------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 892 ***************** 12-24-11 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...................................... IRBL Menu Program 2012 Update When you installed this LRD, the IRBL Menu Program should now indicate 2012 and the following three directories should have been created: C:\IRBL\LEAGUE.Y12 C:\IRBL\RESULTS.Y12 C:\IRBL\SERIES.Y12 Please exit and restart the IRBL Menu Program, select menu option <5> and verify that you see this new version and date: Program version: 10.0.00 Last update: 1-2-11 Then verify that the listed values for the Hard drive letter or DMB game directory matches what is on your computer. If not, then select options <1> or <2> to change the setting to match what you have. NOTE: The league schedule that is currently included with the DMB IRBL player files and IRBL Menu Program is not the actual 2012 IRBL schedule. I just copied the 2011 schedule just for convenience (if you want to play some practice games). The 2012 IRBL schedule will be loaded into the files before the start of the season. If you encounter any other problems, let me know. ...................................... Final 2011 IRBL Post-Season Series Results: NL Division Series - GIANTS defeated CUBS, 3 games to 1 NL Division Series - PIRATES defeated PHILLIES, 3 games to 2 AL Division Series - MARINERS defeated RED SOX, 3 games to 2 AL Division Series - RANGERS defeated WHITE SOX, 3 games to 1 NL Championship Series - GIANTS defeated PIRATES, 4 games to 2 IRBL # 892 12-24-11 2 AL Championship Series - RANGERS lead MARINERS, 4 games to 2 World Series - GIANTS defeated RANGERS, 4 games to 2 Congratulations to Mike Mayko for leading the GIANTS to their 3rd consecutive IRBL World Series victory! You can see the boxscores, scoresheets and series statistics at the IRBL website. ...................................... Manager resignation: Dave Bronson (MARLINS) All other managers have confirmed they are remaining in the IRBL in 2012 and are eligible to make trades. ...................................... New IRBL TWINS manager: Former 23 year IRBL PADRES manager (1988 thru 2010) Andrea Cristiani has returned to the IRBL after a one year hiatus and is now the new IRBL TWINS manager. Let's all welcome our long-time friend Andrea back to the IRBL! Andrea Cristiani andrea.cristiani@fastwebnet.it ...................................... 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): DODGERS : John Parker (TGM) ATHLETICS : Gerry McDonald (TGM) BLUE JAYS : Chip Hopkins (TGM) RAYS : John Parker (TGM)(*) * : off-season only These teams are being run as a full temporary manager (TM) by the indicated person (they play those team's home series): REDS : Bill Mattfeld (TM) ANGELS : Jim Lee (TGM)(*) RANGERS : John Mattfeld (TM) ROYALS : Don Tobin (TM) ORIOLES : Ricky Diaz (TM) * : Jim Lee (TGM, off-season only) Ian Roach (TM, during season) IRBL # 892 12-24-11 3 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: ASTROS PADRES MARLINS 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. ...................................... UPDATED ROSTERS FILES: During the 2011 Major League Season, 1295 players appeared (641 batters and 654 pitchers) in at least one game. There are 46 more players this season than last season (19 more batters and 27 more pitchers). According to IRBL Rule # 13B1, 5 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 44 rated players and 25 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 43 rated players. The following teams will draft until they have 44 rayed players: BLUE JAYS, BREWERS, DODGERS, ROYALS and YANKEES The following teams will draft until they have 43 rayed players: ANGELS, ASTROS, ATHLETICS, BRAVES, CARDINALS, CUBS, DIAMONDBACKS, GIANTS, INDIANS, MARINERS, MARLINS, METS, NATIONALS, ORIOLES, PADRES, PHILLIES, PIRATES, RANGERS, RAYS, RED SOX, REDS, ROCKIES, TIGERS, TWINS and WHITE SOX ...................................... All teams are below the rated player limits but if you do want to release 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. IRBL # 892 12-24-11 4 Please remember that the 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. ...................................... I have included files of the current cross-referenced IRBL rosters and the DMB Game rosters. Please notify me immediately if you find any errors on the IRBL or DMB rosters. ...................................... The players who played for more than one team are listed on the DMB Roster team that they played the most for. ...................................... The players on the DMB Game Rosters without cross-referencing numbers will be eligible to be drafted (274 total players: 125 batters and 149 pitchers). This total will increase by any additional rated players that are released. ...................................... I have included a file containing the Player Usage Forms for all teams plus a file containing the Player Usage limitations for all the players eligible to be drafted. To print out your own teams Player Usage Form, you can edit and paste your section using your text editor or Word Processor. I have included two information files of the players eligible to be drafted. One file, DRAFTINF.Y12, contains more information than the the other file, DRAFTPUF.Y12. Depending on your preference, you may find one or the other file more useful. You can also download a "2012 IRBL Draft Player Information Microsoft Excel file" from the "IRBL Documents" page on the IRBL web site. ...................................... Please let me know if you find any mistakes in the Player Usage Form IRBL season limits. If there are any errors, the correct calculation will override these information sheets. ...................................... The year 2012 IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent IRBL # 892 12-24-11 5 Draft will start on Sunday Feb. 19th at 8 am until 9 pm, Eastern Time. At 9 pm, I will make a determination if I can complete the draft that night or to postpone the continuation of the draft until 8 am on the following Sunday. ...................................... After the trading deadline, an email will be sent to all IRBL managers requesting that you respond answering a "Method Of Participating In The 2012 Draft" questionnaire. ...................................... DMB player files: I have prepared a set of DMB player files sorted to the IRBL teams. Please follow these directions to install the files into DMB: Start the DMB game and do the following: o Select "File-Add reference to an existing database" o Navigate to this directory: C:\IRBL\LEAGUE.Y12 o Click "OK" o Select "Game-scheduled" o Verify that the white "Org" box in the upper left corner states the following: IRBL League (12/24/11) (Org) o Close the "Scheduled Game selection" window o Select "File-Add reference to an existing database" o Navigate to this directory: C:\IRBL\SERIES.Y12 o Click "OK" o Select "Game-scheduled" o Verify that the white "Org" box in the upper left corner states the following: IRBL Series (12/24/11) (Org) You will find all the IRBL players sorted to the appropriate IRBL teams and the players on the free agent list (not assigned to teams) will be eligible to be drafted in the upcoming IRBL draft. ...................................... TEAM DRAFT ORDER: The following is the revised team draft order (counting LSP's, PUP's and credits but not counting trades): Note: Due to the penalty totals and IRBL # 892 12-24-11 6 the team positions, the MARINERS and GIANTS were dropped from First Round to Bonus Round, the PHILLIES were dropped from First Round to Second Round and the MARINERS, GIANTS and PHILLIES were dropped from Second Round to Third Round. FIRST ROUND 44 TIGERS 45 NATIONALS 1 DODGERS 46 TWINS 2 BREWERS 47 ANGELS 3 BLUE JAYS 48 CARDINALS 4 YANKEES 49 ORIOLES 5 ROYALS 50 PADRES 6 ATHLETICS 51 ASTROS 7 MARLINS 52 RAYS 8 METS 53 INDIANS 9 REDS 54 BRAVES 10 TIGERS 55 ROCKIES 11 NATIONALS 56 RANGERS 12 TWINS 57 CUBS 13 ANGELS 58 DIAMONDBACKS-2 14 CARDINALS 59 PIRATES 15 ORIOLES 60 WHITE SOX-2 16 PADRES 61 RED SOX 17 ASTROS 18 RAYS THIRD ROUND 19 INDIANS 20 BRAVES 62 DODGERS 21 ROCKIES 63 BREWERS 22 RANGERS 64 MARINERS-2 23 CUBS 65 GIANTS-2 24 DIAMONDBACKS-1 66 BLUE JAYS 25 PIRATES 67 YANKEES 26 WHITE SOX-1 68 ROYALS 27 RED SOX 69 ATHLETICS 70 PHILLIES-2 BONUS ROUND 71 MARLINS 72 METS 28 DODGERS 73 REDS 29 BLUE JAYS 74 TIGERS 30 MARINERS-1 75 NATIONALS 31 GIANTS-1 76 TWINS 32 YANKEES 77 ANGELS 33 ROYALS 78 CARDINALS 79 ORIOLES SECOND ROUND 80 PADRES 81 ASTROS 34 DODGERS 82 RAYS 35 BREWERS 83 INDIANS 36 PHILLIES-1 84 BRAVES 37 BLUE JAYS 85 ROCKIES 38 YANKEES 86 RANGERS 39 ROYALS 87 CUBS 40 ATHLETICS 88 DIAMONDBACKS-3 41 MARLINS 89 PIRATES 42 METS 90 WHITE SOX-3 43 REDS 91 RED SOX Additional rounds will be identical to IRBL # 892 12-24-11 7 the Third Round. The teams that were lowered are noted by a dash and a number indicating the round the pick originated from. Please note that the differences in the draft order between the rounds are due to how the penalty points are applied (refer to IRBL Rule # 13D4). ...................................... 2012 IRBL PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The PIRATES traded WILSON VALDEZ to the BRAVES for ANDRUW JONES. The TIGERS traded GORDON BECKHAM, MICHAEL BRANTLEY, MAT LATOS, TIGERS' 1ST round pick to the CUBS for ROBINSON CANO, DELMON YOUNG. The CUBS traded RYAN HOWARD, CUBS' 2ND round pick to the WHITE SOX for ALEX AVILA, JAMES LONEY. ...................................... DEADLINES: Jan. 29 - Trading and player release deadline (6 pm, EST) Feb. 19*- 2012 Draft (start 8 am, ET) Mar. 11*- Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 25*- Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 4*- First series of 2012 season *will slip one week for every Sunday the draft continues beyond Feb. 19 ...................................... Files included on LRD # 892: --------------------------- DRAFTINF.Y12 --> Player Usage Form for all players eligible to be drafted (extra details) DRAFTPUF.Y12 --> Player Usage Form for all players eligible to be drafted IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List NEWSL892.xxx --> Newsletter # 892 PLAYERUF.Y12 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK