------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 912 ***************** 1-5-13 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...................................... IRBL Menu Program 2013 Update When you installed this LRD, the IRBL Menu Program should now indicate 2013 and the following three directories should have been created: C:\IRBL\LEAGUE.Y13 C:\IRBL\RESULTS.Y13 C:\IRBL\SERIES.Y13 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 2013 IRBL schedule. I just copied the 2012 schedule just for convenience (if you want to play some practice games). The 2013 IRBL schedule will be loaded into the files before the start of the season. If you encounter any other problems, let me know. ...................................... Please confirm that you have purchased the DMB 2012 season player database. ...................................... Final 2012 IRBL Post-Season Series Results: NL Division Series - PIRATES defeated PHILLIES, 3 games to 0 NL Division Series - MARLINS defeated GIANTS, 3 games to 0 AL Division Series - RED SOX defeated ANGELS, 3 games to 0 AL Division Series - RANGERS defeated TWINS, 3 games to 2 IRBL # 912 1-5-13 2 NL Championship Series - PIRATES defeated MARLINS, 4 games to 2 AL Championship Series - RED SOX defeated RANGERS, 4 games to 2 World Series - PIRATES defeated RED SOX, 4 games to 3 Congratulations to Ricky Diaz! You can see the boxscores, scoresheets and series statistics at the IRBL website. ...................................... Manager resignation: (these were previously announced via an email to all IRBL managers) Mike Boling has resigned as the NATIONALS manager. Mike said he is in 4 other leagues and short of time and prefers the format of the other leagues because they require less of his time to participate. Francois Lessard has resigned as the PADRES manager. Francois said "Thanks for your excellent job. It was a very enjoyable season but I have decided to switch to another league." George P. Widenor (CUBS) and George C. Widenor (TIGERS) both resigned saying they no longer have time to participate. I was very saddened to have the Widenors leave after so many years. We have 18 IRBL managers that need to cover 30 teams. All other managers have confirmed they are remaining in the IRBL in 2013 and are eligible to make trades. ...................................... 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 : Jim Lee (TGM)(*) ASTROS : John Parker (TGM) CUBS : Carmen Corica (TGM) NATIONALS : Jim Lee (TGM)(1) ATHLETICS : Gerry McDonald (TGM) ROYALS : Don Tobin (TGM) TIGERS : Chuck Hixson (TGM) BLUE JAYS : Chip Hopkins (TGM) IRBL # 912 1-5-13 3 (1) : off-season only until there is another volunteer 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)(2) RANGERS : John Mattfeld (TM) ROYALS : Don Tobin (TM) ORIOLES : Ricky Diaz (TM) (2) : Jim Lee (TGM, off-season only) Ian Roach (TM, during season) 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: PADRES NATIONALS 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 2012 Major League Season, 1284 players appeared (632 batters and 652 pitchers) in at least one game. There are 11 less players this season than last season (9 less batters and 2 less pitchers). According to IRBL Rule # 13B1, 24 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 43 rated players and 6 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 42 rated players. The following teams will draft until they have 43 rayed players: BREWERS, DODGERS, ATHLETICS, BLUE JAYS, ASTROS, INDIANS, ROYALS, DIAMONDBACKS, YANKEES, METS, ORIOLES, NATIONALS, CUBS, RAYS, BRAVES, MARINERS, WHITE SOX, TIGERS, ANGELS, PADRES, CARDINALS, RANGERS, REDS and ROCKIES IRBL # 912 1-5-13 4 The following teams will draft until they have 42 rayed players: PHILLIES, TWINS, GIANTS, RED SOX, MARLINS and PIRATES ...................................... 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. 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 (248 total players: 108 batters and 140 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.Y13, contains more IRBL # 912 1-5-13 5 information than the the other file, DRAFTPUF.Y13. Depending on your preference, you may find one or the other file more useful. You can also download a "2013 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 2013 IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft will start on Sunday Feb. 79th 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 2013 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.Y13 o Click "OK" o Select "Game-scheduled" o Verify that the white "Org" box in the upper left corner states the following: IRBL League (1/5/13) (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.Y13 o Click "OK" o Select "Game-scheduled" o Verify that the white "Org" box in the upper left corner states the following: IRBL Series IRBL # 912 1-5-13 6 (1/5/13) (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. ...................................... Final list of penalties: TOT=PUP+LSP TEAM MANAGER --- --- --- ---- ------- 94 94 ANGELS C.Corica 86 85 11 DODGERS C.Hixson 37 17 20 CARDINALS D.Tobin 8 8 RED SOX F.Hopkins 8 8 PHILLIES J.Parker 6 6 TWINS A.Cristiani 5 5 MARINERS P.McClymont 2 2 YANKEES B.Koopersmith 1 1 GIANTS M.Mayko 1 1 WHITE SOX C.Hopkins TOT : total penalties PUP : Player Usage Penalties LSP : Late Series Penalties ...................................... 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 the team positions, the CARDINALS, PHILLIES, TWINS and RED SOX were dropped from First Round to Second Round, the DODGERS were dropped from First Round to Third Round, the ANGELS were dropped from First Round to Fourth Round, the DODGERS were dropped from Bonus Round to Fourth Round, the CARDINALS, PHILLIES, TWINS and RED SOX were dropped from Second Round to Third Round, the DODGERS were dropped from Second Round to Fourth Round, the ANGELS were dropped from Second Round to Fifth Round, the CARDINALS, PHILLIES, TWINS and RED SOX were dropped from Third Round to Fourth Round, the DODGERS were dropped from Third Round to Fifth Round and CARDINALS, PHILLIES, TWINS and RED SOX were dropped from Fourth Round to Fifth Round. FIRST ROUND 12 CUBS 13 RAYS 1 BREWERS 14 BRAVES 2 ATHLETICS 15 TIGERS IRBL # 912 1-5-13 7 3 BLUE JAYS 16 PADRES 4 ASTROS 17 RANGERS 5 INDIANS 18 WHITE SOX-1 6 ROYALS 19 REDS 7 DIAMONDBACKS 20 ROCKIES 8 METS 21 MARINERS-1 9 ORIOLES 22 MARLINS 10 NATIONALS 23 PIRATES 11 YANKEES-1 24 GIANTS-1 BONUS ROUND 25 BREWERS 26 BLUE JAYS SECOND ROUND 40 NATIONALS 41 CUBS 27 TWINS-1 42 RAYS 28 PHILLIES-1 43 BRAVES 29 BREWERS 44 TIGERS 30 RED SOX-1 45 WHITE SOX-2 31 ATHLETICS 46 PADRES 32 BLUE JAYS 47 RANGERS 33 ASTROS 48 MARINERS-2 34 INDIANS 49 REDS 35 ROYALS 50 ROCKIES 36 DIAMONDBACKS 51 MARLINS 37 METS 52 CARDINALS-1 38 YANKEES-2 53 PIRATES 39 ORIOLES 54 GIANTS-2 THIRD ROUND 69 CUBS 70 RAYS 55 BREWERS 71 BRAVES 56 TWINS-2 72 WHITE SOX-3 57 PHILLIES-2 73 TIGERS 58 ATHLETICS 74 PADRES 59 BLUE JAYS 75 MARINERS-3 60 RED SOX-2 76 RANGERS 61 ASTROS 77 REDS 62 INDIANS 78 ROCKIES 63 ROYALS 79 DODGERS-1 64 DIAMONDBACKS 80 MARLINS 65 YANKEES-3 81 PIRATES 66 METS 82 GIANTS-3 67 ORIOLES 83 CARDINALS-2 68 NATIONALS FOURTH ROUND 99 RAYS 100 BRAVES 84 BREWERS 101 WHITE SOX-4 85 TWINS-3 102 TIGERS 86 PHILLIES-3 103 ANGELS-1 87 ATHLETICS 104 MARINERS-4 88 BLUE JAYS 105 PADRES 89 RED SOX-3 106 RANGERS 90 ASTROS 107 DODGERS-B 91 INDIANS 108 REDS 92 ROYALS 109 ROCKIES 93 DIAMONDBACKS 110 MARLINS 94 YANKEES-4 111 GIANTS-4 IRBL # 912 1-5-13 8 95 METS 112 CARDINALS-3 96 ORIOLES 113 DODGERS-2 97 NATIONALS 114 PIRATES 98 CUBS FIFTH ROUND 138 CUBS 139 RAYS 124 BREWERS 140 BRAVES 125 TWINS-4 141 WHITE SOX-5 126 PHILLIES-4 142 TIGERS 127 ATHLETICS 143 PADRES 128 BLUE JAYS 144 MARINERS-5 129 RED SOX-4 145 RANGERS 130 ASTROS 146 ANGELS-2 131 INDIANS 147 REDS 132 ROYALS 148 ROCKIES 133 DIAMONDBACKS 149 MARLINS 134 YANKEES-5 150 PIRATES 135 METS 151 GIANTS-5 136 ORIOLES 152 CARDINALS-4 137 NATIONALS 153 DODGERS-3 Additional rounds will be identical to the Fifth 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). ...................................... 2013 IRBL PLAYER TRANSACTIONS: The PIRATES released SEAN BURROUGHS, JUAN CASTRO, RAMON AB. CASTRO, J.D. DREW, MATT MURTON, JORGE POSADA, RAMON VAZQUEZ, CHRIS WOODWARD, CHAD BECK, TAYLOR BUCHHOLZ, DANIEL CABRERA, JIM HOEY, AMAURI SANIT. The ORIOLES released MILTON BRADLEY, ROBINSON CANCEL, JEFF CLEMENT, MIKE JACOBS, JASON MICHAELS, DANE DELAROSA, STEVE EDLEFSEN, ROMMIE LEWIS, SHANE LINDSAY, JAMES PARR, LEO ROSALES, MERKIN VALDEZ, ANTHONY VASQUEZ, MARK WORRELL. The PIRATES traded COCO CRISP, JOHNNY DAMON, TODD FRAZIER, SCOTT DOWNS, PIRATES' 4TH round pick to the DEVILRAYS for MIKE BAXTER, JOSH HAMILTON. The ORIOLES traded HANK CONGER, DENARD SPAN to the DIAMONDBACKS for TOMMY HANSON. The PIRATES traded JORDAN PACHECO, PIRATES' 3RD round pick to the BRAVES for RYAN LUDWICK, BRAVES' 2ND round pick. IRBL # 912 1-5-13 9 The WHITE SOX traded ANDRES TORRES to the BRAVES for WILSON VALDEZ. The PIRATES released JUSTIN CHRISTIAN, LUKE HUGHES, JUAN PEREZ. ...................................... DEADLINES: Jan. 27 - Trading and player release deadline (6 pm, EST) Feb. 17*- 2013 Draft (start 8 am, ET) Mar. 10*- Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 24*- Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 3*- First series of 2013 season *will slip one week for every Sunday the draft continues beyond Feb. 17 ...................................... Files included on LRD # 912: --------------------------- DRAFTINF.Y13 --> Player Usage Form for all players eligible to be drafted (extra details) DRAFTPUF.Y13 --> Player Usage Form for all players eligible to be drafted IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters IRBLRULE.TXT --> IRBL Rules MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List NEWSL912.xxx --> Newsletter # 913 PLAYERUF.Y13 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK