[IBL] www.ibl.org updated

[Doug Palmer]

First, a hearty thank you to Sean, and Chris, and Rusty and everyone else
who works on getting the IBL up and going from October through March.  For
many of us who happen to live in the artic (i.e. Midwestern US this
winter), the promise of spring and baseball kept the hope alive that
weather will become warm and that all will return to normal.  I love IBL
preseason.  The hope of a new year.  The cards.  The ritual.  For me, it's
a bit old fashioned, but it's what keeps me young (I print out the cards,
cut them, sort them by team, then get my team out and laminate them, then
sort the other IBL teams...it's tedious, but fun!).  The picture here is
what I love most about the IBL.  Everything is clean, and new, and the page
is blank.  There's a promise in the air that holds late inning comebacks
and 6 game losing streaks.  Of unmerciful rollbot results and improbable
heroes.  But for me, I get to be a 14 year old kid a couple hours a week
and roll dice with my friends as I try to will my team to victory.

And if any of the newbies want to run through a preseason game, please just
email me and I'll do my best to oblige.  I'm no expert at the grs or the
irc, but that doesn't stop me from learning and playing and enjoying the
fun that is IBL.

Good luck to everyone this year.  A heartfelt welcome and thank you to the
new owners (without whom, the IBL doesn't exist).  A shout out to the old
timers to whom I look to for advice and condolence (from time to time).
Even those who think that my talent evaluations are just south of a blind
man at a beauty pageant :).  I'm just glad that I discovered this wonderful
hobby 4 short years ago.

Here's to 2014

Doug Palmer
Baltimore Sand Crabs
IBL


On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Sean Sweda <sweda at ibl.org> wrote:

> Chris and I just updated www.ibl.org, team names and schedules are now
> set up for the 2014 season.
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> Sean
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