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 |      International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973       |
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 |   *****************  IRBL NEWSLETTER  # 816  *****************    1-10-09  |
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 2009 IRBL PLAYER TRANSACTIONS:

 The BRAVES released ABRAHAM O. NUNEZ.
 The DIAMONDBACKS released JASON 
   ELLISON, SCOTT DOHMANN.
 The CUBS traded GARRETT ATKINS, CUBS' 
   4TH round pick to the ATHLETICS for 
   ROBINSON CANO.
 The WHITE SOX traded LANCE BERKMAN, 
   JOE CREDE, RYAN SHEALY to the 
   CARDINALS for JAMES LONEY, DELMON 
   YOUNG, CARDINALS' 2ND round pick, 
   CARDINALS' 3RD round pick.
 The PADRES traded BRANDON MOSS, TOM 
   GORZELANNY, J.A. HAPP, DUSTIN 
   MOSELEY, PADRES' 1ST round pick to 
   the NATIONALS for JOSH BARD, 
   JERMAINE DYE, HEATH BELL, BRIAN 
   FUENTES, DAN HAREN.
 The ORIOLES traded JERRY BLEVINS, 
   AARON LAFFEY to the CARDINALS for 
   MIKE JACOBS.
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 These are the teams without permanent 
 managers. Please let me know if you 
 can continue to handle the extra team 
 in the same manner in 2009.

 These teams were being run as a
 temporary general manager (TGM) only 
 by the indicated person and they did 
 not play those team's home series:

 DIAMONDBACKS : Jim Lee (TGM)
 BLUE JAYS    : Chip Hopkins (TGM)
 MARLINS      : John Parker (TGM)
 ANGELS       : Matt Cummings (GM)
 ATHLETICS    : Gerry McDonald (TGM)

 These teams were being run as a full 
 temporary manager (TM) only by the 
 indicated person and they played those 
 team's home series:

 DODGERS      : Pete McClymont (TM)
 NATIONALS    : Don Tobin (TM)
 RANGERS      : John Mattfeld (TM)
 ORIOLES      : Ricky Diaz (TM)
 DEVIL RAYS   : Marc Schlotthauer (TM)

 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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 2009 IRBL dues:
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 All managers have submitted their 2009 
 IRBL dues except the following:

 John Parker (PHILLIES) (*)
 Matt Cummings (ANGELS) (*)
 Mike Aleprete (ROYALS) (*)
 Dave Manel (TWINS)
 Pete McClymont (MARINERS)

 *: dues payment is expected
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 DEADLINES:                            

 Jan. 25 - Trading and player release  
           deadline (6 pm, EST)        
 Feb. 15*- 2009 Draft (start 8 am, ET)
 Mar.  8*- Trading deadline (6 pm, ET)
 Mar. 22*- Team instructions to be     
           received by League Office   
           and all managers within     
           your league                 
 Apr.  1*- First series of 2009 season 

 *will slip one week for every Sunday 
 the draft continues beyond Feb. 17
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 Files included on LRD # 816:
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 DRAFTINF.Y09 --> Player Usage Form for 
                  all players eligible 
                  to be drafted (extra 
                  details)
 DRAFTPUF.Y09 --> Player Usage Form for 
                  all players eligible 
                  to be drafted
 IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters
 NEWSL816.xxx --> Newsletter # 816
 PLAYERUF.Y09 --> 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