<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">NEWS<br>----<br>Congratulations to Matt Sivertson and the Seattle Rainiers, this year's IBL<br>champions after a six-game series victory over the AC Champion Chicago Cougars.<br>It is Matt's first IBL Championship, and the second for the Rainiers, having<br>won it previously in 1997. It also breaks the AC's 5-year winning streak.<br><br>IBL Championship Series results are here:<br>http://wiki.ibl.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/2013_playoffs_ibl_championship_series<br><br>Full playoff results are here:<br>http://wiki.ibl.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/2013_playoffs<br><br>We are still missing several scores and boxscores from the playoffs. Please<br>send them in right away! At least send the scores if you are unable to send<br>the boxscores immediately.<br><br>We are missing:<br>BOW vs. KAT game
4<br>BOW vs. MAD games 3+<br>SDQ vs. CAN (entire series)<br><br><br>LEAGUE BUSINESS<br>---------------<br>I need an AC member to volunteer for the Review Board. Please send me an<br>e-mail if you are interested.<br><br>Sean is preparing an offseason ballot. If you have any proposals, please<br>send them to him ASAP.<br><br><br>OWNERSHIP<br>---------<br>We still need a manager for NYK. Noel is able to perform GM duties, but needs a <br>manager to play the games. If anyone is interested in that opening, or knows <br>someone who may be, let me know.<br><br><br>DRAFT<br>-----<br>Teams may continue making picks when it is their turn until tomorrow night (Friday).<br>At that point, the Draft Administrator will send the official draft order to the <br>league, with extra picks removed. Each team may only pick until their roster has<br>35 players.<br><br>The draft is being updated
here:<br>http://almanac.ibl.org/Drafts/2014.html<br><br>BOW is on the clock with pick #22.<br><br>The first list, for the remainder of the current round, will be due Monday,<br>February 10. The Draft Administrator will specify the time the lists are due.<br><br><br>TRADES<br>------<br>Trading is frozen in February, but you may agree to deals and send them in<br>after the draft. The Registrar will send an announcement when you are allowed<br>to begin sending them in.<br><br><br>CARDS<br>-----<br>The stats for carded players are available here (and there's a link to it on the<br>draft page):<br><br>http://almanac.ibl.org/CardedPlayers2014.xlsx<br><br>We have a wiki page with the card data that has been generated so far (defensive <br>range ratings, baserunning ratings, and park info):<br><br>http://wiki.ibl.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/ibl:2014_card_info<br><br><br>TRANSACTIONS<br>------------<br>(January 4-29)<br>MAD -- Trades
MAD#1 (14) to MCM for ODM#4 (14), PAD#1 (14)<br>MCM -- Trades ODM#4 (14), PAD#1 (14) to MAD for MAD#1 (14)<br>PAD -- Trades PAD#4 (15) to WMS for NYA Reynolds<br> -- Trades KAT#3 (14) to POR for OAK Callaspo<br>POR -- Trades OAK Callaspo to PAD for KAT#3 (14)<br>SFP -- Trades TRI#5 (14) to TRI for MNM#5 (14) (fix previous trade)<br> -- Trades MNM#5 (14), WAS Werth to WMS for DET Fister, SEA#7 (14)<br>TRI -- Trades MNM#5 (14) to SFP for TRI#5 (14) (fix previous trade)<br>WMS -- Trades DET Fister, SEA#7 (14) to SFP for MNM#5 (14), WAS Werth<br> -- Trades NYA Reynolds to PAD for PAD#4 (15)<br><br>-Rusty <br><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Russell Peltz<br>peltz38@yahoo.com,
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