------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 931 ***************** 1-5-14 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...................................... IRBL Menu Program 2014 Update When you installed this LRD, the IRBL Menu Program should now indicate 2014 and the following three directories should have been created: C:\IRBL\LEAGUE.Y14 C:\IRBL\RESULTS.Y14 C:\IRBL\SERIES.Y14 Please exit and restart the IRBL Menu Program, select menu option <5> and verify that you see this new version and date: Program version: 10.00.02 Last update: 11-2-13 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 2014 IRBL schedule. I just copied the 2013 schedule just for convenience (if you want to play some practice games). The 2014 IRBL schedule will be loaded into the files before the start of the season. If you encounter any other problems, let me know. ...................................... Final 2013 IRBL Post-Season Series Results: NL Wild Card Game - REDS defeated PADRES, 4-2 AL Wild Card Game - RANGERS defeated WHITE SOX, 6-4 NL Division Series - PIRATES defeated REDS, 3 games to 2 NL Division Series - DIAMONDBACKS defeated MARLINS, 3 games to 0 AL Division Series - RANGERS defeated BLUE JAYS, 3 game to 1 IRBL # 931 1-5-14 2 AL Division Series - TWINS defeated ANGELS, 3 games to 2 NL Championship Series - DIAMONDBACKS defeated PIRATES, 4 games to 3 AL Championship Series - TWINS defeated RANGERS, 4 games to 1 World Series - TWINS defeated DIAMONDBACKS, 4 games to 1 Congratulations to temporary TWINS manager, Bill Mattfeld! This was the TWINS 5th World Series title and the first since 1992. You can see the boxscores, scoresheets and series statistics at the IRBL website. ...................................... Manager changes since the last newsletter: (these were previously announced via an email to all IRBL managers) ANGELS: Jim Lee will be the tempoary G.M. and handle player transactions. Carmen Corica will play the series during the system CARDINALS: Regretfully, I have dropped Don Tobin from the IRBL due to his complete lack of communication. I have not heard from him in over 6 months and he has not responded to any of the emails or Facebook message that I sent him. It is sad that after 13 years as an IRBL manager that this is the way he decided to leave. He appears to be OK based on the messages that he posts on his Facebook page so it makes his refusal to communicate a mystery. A week after Don was dropped from the IRBL, I finally received an email from him saying "Let me think on it for another 2 days. Mostly, I have been trying to avoid deciding. ... Sorry for being such a pain." That was 12 days ago and I never heard from him again (despite 2 follow-up emails from me). There is a new IRBL REDS manager: Daniel Dumont Riviere-Du-Loup, Quebec Canada G5R1A7 IRBL # 931 1-5-14 3 418-868-5591 danieldumont56@hotmail.ca Daniel has been using DMB for about 5 years and has used the APBA baseball computer game. Daniel says he is a member of the Canadian Baseball League since 1977, is also member of 2 other APBA leagues, Little League baseball and also Texas League. He sells paints in a hardware store and will be 57 years old on Monday. Let's all welcome Daniel to the IRBL! There is a new IRBL CUBS manager: Tony Lucio Azusa, CA 91702 626-915-1940 tolucio1@verizon.net Tony has many years of gaming from APBA tabletop in the ‘70’s to Pursue the Pennant then BBW and Diamond Mind computer games, and has tried Action PC. He have been in a few leagues over the years and runs 2 himself now. He is a 50 year old sales territory manager. Tony is the commissioner of the Fan's Choice Baseball League (FCBL) DMB league: http://usasports.8m.com/FCBL/fcbl.htm Let's all welcome Tony to the IRBL! New announcement: GIANTS: After 24 years as the GIANTS manager, I was very sorry to hear from Mike Mayko that he has decided not to participate in the IRBL this year due to his long work hours. He has asked to remain on the IRBL mailing list to keep up with the IRBL and hopefully re-join next year. He decided to release the GIANTS and will pick an available team if he decides to rejoin in the future. All other managers have confirmed they are remaining in the IRBL in 2014 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): IRBL # 931 1-5-14 4 GIANTS : Frank Kelley (TGM) ASTROS : John Parker (TGM) CARDINALS : Bill Mattfeld (TGM) MARLINS : Felix Giordano (GM) NATIONALS : Gerry McDonald (TGM) PHILLIES : John Parker (GM) ATHLETICS : Al Fabrizio (GM) ROYALS : (need volunteer) TWINS : Chuck Hixson (TGM) TIGERS : (new manager pending) These teams are being run as a full temporary manager (TM) by the indicated person (they play those team's home series): PADRES : John Mattfeld (TM) ORIOLES : Ricky Diaz (TM) RAYS : Ian Roach (TM) ANGELS (split team responsibility) Jim Lee (handles all player transactions) Carmen Corica (plays all series) There are 4 people who have expressed interest in joining the IRBL and I am waiting for their decision. I have included an updated IRBL Manager Address List. ...................................... UPDATED ROSTERS FILES: During the 2013 Major League Season, 1304 players appeared (637 batters and 667 pitchers) in at least one game. There are 20 more players this season than last season (5 more batters and 15 more pitchers). According to IRBL Rule # 13B1, 14 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 44 rated players and 16 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 43 rated players. The following teams will draft until they have 44 rated players: ATHLETICS, DODGERS, BREWERS, METS, GIANTS, INDIANS, PHILLIES, ROYALS, MARINERS, CARDINALS, ORIOLES, ASTROS, RAYS and RED SOX The following teams will draft until they have 43 rayed players: BRAVES, TIGERS, YANKEES, NATIONALS, WHITE SOX, MARLINS, CUBS, ROCKIES, RANGERS, REDS, TWINS, PADRES, ANGELS, IRBL # 931 1-5-14 5 BLUE JAYS, DIAMONDBACKS and PIRATES ...................................... All teams (except the DIAMONDBACKS) 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 (256 total players: 117 batters and 139 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.Y14, contains more information than the the other file, DRAFTPUF.Y14. Depending on your preference, you may find one or the other file more useful. You can also IRBL # 931 1-5-14 6 download a "2014 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 2014 IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft will start on Sunday Feb. 16 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 2014 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.Y14 o Click "OK" o Select "Game-scheduled" o Verify that the white "Org" box in the upper left corner states the following: IRBL League (1/5/14) (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.Y14 o Click "OK" o Select "Game-scheduled" o Verify that the white "Org" box in the upper left corner states the following: IRBL Series (1/5/14) (Org) You will find all the IRBL players sorted to the appropriate IRBL teams IRBL # 931 1-5-14 7 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 --- --- --- ---- ------- 28 20 8 RED SOX F.Hopkins 13 13 ATHLETICS A.Fabrizio 10 10 PHILLIES J.Parker 8 8 ANGELS C.Corica 7 1 6 WHITE SOX C.Hopkins 5 5 RANGERS F.Kelley 3 3 BLUE JAYS M.Schlotthauer 1 1 D-BACKS I.Roach 1 1 DODGERS C.Hixson 1 1 MARINERS P.McClymont 1 1 MARLINS F.Giordano 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, BLUE JAYS were dropped from First Round to Bonus Round, the ANGELS and RED SOX were dropped from First Round to Second Round, the ATHLETICS were dropped from Bonus Round to Second Round and the ANGELS, BLUE JAYS an RED SOX were dropped from Second Round to Third Round. FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND 1 BREWERS 31 BREWERS 2 METS 32 ANGELS-1 3 DODGERS-1 33 DODGERS-2 4 GIANTS 34 METS 5 INDIANS 35 GIANTS 6 ROYALS 36 INDIANS 7 CARDINALS 37 ROYALS 8 ORIOLES 38 CARDINALS 9 ASTROS 39 RED SOX-1 10 MARINERS-1 40 MARINERS-2 11 RAYS 41 ATHLETICS-B 12 BRAVES 42 ORIOLES 13 TIGERS 43 ASTROS 14 ATHLETICS-1 44 ATHLETICS-2 15 YANKEES 45 RAYS 16 NATIONALS 46 BRAVES 17 PHILLIES-1 47 PHILLIES-2 IRBL # 931 1-5-14 8 18 CUBS 48 TIGERS 19 ROCKIES 49 YANKEES 20 REDS 50 NATIONALS 21 MARLINS-1 51 MARLINS-2 22 TWINS 52 CUBS 23 PADRES 53 ROCKIES 24 PIRATES 54 REDS 25 WHITE SOX-1 55 TWINS 26 RANGERS-1 56 WHITE SOX-2 27 DIAMONDBACKS-1 57 PADRES 58 RANGERS-2 BONUS ROUND 59 PIRATES 60 DIAMONDBACKS-2 28 BLUE JAYS-1 29 BREWERS 30 DODGERS-B THIRD ROUND 75 RAYS 76 BRAVES 61 BLUE JAYS-2 77 PHILLIES-3 62 BREWERS 78 TIGERS 63 DODGERS-3 79 YANKEES 64 METS 80 NATIONALS 65 ANGELS-2 81 MARLINS-3 66 GIANTS 82 CUBS 67 INDIANS 83 ROCKIES 68 ROYALS 84 REDS 69 CARDINALS 85 TWINS 70 MARINERS-3 86 WHITE SOX-3 71 ORIOLES 87 PADRES 72 RED SOX-2 88 RANGERS-3 73 ASTROS 89 PIRATES 74 ATHLETICS-3 90 DIAMONDBACKS-3 Additional rounds will be identical to 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). ...................................... DEADLINES: Jan. 26 - Trading and player release deadline (6 pm, EST) Feb. 16 - 2014 Draft (start 8 am, ET) Mar. 9 - Trading deadline (6 pm, ET) Mar. 23 - Team instructions to be received by League Office and all managers within your league Apr. 1 - First series of 2014 season ...................................... Files included on LRD # 931: --------------------------- DRAFTINF.Y14 --> Player Usage Form for IRBL # 931 1-5-14 9 all players eligible to be drafted (extra details) DRAFTPUF.Y14 --> Player Usage Form for all players eligible to be drafted IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters IRBLRULE.TXT --> IRBL Rules MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List NEWSL931.xxx --> Newsletter # 931 PLAYERUF.Y14 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK