[IBL] www.ibl.org updated

[Larry Selleck]

Nicely said Doug!  Couldn't agree more on the thanks to those on getting everything ready.

Cheers

ps.  If it is a "beauty" you are looking for in regards to talent ... can I interest you in the proverbial Homecoming Queen known as Dan Uggla.  Where else can you find a card where all but 5 hits on his card are HR ... and backed up with that J- defence at 2B.  Can you say  "IBL MVP!!"


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 From: Doug Palmer <aeronutty43 at gmail.com>
To: Sean Sweda <sweda at ibl.org> 
Cc: IBL List <members at lists.ibl.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, 18 March 2014, 22:14
Subject: Re: [IBL] www.ibl.org updated
 


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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