------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 791 ***************** 1-6-08 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...................................... IRBL Menu Program 2008 Update When you installed this LRD, the IRBL Menu Program should now indicate 2008 and the following three directories should have been created: C:\IRBL\LEAGUE.Y08 C:\IRBL\RESULTS.Y08 C:\IRBL\SERIES.Y08 Please exit and restart the IRBL Menu Program, select menu option <5> and verify that you see this new version and date: Program version: 9.00.01 Last update: 3-28-06 Then verify that the listed values for the Windows operating system, Hard drive letter or DMB game directory matches what is on your computer. If not, then select options <1>, <2> or <3> to change the setting to match what you have. NOTE: The IRBL DMB files require the installation of DMB version 9c. Please be sure that you have that version installed (select "Help-About" in the DMB main screen to see the version). NOTE: The league schedule that is currently included with the DMB IRBL player files and IRBL Menu Program is not the actual 2008 IRBL schedule. I just copied the 2007 schedule just for convenience (if you want to play some practice games). The 2008 IRBL schedule will be loaded into the files before the start of the season. If you encounter any other problems, let me know. ...................................... These are the teams without permanent managers. Please let me know if you can continue to handle the extra team in the same manner in 2008. These teams were being run as a temporary general manager (TGM) only by the indicated person and they did not play those team's home series: DIAMONDBACKS : Jim Lee (TGM) IRBL # 791 1-6-08 2 ASTROS : Matt Cummings (TGM) NATIONALS : Don Tobin (TGM) BLUE JAYS : Chip Hopkins (TGM) MARLINS : John Parker (TGM) DEVIL RAYS : Don Tobin (TGM) These teams were being run as a full temporary manager (TM) only by the indicated person and they played those team's home series: ATHLETICS : Gerry McDonald (TM) RANGERS : John Mattfeld (TM) ORIOLES : Ricky Diaz (TM) 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. ...................................... 2008 IRBL dues: All managers have submitted their 2008 IRBL dues except the following: Michael McGuinness (DODGERS) Mike Mayko (GIANTS) Gerry McDonald (METS) Ricky Diaz (PIRATES) Mike Aleprete (ROYALS) Dave Manel (TWINS) Chip Hopkins (WHITE SOX) Frank Hopkins (RED SOX) The IRBL dues for 2008 is $10 (payable in U.S. funds). If you have not done so already, you can pay via PayPal to bkoopers@optonline.net (selecting a bank account as a funding source), by check, money order or cash. The team draft order will be finalized once all managers who have any LSP's or PUP's have officially signed up. The trading season is open. A manager is not eligible to make trades until I receive his dues payment. ...................................... UPDATED ROSTERS FILES: During the 2007 Major League Season, 1278 players (618 batters and 660 pitchers) appeared in at least one game. There are 36 more players this season than last season (11 more batters and 25 more pitchers). According to IRBL Rule # 13B1, 18 IRBL # 791 1-6-08 3 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 43 rated players and 12 teams will be allowed to draft until they have 42 rated players. Once the IRBL dues status of all managers is settled, the team draft order will be finalized and a determination of which team drafts to 42 or 43 will be made. ...................................... 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 42 or 43 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 (240 total players: 104 batters and 136 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 IRBL # 791 1-6-08 4 Word Processor. I have included two information files of the players eligible to be drafted. One file, DRAFTINF.Y08, contains more information than the the other file, DRAFTPUF.Y08. Depending on your preference, you may find one or the other file more useful. You can also download a "2008 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 2008 IRBL Rookie / Free-Agent Draft will start on Sunday Feb. 17th 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. ...................................... An email will be sent to all IRBL managers requesting that you respond answering a "Method Of Participating In The 2008 Draft" questionnaire. ...................................... I strongly recommend that you email me a draft instructions list even if you plan to participate by IRC or telephone just in case you are not available unexpectedly. Refer to IRBL Rule # 13C for details about the draft procedure and draft instructions. ...................................... In order to avoid any mis- understandings, please specify your draft picks (in this order) by indicating batter or pitcher, the DMB roster team name or number, and then the full first and last names for each player. ...................................... IRC (Internet Relay Chat): I strongly recommend that everyone participate in the IRBL draft using IRC (Internet Relay Chat). You can download the mIRC program from the www.mirc.co.uk web site. The latest version is 6.31. You can try the program for 30 days and then they expect a $20 registration fee if you want to continue using the program. IRBL # 791 1-6-08 5 IRBL Rule # 37 details how to participate using IRC, but here is a summary: After installing and starting the mIRC program, in the setup screen, you would add the irc.ibl.org server name and then type in the #irbl channel. You will then be logged into that channel and you will see who is currently logged in. Then you can just type messages that everyone else logged into the channel can see. During the draft, I will post each draft pick on the IRC and I will update the IRBL web site. Please note that at times, Internet connection problems sometimes prevents sending updates to web sites so there may sometimes be a delay in keeping the IRBL web site up-to-date during the draft. NOTE: If the irc.ibl.org server is not working at the start of the draft (as what happenned last year), switch to the "Galaxynet - random server" (which you will find in the pull-down list of servers). ...................................... 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.Y08 o Click "OK" o Select "Game-scheduled" o Verify that the white "Org" box in the upper left corner states the following: IRBL League (1/6/08) (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.Y08 o Click "OK" o Select "Game-scheduled" o Verify that the white "Org" box in IRBL # 791 1-6-08 6 the upper left corner states the following: IRBL Series (1/6/08) (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. ...................................... DEADLINES: Jan. 27 - Trading and player release deadline (6 pm, EST) Feb. 17*- 2008 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 2008 season *will slip one week for every Sunday the draft continues beyond Feb. 17 ...................................... Files included on LRD # 791: --------------------------- DRAFTINF.Y08 --> Player Usage Form for all players eligible to be drafted (extra details) DRAFTPUF.Y08 --> Player Usage Form for all players eligible to be drafted IRBLROST.TXT --> IRBL Rosters IRBLRULE.TXT --> IRBL Rules MANAGERS.TXT --> Manager Address List NEWSL791.xxx --> Newsletter # 791 PLAYERUF.Y08 --> Player Usage Forms for all teams File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK