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 |      International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973       |
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 |   *****************  IRBL NEWSLETTER  # 689  *****************   1-15-04   |
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 PLAYER TRANSACTIONS:

 The PADRES released RICKY GUTIERREZ, 
   ALEX OCHOA, ALAN BENES, TOM DAVEY, 
   GABE MOLINA, C.J. NITKOWSKI.
 The ATHLETICS released D.T. CROMER, 
   IVAN CRUZ, MATT MIESKE, GIL HEREDIA, 
   HIPOLITO PICHARDO, PAT RAPP, GENE 
   STECHSCHULTE.
 The RANGERS traded BREWERS' 4TH round 
   pick, BREWERS' 5TH round pick, 
   BREWERS' 6TH round pick, RANGERS' 
   5TH round pick to the MARINERS for 
   TIM WAKEFIELD.
 The ANGELS released TOMAS DELAROSA, 
   JOSE FLORES, BOBBY J. JONES, DOUG 
   NICKLE, BILLY TAYLOR.
 The PIRATES released JOSIAS 
   MANZANILLO.
 The RANGERS released BOBBY BONILLA, 
   TILSON BRITO, MIKE BUSBY, HECTOR 
   RAMIREZ, JOE SLUSARSKI.
 The ASTROS released IZZY MOLINA.
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 Manager changes since the last 
 newsletter (previously announced via 
 email):

 New IRBL DODGERS' manager:

 Michael McGuinness
 4 Patricia Lane
 Patchogue, NY 11772
 631-475-4334
 mcguinnm@symbol.com

 Michael is a friend of IRBL PIRATES' 
 manager, Ricky Diaz.

 Let's all welcome Michael to the IRBL!
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 Volunteers are still needed to handle 
 these teams without managers:

 EXPOS
 PHILLIES
 ROYALS

 A volunteer is needed to handle each 
 team (release players before draft, 
 draft for the team, prepare team 
 season instructions and monitor player 
 usage). You will get a credit LSP for 
 the off-season player management and 
 drafting and another credit LSP for 
 preparing the season instructions and 
 monitoring team usage.
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 These managers have volunteered to 
 handle these teams:

 BRAVES    --> George C. Widenor
 MARLINS   --> Don Swearingen
 ATHLETICS --> Andrea Cristiani
 TWINS     --> Andrea Cristiani

 I have included an updated IRBL 
 Manager Address List.
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 DEADLINES:                            

 Jan. 25 - Trading and player release  
           deadline (6 pm, EST)        
 Feb. 15*- 2004 Draft (start 8 am, ET)
 Mar.  7*- Trading deadline (6 pm, ET)
 Mar. 21*- Team instructions to be     
           received by League Office   
           and all managers within     
           your league                 
 Apr.  1*- First series of 2004 season 

 *will slip one week for every Sunday 
  the draft continues beyond Feb. 15
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 Files included on LRD # 689:
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 DRAFTINF.Y04 --> Player Usage Form for 
                  all players eligible 
                  to be drafted (extra 
                  details)
 DRAFTPUF.Y04 --> Player Usage Form for 
                  all players eligible 
                  to be drafted
 IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters
 MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List
 NEWSL689.xxx --> Newsletter # 689
 PLAYERUF.Y04 --> Player Usage Forms 
                  for all teams

 File Extension Legend (xxx):
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 T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter 
         text format
 TXT --> Viewable text format
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                                     BK