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 PLAYER TRANSACTIONS:

 The RANGERS traded KEVIN FRANDSEN to 
   the DIAMONDBACKS for CASEY KOTCHMAN.
 The YANKEES traded MIKE RIVERA to the 
   CUBS for GREG DOBBS.
 The CUBS traded BRAYAN PENA to the 
   PHILLIES for JON RAUCH.
 The ORIOLES traded BRANDON MOSS to the 
   PADRES for AKINORI IWAMURA.
 The ANGELS traded BOBBY ABREU, PAUL 
   JANISH to the RED SOX for JON JAY, 
   RYAN THERIOT.
 The TWINS traded LANCE ZAWADZKI, JOE 
   BISENIUS to the REDS for MIKE 
   LOWELL.
 The DODGERS traded RAMON AB. CASTRO, 
   JOHNNY DAMON to the PIRATES for DON 
   KELLY, DAN MURPHY, CORY WADE.
 The PADRES traded JASON BARTLETT to 
   the ANGELS for JOSH WILLINGHAM.
 The BLUE JAYS traded NICK GREEN to the 
   WHITE SOX for ENERIO DEL ROSARIO.
 The PHILLIES traded JASON KUBEL, RUSTY 
   RYAL, WADE DAVIS, GAVIN FLOYD, RYAN 
   WEBB to the BRAVES for KEVIN 
   YOUKILIS, NEFTALI FELIZ.
 The BLUE JAYS traded LOU MARSON, SAM 
   LECURE to the GIANTS for FRED LEWIS, 
   JUSTIN BERG.
 The DODGERS traded TONY GWYNN, EVAN 
   MEEK to the RED SOX for CHRIS 
   SNYDER, SCOTT LINEBRINK, BRAD MILLS.
 The PIRATES traded MATT CAPPS, HIDEKI 
   OKAJIMA to the REDS for JESSE CRAIN.
 The PIRATES traded ELI WHITESIDE to 
   the DIAMONDBACKS for CORKY MILLER.
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 REMINDER: You must reduce your roster 
 to 50 players or less (combined rated 
 and unrated players) by the trading 
 deadline. Your roster may never exceed 
 60 total players during the trading 
 season. You must release enough 
 players prior to making a trade that 
 would cause your team to exceed the 
 limit. If your roster exceeds these 
 limits then enough unrated players 
 will automatically be released, 
 alphabetically, to reduce your roster 
 to the 50 or 60 player limit.
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 PLAYER SHORTAGES:

 If any manager is short some GP's or 
 AB's at a position in order to stay 
 within the IRBL player season 
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 limitations and you are unable to 
 complete a trade to fill those needs, 
 let me know before the trading 
 deadline and I will work out a trade 
 for you to fill that need.
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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):

 PADRES       : John Mattfeld (TGM)
 DODGERS      : Chip Hopkins (TGM) (*)
 MARLINS      : John Parker (TGM)
 ANGELS       : Jim Lee (TGM) (*)
 ATHLETICS    : Gerry McDonald (TGM)
 TWINS        : Ricky Diaz (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)

 * : pre-season only
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 The newsletter (LRD) after the trading 
 deadline will contain guidelines and 
 forms to fill out for your team season 
 instructions. 
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 DEADLINES:                            

 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 
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 Files included on LRD # 872
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 IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters
 NEWSL872.xxx --> Newsletter # 872
 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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