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 |      International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973       |
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 |   *****************  IRBL NEWSLETTER  # 895  *****************   3-4-12    |
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 PLAYER TRANSACTIONS:

 The CUBS traded ALFONSO SORIANO, 
   RAFAEL BETANCOURT to the TWINS for 
   JOE BENSON, MITCH MORELAND.
 The RED SOX released WES BANKSTON, 
   KEVIN CASH, GABE GROSS, CHRIS 
   SHELTON, JEFF BENNETT, ANDY 
   PETTITTE.
 The DIAMONDBACKS released EVAN 
   MACLANE, MARK PRIOR, ROMULO SANCHEZ.
 The GIANTS traded LYLE OVERBAY, PAT 
   NESHEK to the BRAVES for CHRIS 
   JOHNSON, AUSTIN KEARNS.
 The NATIONALS traded JOHNNY CUETO, 
   KYLE DRABEK to the ASTROS for ROY 
   HALLADAY.
 The PHILLIES traded KYLE MCCLELLAN to 
   the ASTROS for TYLER COLVIN.
 The PIRATES traded JEROME WILLIAMS, 
   TRAVIS WOOD to the METS for KYLE 
   LOHSE.
 The PIRATES released WILLY TAVERAS, 
   ROSS WOLF.
 The BRAVES released PEDRO FELIZ, MARK 
   GRUDZIELANEK, LUCAS MAY, AUGIE 
   OJEDA, KENSHIN KAWAKAMI, JEFF 
   SUPPAN.
 The MARLINS released FREDDY GUZMAN, 
   CESAR CARRILLO, JOHN PATTERSON.
 The NATIONALS traded HISANORI 
   TAKAHASHI to the DIAMONDBACKS for 
   ALEX CORA.
 The DODGERS traded JASON HEYWARD to 
   the ANGELS for TREVOR PLOUFFE, 
   CHARLIE MORTON.
 The PADRES released WLADIMIR 
   BALENTIEN.
 The RANGERS released BRIAN MYROW, 
   DANNY RICHAR, GREG BURKE, JUAN 
   RINCON.
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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):

 ASTROS       : John Parker (TGM)
 PADRES       : John Mattfeld (TGM)
 ATHLETICS    : Gerry McDonald (TGM)
 BLUE JAYS    : Chip Hopkins (TGM)
 RAYS         : John Parker (TGM)(1)

 1 : off-season only

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

 REDS         : Bill Mattfeld (TM)
 MARLINS      : 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)
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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. 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 
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 Files included on LRD # 895
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 IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters
 NEWSL895.xxx --> Newsletter # 895
 PLAYERUF.Y12 --> 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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