[IBL] Newsletter 02-01-2018

[Russell Peltz]

PLAYOFFS
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The Portland Raptors have advanced to the AC Championship Series after
defeating
the Chicago Cougars 3 games to 1 in the AC Wild Card Series, then
outlasting the
Tri-State Traffic in a hard fought Division Series matchup.

After COU won the first game, POR came back to win the next three, including
two in extra innings.

SCORES
COU  6  3  5  6
POR  3  5  7 11

Series wrap-up, play-by-play, and boxscores here:
http://wiki.ibl.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/2017-ac-wild-card-series


In the Division Series, TRI took games four and five on the road to take a
3-2
series lead, but POR came back to win the final two games by 9-1 and 5-1
scores
to advance.

SCORES
POR  2  0 13  3  1  9  5
TRI  1  4  3  4  2  1  1

Commentary, play-by-play, and boxscores here:
http://wiki.ibl.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/2017-ac-division-series-2


In the other AC Division Series, Motor City pitchers stifled the
Williamstown
Thunder bats, allowing only two runs in the first game and then not allowing
another run in the series en route to a sweep.

SCORES
WMS  2  0  0  0
MCM  6 11  1  3

Series wrap-up, play-by-play, and boxscores here:
http://wiki.ibl.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/2017-ac-division-series-1


Seattle and Santa Fe are currently playing their NC Division Series, with
the winner to face SNH.  Please have this series done soon so we can stay
on schedule.

Assuming the SEA/SFP series can be done within the next several days, we can
shoot for this schedule:

Conference Championships:  due Monday, February 19
IBL Championship:  due Monday, March 5

If the games can be played earlier, even better!


DRAFT
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The pick-by-pick portion of the draft can continue through tomorrow (the
first Friday in February).

Alex Campbell will be the draft administrator for rounds 1 to 4, then I will
be the administrator for rounds 5+ since I have no more picks after that.
Alex will send out instructions for the first list which should be due by
Monday morning.

Here's the current status of round 1.  WMS is on the clock:

 1. BOW   LAN Cody Bellinger
 2. EDG   BOS Rafael Devers
 3. MAD   PHI Rhys Hoskins
 4. KAT   CHA Yoan Moncada
 5. MAD   NYN Amed Rosario
 6. NYK   PHI J.P. Crawford
 7. NJR   ATL Ozzie Albies
 8. POR   STL Paul DeJong
 9. GTY   MIL Lewis Brinson
10. GTY   CHN Ian Happ
11. SCS   OAK Matt Olson
12. CAN   CLE Bradley Zimmer
13. BAL   BAL Trey Mancini
14. SKY   OAK Matt Chapman
15. SEA   CIN Luis Castillo
16. SFP   OAK Franklin Barreto
17. GTY   NYA Clint Frazier
18. MCM   ATL Luiz Gohara
19. SDQ   PHI Jorge Alfaro
20. WMS
21. MNM
22. TRI
23. PHI
24. COU

I have updated the draft in the Almanac with the latest draft order that
Sean
sent out on January 24, and updated it with all of the draft pick trades
that
have been confirmed since then:
http://almanac.ibl.org/Drafts/2018.html

Please check it over carefully and let me know if anything looks incorrect.


COMMISSIONER RULING
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A few months ago I answered a question from Jed by clarifying that Dee
Gordon
would be eligible for the playoffs after he finished his 80 game drug
suspension.
We don't have any rule in the Constitution or any previous Commissioner's
ruling
that would make such a player ineligible for the playoffs.  Since it seemed
pretty straightforward, I neglected to announce the ruling in a newsletter.
(I'll try to make sure to announce all such things from now on.)

George did not know about the ruling until he was set to face TRI in the
playoffs,
and when he found out, he asked the Review Board to review my ruling.
Sean organized an expanded Review Board (when reviewing a Commissioner's
ruling,
the Review Board also includes the V.C. and one other owner).  They upheld
my
decision and Gordon was eligible to play.

If anyone has an opinion about whether they would like players to be
ineligible
for the playoffs when they have a drug suspension earlier in the year, let
me know.
If there is sufficient support for such a rule, we could look into adding
it.

-Rusty
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