------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 818 ***************** 1-24-09 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...................................... PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The METS released NAPOLEON CALZADO, YURENDELL DECASTER, KARIM GARCIA, MIKE LIEBERTHAL, AMBIORIX BURGOS, JUAN DOMINGUEZ, FRANKLYN GRACESQUI, MATT HENSLEY, MIKE MYERS, WOODY WILLIAMS. The ATHLETICS released CHRIS BASAK, BEN JOHNSON, ELI MARRERO, LUIS MATOS, ANTONIO PEREZ, KERRY ROBINSON, MIKE ROSE, SETH ETHERTON, ROBERTO HERNANDEZ, STEVE KLINE, JUAN LARA. The ASTROS released KEVIN JARVIS, WADE MILLER, JASON STANDRIDGE, STEVE WATKINS, SCOTT WILLIAMSON, MARK WOODYARD. The RAYS released SANDY ALOMAR JR., JORGE VELANDIA, TODD WALKER, JONATHAN JOHNSON, CHRIS MICHALAK, WES OBERMUELLER, RICKY STONE, KEVIN WALKER, RICK WHITE. The PADRES traded ERICK AYBAR to the RANGERS for CODY RANSOM, RYAN DEMPSTER. The GIANTS traded NOMAR GARCIAPARRA to the PADRES for FRANCISCO CORDERO. The PADRES traded WLADIMIR BALENTIEN, JASON KUBEL, PADRES' 5TH round pick to the MARLINS for MIKE CAMERON, ICHIRO SUZUKI. The METS traded JERRY HAIRSTON JR., METS' 8TH round pick, METS' 9TH round pick to the BREWERS for TERRY TIFFEE, BREWERS' 3RD round pick, BREWERS' 6TH round pick. The ORIOLES released EINAR DIAZ, RYAN KLESKO, LUIS ORDAZ, ORLANDO PALMEIRO, JULIO RAMIREZ, RENE RIVERA, WILSON VALDEZ, ARMANDO BENITEZ, DAVE BORKOWSKI, JEFF HARRIS, DUSTIN HERMANSON. The ROCKIES traded CHIN-LUNG HU, PAT MISCH, ROCKIES' 5TH round pick to the TIGERS for GEOFF GEARY, EDWAR RAMIREZ. The CUBS released ANDY CANNIZARO, RUNELVYS HERNANDEZ. The MARINERS released NICK GORNEAULT, JON KNOTT, CHRIS ROBERSON, DANYS BAEZ, DARREN CLARKE, MATT J. MILLER. The ROCKIES released GOOKIE DAWKINS, TONY GRAFFANINO, WINSTON ABREU, ENRIQUE GONZALEZ, JUAN PADILLA, CARMEN PIGNATIELLO, CHRIS SPURLING, MIKE WOOD. IRBL # 818 1-24-09 2 The GIANTS released BRENDAN DONNELLY, KEVIN HART, NEAL MUSSER, FRANQUELIS OSORIA, JOE THATCHER. The DODGERS traded GARRET ANDERSON, TONY CLARK, SCOTT DOWNS, MARIANO RIVERA to the BREWERS for RAMON AB. CASTRO, NICK SWISHER, BRAD LIDGE, MATT LINDSTROM. The YANKEES traded ANDY PETTITTE to the PADRES for COREY PATTERSON, WIL LEDEZMA, JAKE WOODS. The YANKEES released ANDY GONZALEZ, JOHN MABRY, SCOTT ATCHISON, KEVIN GRYBOSKI, GREG JONES, RANDY KEISLER, PAUL SHUEY, BRIAN SWEENEY. ...................................... 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) DODGERS : Pete McClymont (TGM) BLUE JAYS : Chip Hopkins (TGM) MARLINS : John Parker (TGM) ANGELS : Mike Mayko (TGM) ATHLETICS : Gerry McDonald (TGM) TWINS : (volunteer needed) These teams were being run as a full temporary manager (TM) only by the indicated person and they played those team's home series: 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. ...................................... 2009 IRBL dues: All managers have submitted their 2009 IRBL dues except the following: Mike Aleprete (ROYALS) (*) Pete McClymont (MARINERS) (*) *: dues payment is expected ...................................... IRBL # 818 1-24-09 3 Volunteer needed: A volunteer is needed to draft for the TWINS. I have not heard from Dave Manel in months. I sent him emails on Jan. 3, 10 and 17 but still no response. Unfortunately, I have no choice but to drop him from the IRBL. After being a member for 5 years, I would not have expected him to just disappear. Sadly, this has happened a number of times with other managers over the years. One manager even disappeared during the post-season. Please let me know if you can volunteer to handle the twins for trading and the draft. You will receive a credit LSP for doing this. If you also have time to prepare the team season instructions and / or to monitor player usage during the season, each of those will be an extra credit LSP. ...................................... 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 ...................................... Files included on LRD # 818: --------------------------- 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 NEWSL818.xxx --> Newsletter # 818 PLAYERUF.Y09 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK