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 |      International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973       |
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 |   *****************  IRBL NEWSLETTER  # 869  *****************    1-27-11  |
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 2010 IRBL Post-Season Results (still 
 in progress):

 NL Division Series:  
 PHILLIES defeated CARDINALS,
                           3 games to 2
 NL Division Series:
 GIANTS defeated NATIONALS,
                           3 games to 2
 AL Division Series:                
 INDIANS defeated RAYS, 3 games to 2

 AL Division Series:
 ANGELS defeated RED SOX, 3 games to 0

 NL Championship Series:
 GIANTS vs PHILLIES

 AL Championship Series:
 INDIANS defeated ANGELS, 4 games to 1

 World Series:
 INDIANS vs (to be determined)

 You can see the boxscores, scoresheets 
 and series statistics at the IRBL 
 website.
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 These teams are being run as a 
 temporary general manager (TGM) only 
 by the indicated person (they do not 
 play those team's home series):

 MARLINS      : John Parker (TGM)
 ANGELS       : Jim Lee (TGM)
 ATHLETICS    : Gerry McDonald (TGM)
 TWINS        : Andrea Cristiani (TGM)
 BLUE JAYS    : Chip Hopkins (TGM)

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

 DIAMONDBACKS : George P. Widenor (TM)
 REDS         : Bill Mattfeld (TM)
 NATIONALS    : Don Tobin (TM)
 RANGERS      : John Mattfeld (TM)
 ROYALS       : Don Tobin (TM)
 ORIOLES      : Ricky Diaz (TM)
 RAYS         : Marc Schlotthauer (TM)

 These teams need a volunteer to handle 
 them either as a full temporary 
 manager, or as a temporary general 
 manager or to just handle trades and 
 the draft:
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 DODGERS

 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.

 I have included an updated IRBL 
 Manager Address List.

 NOTES:

 (1) A volunteer is needed to handle 
 the DIAMONDBACKS during the draft 
 because George P. Widenor is not 
 available to do that. He will provide 
 a list of specific player needs to 
 assist the volunteer.

 (2) A volunteer is needed to be the 
 ANGELS temporary G.M. during the 
 season to monitor player usage (Jim 
 Lee does not have time to do that)
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 2011 IRBL PLAYER TRANSACTIONS:

 The BLUE JAYS traded LIVAN HERNANDEZ, 
   ARTHUR RHODES to the PIRATES for 
   PIRATES' 2ND round pick.
 The ANGELS released VLADIMIR NUNEZ, 
   PHIL STOCKMAN, RON VILLONE.
 The DIAMONDBACKS released TONY F. 
   PENA, KIKO CALERO, JASON DAVIS, BOB 
   KEPPEL, CHRIS LAMBERT, ARTURO LOPEZ, 
   SHANE LOUX, ERASMO RAMIREZ, BILLY 
   SADLER, WALTER SILVA.
 The WHITE SOX released JEFF BAILEY, 
   MICHAEL BARRETT, AARON BOONE, CLAY 
   TIMPNER, WINSTON ABREU, FRANCISLEY 
   BUENO, RYAN SADOWSKI.
 The BLUE JAYS released JASON TYNER, 
   EDDIE GUARDADO, ALAY SOLER.
 The METS released MICHAEL AUBREY, 
   EDWIN BELLORIN, EMIL BROWN, CHRIS 
   BURKE, JOLBERT CABRERA, RAUL 
   CASANOVA, JAMIE D'ANTONA, CHRIS 
   RICHARD, JOSE ASCANIO, BRIAN GORDON, 
   LUIS VALDEZ.
 The ATHLETICS released MARLON 
   ANDERSON, J.D. CLOSSER, RUBEN GOTAY, 
   TONY GRAFFANINO, EDWIN MAYSONET, 
   BRANDON KNIGHT, CARLOS MARTINEZ, 
   EDWIN MORENO, TROY PERCIVAL, ADAM 
   PETTYJOHN.
 The ORIOLES released ANDY GONZALEZ, 
   NORRIS HOPPER, MATT KATA, GREG 
   NORTON, MATT GINTER, KEI IGAWA, BILL 
   MURPHY, RUDY SEANEZ.
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 Rosters correction:
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 Please note the following corrections 
 that were made to the draft list:

 Replaced pitcher JORGE DELAROSA (who 
 is on the IRBL GIANTS) with pitcher 
 ROB DELANEY.

 The IRBL rosters and DMB database 
 rosters were correct. Just the IRBL 
 draft list files had these players 
 interchanged (due to a alphabetizing 
 sort error caused by the difference 
 between how DMB and the IRBL software 
 sorts alphabetically) (I did not 
 previously catch this mismatch).

 This correction is reflected in the 
 included IRBL files. 
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 DEADLINES:                            

 Jan. 30 - Trading and player release  
           deadline (6 pm, EST)        
 Feb. 20*- 2011 Draft (start 8 am, ET)
 Mar. 13*- Trading deadline (6 pm, ET)
 Mar. 27*- Team instructions to be     
           received by League Office   
           and all managers within     
           your league                 
 Apr.  4*- First series of 2011 season 

 *will slip one week for every Sunday 
 the draft continues beyond Feb. 20
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 Files included on LRD # 869:
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 DRAFTINF.Y11 --> Player Usage Form for 
                  all players eligible 
                  to be drafted (extra 
                  details)
 DRAFTPUF.Y11 --> Player Usage Form for 
                  all players eligible 
                  to be drafted
 IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters
 NEWSL869.xxx --> Newsletter # 869
 PLAYERUF.Y11 --> 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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