me know. ...................................... IRBL BLUE JAYS win second straight IRBL World Series! 2002 Post-season results: NL Division Series: PADRES defeated PHILLIES, 3 games to 2 NL Division Series: DODGERS defeated REDS, 3 games to 0 AL Division Series: BLUE JAYS defeated RANGERS, 3 games to 1 AL Division Series: ROYALS defeated RED SOX, 3 games to 2 NL Championship Series: PADRES defeated DODGERS, 4 games to 0 AL Championship Series: BLUE JAYS defeated ROYALS, 4 games to 3 World Series: BLUE JAYS defeated PADRES, IRBL # 665 1-4-03 2 4 games to 1 Congratulations to Brian Myers as the IRBL BLUE JAYS defeated the PADRES, 4 games to 1, and the BLUE JAYS won their second straight IRBL World Series. Brian was unable to play the BLUE JAYS' home games in the first two rounds but the BLUE JAYS won anyway. In the World Series, Brian was able to play games 3, 4 and 5 as he describes what happened in these games below: It was a very exciting three games. Unfortunately for Padres, despite holding late-innings leads in each of games 4 and 5, they blew both those leads. Game 5 was particularly disappointing for the Padres' faithful, as Pedro Borbon blew a four-run lead in the bottom of the 8th by giving up a grand slam to Luis Gonzalez, the first batter he faced. That tied it at 5-5. In the bottom of the 10th, Gonzalez smashed a one-out triple, forcing intentional walks to Abreu [which brought on Steve Kline to relieve Scott Sullivan] and pinchhitter Bordick. Ochoa then stroked a walkoff single to end the Series. Jays repeat as champs by four games to one. You can see the scoresheets and boxscores for all the post-season games at the IRBL web site: ...................................... As previously reported via email back on Oct. 29th: One new IRBL manager, one less IRBL manager: New IRBL ASTROS' manager: Mike Stuart 1920 Antonelli Road Campbell River, BC Canada V9W 4R6 250-286-1141 250-287-6386 (cell phone) uplandrm@telus.net Mike is a 20 year veteran baseball gamer. Let's wish him good luck with the ASTROS! Jim Jansen has resigned as the IRBL BRAVES' manager after six seasons. Jim just sent me a short note that said "I IRBL # 665 1-4-03 3 will not be back for next year....Thanks again". As previously reported via email back on Nov. 12th: New IRBL ROYALS' manager: Walter Sienzant 823 North Saint Lucas St. Allentown, PA 18104 610-433-3821 metagiant@aol.com Walter is a long-time APBA game user and has been using DMB since 2000. Let's welcome Walter to the IRBL! The MARLINS and DEVIL RAYS have been reserved by prospective new IRBL managers. The BRAVES and ATHLETICS are still without managers. New email addresses: Brian Meyers (BLUE JAYS): meyersb@btinternet.com Gerry McDonald (METS: i4iguy@yahoo.com I have included an updated IRBL Manager Address List. ...................................... IRBL HOME TEAM WINNING PCT. Here are the IRBL Home Team Winning Pct. over the past few years: 1996 : .504 1997 : .529 1998 : .505 1999 : .518 2000 : .515 2001 : .496 2002 : .478 The Home Team Winning Pct. has dropped to a new low despite the DMB game built-in "home-team" advantage". Are there any IRBL managers who are playing their better players on the road or is the "computer" manager that much smarter than the "human" managers? ...................................... UPDATED IRBL RULES: Attached is an updated IRBL Rules file IRBL # 665 1-4-03 4 which updated the year references to 2003 plus these rules were changed: IRBL Rule # 15D3 was added to reflect the issue that was discussed during the previous season: At least four pitchers (in addition to the scheduled starting pitchers) must be on the "Active List" for every series. The following note under the IRBL Rule # 29A LSP Exceptions was added to make this absolutely clear: There will be no other LSP exceptions except as listed above. IRBL Rule # 37 (Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Instructions) was modified to change the IRC server to be used for the IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent draft from bigdaddy.ibl.org to marauders.ibl.org. ...................................... PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The WHITE SOX traded MILTON BRADLEY, JIMMY ROLLINS, WHITE SOX' 6TH round pick to the ORIOLES for GARY SHEFFIELD. The RANGERS traded JEFFREY HAMMONDS to the CUBS for AL LEITER. The RED SOX traded RON GANT, GERONIMO GIL to the CUBS for JEFF CONINE, CHAD KREUTER, MIKE TIMLIN. The TIGERS traded JOE GIRARDI to the CUBS for DENNIS COOK. The TIGERS traded AARON ROWAND, TIGERS' 3RD round pick to the PHILLIES for CARLOS GUILLEN. The ORIOLES traded COREY KOSKIE, KEVIN MILLAR, IVAN RODRIGUEZ, ORIOLES' 4TH round pick to the ASTROS for ADRIAN BELTRE, EINAR DIAZ, JOSE MACIAS, JUAN RIVERA, DAN WRIGHT, ASTROS' 3RD round pick. The ORIOLES released KEVIN JORDAN, MANNY MARTINEZ, ANDY THOMPSON, CARLOS CASTILLO, KEN HILL, JOHN JOHNSTONE, ERIC KNOTT, JOEY NATION, FRANK RODRIGUEZ, MATT T. WILLIAMS, DANNY YOUNG. The RANGERS traded RANGERS' 1ST round pick, RANGERS' 4TH round pick to the PIRATES for ALAN EMBREE, KENNY ROGERS, PIRATES' 5TH round pick. The CUBS traded MIKE SWEENEY, JOSE VIDRO to the ASTROS for SEAN CASEY, ALFONSO SORIANO, JORGE JULIO. IRBL # 665 1-4-03 5 The RANGERS traded DAVE BURBA, PIRATES' 5TH round pick to the PADRES for MATT LAWTON, PADRES' 6TH round pick. The ORIOLES traded HIDEO NOMO to the ASTROS for GEORGE LOMBARD, SIDNEY PONSON. The ORIOLES traded JUAN RIVERA to the CUBS for T.J. TUCKER. The DIAMONDBACKS traded CARL PAVANO to the MARINERS for SHANE HALTER, RICARDO RINCON. The ROYALS released CHARLIE HAYES, CARLOS A. HERNANDEZ, CALVIN MURRAY, DEION SANDERS, SCOTT SHELDON, SCOTT RADINSKY, MATT SKRMETTA. The RED SOX traded CHRIS REITSMA, RED SOX' 2ND round pick to the PHILLIES for JAMIE MOYER. The PADRES traded WADE MILLER, SCOTT SULLIVAN, SCOTT WILLIAMSON to the ASTROS for COREY PATTERSON, PEDRO ASTACIO, FRANCISCO CORDERO. The CUBS released DARRYL HAMILTON, PAUL O'NEILL, HENRY RODRIGUEZ, EDDIE TAUBENSEE. The PADRES traded DARYLE WARD to the ORIOLES for ALEX A. GONZALEZ, JOSE MACIAS, ORIOLES' 5TH round pick. The ROYALS traded ELLIS BURKS to the RANGERS for RANGERS' 2ND round pick, RANGERS' 3RD round pick. The WHITE SOX traded ADAM BERNERO to the DIAMONDBACKS for VINNY CASTILLA. The BLUE JAYS traded BOBBY ABREU to the PHILLIES for KENNY LOFTON, CURT SCHILLING. The PHILLIES traded BRAD AUSMUS, JIM EDMONDS, RAFAEL PALMEIRO, JOHN SMOLTZ, PHILLIES' 7TH round pick, PHILLIES' 8TH round pick to the CARDINALS for BEN GRIEVE, MICHAEL RIVERA, KURT AINSWORTH, JUAN CRUZ, ANTONIO OSUNA, CARDINALS' 1ST round pick, CARDINALS' 2ND round pick. The RANGERS traded GREGG ZAUN, RANGERS' 5TH round pick to the DIAMONDBACKS for MARK L. JOHNSON. The PADRES traded JOE MAYS, PIRATES' 5TH round pick to the ROYALS for ROGER CLEMENS. The PHILLIES traded DAN PLESAC to the WHITE SOX for DEAN PALMER. The BLUE JAYS traded JOHN OLERUD, BRIAN SCHNEIDER to the PADRES for PAUL BAKO, MATT MORRIS. ...................................... Final Penalty Summaries: Below are the final lists of penalties and credits that will be applied to IRBL # 665 1-4-03 6 the team draft order. TOT=PUP+LSP-CR TEAM MANAGER --- --- --- -- ---- ------- 46 2 48 4 BLUE JAYS B.Myers 36 30 11 5 TWINS K.Nascene 21 18 7 4 EXPOS C.Williams 18 18 GIANTS M.Mayko 14 2 20 8 PIRATES R.Diaz 6 6 3 6 WHITE SOX C.Hopkins 5 4 7 6 MARINERS D.Pittner 3 3 4 6 PHILLIES J.Parker 2 2 1 7 DODGERS M.Ortensi 1 1 3 8 CARDINALS D.Tobin 1 1 2 6 ANGELS M.Cummings 1 1 1 8 RED SOX F.Hopkins 1 1 YANKEES B.Koopersmith Legend: TOT: Total penalties PUP: Player Usage Penalties LSP: Late Series Penalties CR : Credits ...................................... The following is the revised team draft order (counting LSP's, PUP's and credits but not counting trades): NOTE: The Preliminary Round was dropped out because the TWINS were dropped down due to penalties FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND 1 ROCKIES 28 ROCKIES 2 TIGERS 29 TIGERS 3 MARLINS 30 MARLINS 4 CUBS 31 EXPOS-1 5 DBACKS 32 CUBS 6 YANKEES-1 33 YANKEES-2 7 ANGELS-1 34 TWINS-P 8 ATHLETICS 35 ANGELS-2 9 BREWERS 36 TWINS-1 10 DRAYS 37 DBACKS 11 ORIOLES 38 ATHLETICS 12 BRAVES 39 BREWERS 13 RANGERS 40 DRAYS 14 MARINERS-1 41 MARINERS-2 15 INDIANS 42 ORIOLES 16 CARDINALS-1 43 CARDINALS-2 17 PIRATES-1 44 PIRATES-2 18 METS 45 BRAVES 19 ASTROS 46 RANGERS 20 REDS 47 INDIANS 21 PADRES 48 METS 22 WHITE SOX-1 49 WHITE SOX-2 23 ROYALS 50 ASTROS 24 RED SOX-1 51 REDS 25 DODGERS-1 52 RED SOX-2 26 PHILLIES-1 53 PADRES 27 GIANTS-1 54 ROYALS IRBL # 665 1-4-03 7 55 DODGERS-2 56 PHILLIES-2 57 GIANTS-2 THIRD ROUND 72 BRAVES 73 CARDINALS-3 58 ROCKIES 74 BLUE JAYS-1 59 TIGERS 75 PIRATES-3 60 MARLINS 76 RANGERS 61 EXPOS-2 77 INDIANS 62 CUBS 78 METS 63 YANKEES-3 79 WHITE SOX-3 64 ANGELS-3 80 ASTROS 65 TWINS-2 81 REDS 66 DBACKS 82 RED SOX-3 67 ATHLETICS 83 PADRES 68 BREWERS 84 ROYALS 69 DRAYS 85 DODGERS-3 70 ORIOLES 86 PHILLIES-3 71 MARINERS-3 87 GIANTS-3 Additional rounds will be identical to the Third Round. The teams that were lowered are noted by a dash and a number indicating the round the pick originated from. Please note that the differences in the draft order between the first, second and third rounds is due to how the penalty points are applied (refer to IRBL Rule # 13D4). If you find any mistakes in the penalties list or the team draft order, please let me know by Jan. 18th and I will make the necessary corrections. The team draft order will become final (mistakes included) after Jan. 18th. ...................................... UPDATED ROSTERS FILES: During the 2002 Major League Season, 1218 players (613 batters and 605 pitchers) appeared in at least one game. There are 2 less players this season than last season (23 less batters and 21 more pitchers). According to IRBL Rule # 13B1, 18 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 41 rated players and 12 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 40 rated players. The following 18 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 41 rated players: TWINS, ROCKIES, PIRATES, TIGERS, YANKEES, ANGELS, MARLINS, CUBS, MARINERS, DIAMONDBACKS, IRBL # 665 1-4-03 8 ATHLETICS, GIANTS, EXPOS, BREWERS, CARDINALS, WHITE SOX, DEVIL RAYS, ORIOLES The following 12 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 40 rated players: BRAVES, RANGERS, INDIANS, METS, ASTROS, RED SOX, PHILLIES, DODGERS, REDS, PADRES, ROYALS, BLUE JAYS ...................................... All teams are below the rated player limits but if you do want to release players to increase the number of players you can draft, you must release the players by the trading deadline. Please note that if you release too many players, you may end up drafting worse players than you released. Please remember that the 41 or 40 rated player draft limit is affected by trading draft picks. Please also remember that the maximum roster size at any time is 60 players. You must release enough non-rated players to make room on your roster for any players that you draft or trade for. At the end of the final pre-season trading deadline, the maximum roster size is 50 players. ...................................... I have included files of the current cross-referenced IRBL rosters and the DMB Game rosters. Please notify me immediately if you find any errors on the IRBL or DMB rosters. ...................................... The players who played for more than one team are listed on the DMB Roster team that they played the most for. ...................................... The players on the DMB Game Rosters without cross-referencing numbers will be eligible to be drafted (238 total players: 101 batters and 137 pitchers). This total will increase by any additional rated players that are released. ...................................... I have included a file containing the Player Usage Forms for all teams plus a file containing the Player Usage limitations for all the players eligible to be drafted. I have also included some additional information on the forms that you may find useful as a reference in comparing the players. IRBL # 665 1-4-03 9 To print out your own teams Player Usage Form, you can use the LIST program to highlight and print your team's page or you can edit and paste the entire file using your text editor or Word Processor (or using the DOS EDIT program by pressing [E] from the LIST program file list). ...................................... Please let me know if you find any mistakes in the Player Usage Form IRBL season limits. If there are any errors, the correct calculation will override these information sheets. ...................................... The year 2003 IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft will start on Sunday Feb. 16th at 8 am until 9 pm, Eastern Time. At 9 pm, I will make a determination if I can complete the draft that night or to postpone the continuation of the draft until 8 am on the following Sunday. ...................................... I have enclosed a "Method Of Participating In The 2003 Draft" form. Please send me the required information in one of the following ways: 1) Edit and fill in the form and rename the filename extension to your team number in the following format: DRAFTFOR.Txx (i.e., the DODGERS would name the file DRAFTFOR.T03). Then email the file to me. 2) Just include the required information in an email and I will fill out the form for you. ...................................... I strongly recommend that you email me a draft instructions list even if you plan to participate by IRC or telephone just in case you are not available unexpectedly. Refer to IRBL Rule # 13C for details about the draft procedure and draft instructions. ...................................... In order to avoid any mis- understandings, please specify your draft picks (in this order) by indicating batter or pitcher, the DMB roster team name or number, and then the full first and last names for each player. ...................................... IRC (Internet Relay Chat): If anyone wants to participate in the IRBL # 665 1-4-03 10 IRBL draft using IRC (Internet Relay Chat) and needs help in using IRC, I recommend downloading the mIRC program from the www.mirc.co.uk web site. The latest version is 6.03. You can try the program for 30 days and then they expect a $20 registration fee if you want to continue using the program. IRBL Rule # 37 details how to participate using IRC, but here is a summary: After installing and starting the mIRC program, in the setup screen, you would add the marauders.ibl.org server name and then type in the #irbl channel. You will then be logged into that channel and you will see who is currently logged in. Then you can just type messages that everyone else logged into the channel can see. During the draft, I will post each draft pick on the IRC and I will update the IRBL web site. Please note that at times, Internet connection problems sometimes prevents sending updates to web sites so there may sometimes be a delay in keeping the IRBL web site up-to-date during the draft. NOTE: We will be using the marauders.ibl.org IRC server this year (not bigdaddy.ibl.org) so if you have this entered server from last year, edit and change it. The included updated IRBL Rules that reflect this new IRC server address. ...................................... DMB player files: I have prepared a set of DMB player files sorted to the IRBL teams. Please follow these directions to install the files into DMB: Start the DMB game and do the following: o Select "File-Add reference to an existing database" o Navigate to this directory: C:\IRBL\LEAGUE.Y03 o Click "OK" o Select "Game-scheduled" o Verify that the white "Org" box in the upper left corner states the following: IRBL League (1/4/03) (Org) IRBL # 665 1-4-03 11 o Close the "Scheduled Game selection" window o Select "File-Add reference to an existing database" o Navigate to this directory: C:\IRBL\SERIES.Y03 o Click "OK" o Select "Game-scheduled" o Verify that the white "Org" box in the upper left corner states the following: IRBL Series (1/4/03) (Org) You will find all the IRBL players sorted to the appropriate IRBL teams and the players on the free agent list (not assigned to teams) will be eligible to be drafted in the upcoming IRBL draft. Please note: The league schedule that is currently included with the DMB IRBL player files and IRBL Menu Program is not the actual 2003 IRBL schedule. I just copied the 2002 schedule just for convenience (if you want to play some practice games). The 2003 IRBL schedule will be loaded into the DMB files before the start of the season. ...................................... DEADLINES: Jan. 26 - Trading and player release deadline (6 pm, EST) Feb. 16*- 2003 Draft (start 8 am, ET) Mar. 9*- Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 23*- Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 2*- First series of 2003 season *will slip one week for every Sunday the draft continues beyond Feb. 16 ...................................... Files included on LRD # 639: --------------------------- DRAFTFOR.Y03 --> Draft Participation Form DRAFTINF.Y03 --> Player Usage Form for all players eligible to be drafted (extra details) DRAFTPUF.Y03 --> Player Usage Form for all players eligible to be drafted IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List NEWSL665.xxx --> Newsletter # 665 PLAYERUF.Y03 --> Player Usage Forms IRBL # 665 1-4-03 12 for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK