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 |      International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973       |
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 |   *****************  IRBL NEWSLETTER  # 932  *****************   1-19-14   |
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 PLAYER TRANSACTIONS:

 The BRAVES traded CONOR GILLASPIE, 
   ANDRES TORRES, JAKE ARRIETA, BRANDON 
   LYON, PAT NESHEK to the RAYS for 
   NICK SWISHER, JAVIER LOPEZ.
 The BRAVES released LOGAN KENSING.
 The DODGERS traded TREVOR PLOUFFE, 
   JUAN NICASIO to the REDS for MICHAEL 
   CUDDYER.
 The DODGERS traded MIKE TROUT to the 
   WHITE SOX for DESMOND JENNINGS, 
   NATHAN EOVALDI, ADDISON REED.
 The WHITE SOX released JOSH RODRIGUEZ, 
   WILSON VALDEZ, GENO ESPINELI, SAMUEL 
   GERVACIO, DEUNTE HEATH.
 The ORIOLES traded MATT ADAMS to the 
   ROCKIES for JUSTIN MASTERSON.
 The DODGERS traded JUSTIN MAXWELL to 
   the PIRATES for CASPER WELLS, OLIVER 
   PEREZ.
 The WHITE SOX traded L.J. HOES, MARK 
   REYNOLDS to the DODGERS for CHASE 
   HEADLEY.
 The DODGERS released BRAD ELDRED, 
   KOSUKE FUKUDOME, JOE MATHER, NATE 
   SPEARS, RICH C. THOMPSON, TYSON 
   BRUMMETT, BRANDON DICKSON, RYOTA 
   IGARASHI, JHAN MARINEZ, D.J. 
   MITCHELL, JAMIE MOYER, FERNANDO 
   RODRIGUEZ, CHRIS SCHWINDEN.
 The DODGERS traded DODGERS' 10TH round 
   pick to the PIRATES for DARREN 
   OLIVER, PIRATES' 11TH round pick, 
   PIRATES' 12TH round pick, PIRATES' 
   13TH round pick.
 The PIRATES traded JUSTIN SELLERS to 
   the CARDINALS for MARK DEROSA.
 The PIRATES traded MIKE BAXTER, JESSE 
   CRAIN to the ORIOLES for KYLE 
   BLANKS, ENDY CHAVEZ.
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 NEW IRBL MANAGER:

 TIGERS
 John Kelley
 paulywood91186@yahoo.com

 John is the son of Frank Kelley 
 (RANGERS). John says he has played a 
 few different simulation style games 
 aside from his yearly commitments to 
 fantasy baseball, football, hockey and 
 golf. He has run and participated in a 
 few MLN / NFL showdown leagues 
 (simulation based card game). He is 
 new to DMB but his father has helped 
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 get him up to speed. He is a poker 
 dealer nights and weekends for the 
 winter and during the spring-fall 
 months will be 1st assistant to PGA 
 certified instructor Bill Pappas as he 
 continues through the PGA 
 certification process to be a 
 recognized PGA certified instructor.

 Let's all welcome John to the IRBL!
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 MANAGER RESIGNATIONS:

 Felix Giordano (MARLINS):
 I am sad to report that Felix notified 
 me that he was just diagnosed with a 
 medication condition that will require 
 long term treatment and that he needs 
 to cut back on his hobbies so he has 
 to resign from the IRBL

 Tony Lucio (CUBS):
 Tony has resigned saying that he just 
 realized that the IRBL has a live 
 draft and he does not have time to 
 participate in a live draft, he does 
 not want to submit a written list or 
 submit draft instructions or have 
 somebody draft for him. He asked me 
 for another alternative and I told him 
 there was none.
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 Volunteers are needed to handle these 
 teams as a temporary G.M.:

 CUBS, MARLINS and ROYALS
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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):

 GIANTS       : Frank Kelley (TGM)
 ASTROS       : John Parker (TGM)
 CARDINALS    : Bill Mattfeld (TGM)
 CUBS         : (need volunteer)
 MARLINS      : (need volunteer)
 NATIONALS    : Gerry McDonald (TGM)
 PHILLIES     : John Parker (GM)
 ATHLETICS    : Al Fabrizio (GM)
 ROYALS       : (need volunteer)
 TWINS        : Chuck Hixson (TGM)

 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)
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 ANGELS (split team responsibility)
 Jim Lee (handles all player 
 transactions) Carmen Corica (plays all 
 series)

 There is one person who has expressed 
 interest in joining the IRBL and I am 
 waiting for his decision. Three other 
 people who said they were interested 
 now decided not to respond to my 
 emails. I do not understand why  
 common courtesy has become a thing of 
 the past.

 I have included an updated IRBL 
 Manager Address List.
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 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 
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 Files included on LRD # 932:
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 DRAFTINF.Y14 --> Player Usage Form for 
                  all players eligible 
                  to be drafted (extra 
                  details)
 DRAFTPUF.Y14 --> Player Usage Form for 
                  all players eligible 
                  to be drafted
 IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters
 MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List
 NEWSL932.xxx --> Newsletter # 932
 PLAYERUF.Y14 --> 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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