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 |      International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973       |
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 |   *****************  IRBL NEWSLETTER  # 793  *****************   1-26-08   |
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 2008 IRBL PLAYER TRANSACTIONS:

 The TIGERS traded PAUL BYRD to the 
   DODGERS for DODGERS' 1ST round pick, 
   DODGERS' 3RD round pick.
 The CUBS traded JORGE JULIO to the 
   ANGELS for JASON L. PHILLIPS, 
   ANGELS' 5TH round pick.
 The RANGERS released TODD PRATT, J.T. 
   SNOW, CHRIS WIDGER, JASON GRIMSLEY.
 The CUBS released ANDY DOMINIQUE, JODY 
   GERUT, MICHEL HERNANDEZ, JUSTIN 
   KNOEDLER, TERRENCE LONG, MIKE VENTO, 
   ABE ALVAREZ, JASON CHILDERS, JACK 
   CRESSEND, FELIX DIAZ, SANTIAGO 
   RAMIREZ, DOUG WAECHTER.
 The ANGELS released MANNY ALEXANDER, 
   ADAM HYZDU, JARED SANDBERG, BRIAN 
   MEADOWS, KENT MERCKER, ESTEBAN YAN.
 The PHILLIES released FELIX ESCALONA, 
   EDDY GARABITO, BOBBY HILL, JAVY 
   LOPEZ, JOSH HANCOCK, MIKE JOHNSTON, 
   JOHN WEBB.
 The MARLINS released JOSE MORBAN, 
   JULIO MOSQUERA, CHRIS PRIETO, LUIS 
   UGUETO.
 The ORIOLES released ROBERTO PETAGINE, 
   STEPHEN SMITHERMAN, BERNIE WILLIAMS.
 The GIANTS traded MIKE RABELO, GIANTS' 
   2ND round pick to the ROCKIES for 
   BRENDAN HARRIS, FRANQUELIS OSORIA, 
   ROCKIES' 7TH round pick.
 The ROCKIES released WIL NIEVES, BRUCE 
   CHEN, RANDY KEISLER.
 The RANGERS released JOSE VIZCAINO.
 The YANKEES released BRENT ABERNATHY, 
   BERNIE CASTRO, LUIS FIGUEROA, JOE 
   INGLETT, JUSTIN LEONE, ORLANDO 
   PALMEIRO, OSCAR ROBLES, KEVIN WITT, 
   TONY WOMACK, JOE WINKELSAS.
 The ANGELS traded ADAM JONES, SCOTT 
   MOORE to the REDS for MANNY RAMIREZ.
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 These are the teams without permanent 
 managers:

 DIAMONDBACKS : Jim Lee (TGM)
 NATIONALS    : Don Tobin (TGM)
 BLUE JAYS    : Chip Hopkins (TGM)
 MARLINS      : John Parker (TGM)
 ATHLETICS    : Gerry McDonald (TM)
 RANGERS      : John Mattfeld (TM)
 ORIOLES      : Ricky Diaz (TM)
 DEVIL RAYS   : Marc Schlotthauer (TM)
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 All teams are below the rated player 
 limits but if you do want to release 
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 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 42 or 43 
 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.
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 DEADLINES:                            

 Jan. 27 - Trading and player release  
           deadline (6 pm, EST)        
 Feb. 17*- 2008 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.  1*- First series of 2008 season 

 *will slip one week for every Sunday 
 the draft continues beyond Feb. 17
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 Files included on LRD # 793:
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 DRAFTINF.Y08 --> Player Usage Form for 
                  all players eligible 
                  to be drafted (extra 
                  details)
 DRAFTPUF.Y08 --> Player Usage Form for 
                  all players eligible 
                  to be drafted
 IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters
 NEWSL793.xxx --> Newsletter # 793
 PLAYERUF.Y08 --> 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