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I just talked to Seth. He is fixing that right now as that was obviously a mistake. We're capitalists, but not criminals.

Okay, we've announced prizes for the NFBC Weekly Contest and now even for the Weekly Poll, but what about our valued Auction League players? What do they get? Well, we haven't forgotten about those dedicated players who will be bidding for players instead of drafting them. Here's what I can promise ...

Our latest sponsor for the National Fantasy Baseball Championship is Steiner Sports, the New York-based sports memorabilia company which has exclusive autograph contracts with several top stars, including Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. Steiner Sports will be the official sponsor of our Weekly Poll ...

Anything is possible, if you want to stand out in a crowd, that is.

The NFBC has partnered with Sonic Promos.com to create an NFBC store where you can order T-shirts, hats, sweatshirts and more. Check out http://nfbc.sonicpromos.com/categoryshop.i for the initial items. If you'd like to have a hat with "Inaugural Year" placed on it, e-mail me at ambrosiusg@krause.co...

We have added the Countdown Clock to the registration deadline because I don't want any confusion as to when someone can enter the NFBC draft. Because we are going to have to fill full 15-team leagues in each city, we are asking everyone to sign up as soon as possible, or at the very least contact m...

It's interesting to note that "Others" is leading the vote for a fourth city that the NFBC should consider in 2005, according to this week's poll. What are those other cities and explain why you want the event there. Our goal is to attract at least 90 teams per city and I'd be interested to see whic...

I didn't want to make a special post for this, but I did want to let everyone know that we will be having Harmon Killebrew and Amos Otis speak on Wednesday night, March 17th at our Fantasy Sports Trade Conference at the Rio. If anyone is in town early and at the Rio, let me know and I'll try to intr...

I apologize in my announcement of Alexander Hayden joining the NFBC for two reasons. First, he's from New Jersey, not New York. And secondly, in my haste to announce him, I didn't realize that this is the same person who won $200,000 in this year's WCOFF. So we have a grand champion in our field to ...

Pete is actually a spokesman for Krause's in our sports collectibles field, but we can't afford to bring him to Vegas!!! Actually, I know that he is signing that Saturday in Chicago at the Sun-Times show at the same facility as our NFBC draft. Two guys who called yesterday to inquire about the NFBC ...

I'm glad to report that Kevin Goldstein, general manager of BaseballAmerica.com, has agreed to join our panel of speakers at the Chicago NFBC Welcome Reception, Friday, March 19. Kevin and Fantasy Sports Magazine Managing Editor Tom Kessenich will handle the Q&A in Chicago and we are still trying to...

I have proposed the 7 p.m. EST Sunday FAAB deadline to STATS and the 1 p.m. EST lineup change on Monday and am waiting back to hear from them. Making sure we have customer support for the FAAB bids on a Sunday is the concern and those may have to be entered earlier than the online deadline. But I'm ...

The tag team of Jeff Dobies and Jonathan Friedman of New York have joined the NFBC draft at the Javits Center. Jeff is an active fantasy player who has gone head-to-head with a couple of you guys before. Welcome to the growing NFBC family Jeff and Jonathan and best of luck in the hunt for the $100,0...

Dyv, we're getting closer. In your example: Option A: Player's position with most games played in the Majors in 2003. If no major league games were played in 2003, then Option B would be most games played in the minors for 2003. If a player with no major league experience in 2003 starts the 2004 sea...

My bad and I'll change it. It's 2005 NFBC entry.

Let me just add to that explanation. What I was talking about there is someone who didn't play in the majors at all in 2003. For a prospect who did play at least one game in the majors last year, like Bobby Crosby or Freddy Sanchez, their position eligibility is already determined for 2004. Crosby n...

You guys are trying to drive me to an early grave, right? No wonder Lenny aged 10 years during the first year of the WCOFF. I really don't need 12 examples to explain this, even though we all may not agree with the rule. If you draft Upton thinking he's a shortstop, then hopefully he makes the major...

A busy day of calls and e-mails was followed by the welcome signup of Alexander Hayden of New York, who will be joining us at the Javits Center for the NFBC draft. Welcome to the growing NFBC family Alex and best of luck in the hunt for the $100,000 grand prize. And yes, we will let this thread ride...

They will certainly count towards your FAAB.

The first waiver wire pickup is Sunday, April 3 and you'll be able to set your new lineup on Monday, April 4. So if Slug #1 isn't on any roster of teams playing in Japan or the Sunday opener, you'll be fine. The short answer is "yes" you have time before the first full week of competition to pick up...

Now this is not an HBO announcement or anything that I'm trying to drum up to get signees to Las Vegas, just a heads up. Sports Illustrated is sending a reporter to our Fantasy Sports Trade Conference in Las Vegas March 17-18 to do a story on the growing fantasy sports industry and that reporter is ...

I won't disagree with you Clark on the consistency, but let's analyze Upton's situation. He did not play any games in the majors in 2003, but if you draft him and he starts the year in the minors his slate is now clean. You can put him on your reserve roster and when he gets called up to the majors ...

Jesse, I have no problem revealing the numbers as I'm certainly not trying to hide anything. My one concern is that someone at the last minute may see that we're starting a new league and may hesitate to sign up because he's afraid we won't fill that league. So let's generalize a bit and still get a...

Good question. It would be where he played the most in the minors. It's no different than how we're placing Joe Mauer or Adam LaRoche this year, two guys who didn't play a single game in the majors last year. They qualify at catcher and first base, respectively, because that's where they played all ...

I may be speaking out of turn, but I believe someone told me that A-Rod went #2 in all three leagues last year. Think that will happen in all our leagues this year? Probably not.