LV Mixed Auction League 2 Champion Profile - Ken Norred
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:19 am
It’s not often in fantasy baseball where a season unfolds as planned with only minor obstacles to clear along the way. But that’s exactly what happened with Ken Norred’s team in the Las Vegas Mixed Auction 2 League in the 2005 NFBC.
And the result of that smooth sailing was a league championship.
“Basically, I had a team where most everything went right from the auction to the end and what problems I had I was able to fix fairly easily and quickly,” Norred said. “I wish all of my teams were like that.”
Indeed.
Norred worked the FAAB process when necessary during the season and that played a role in his championship season. He also was able to execute his auction plan for the most part and that proved key as well.
“I wanted to get my key players early at full price,” he said. “Then I wanted to try to get key players in the middle rounds at a bargain and then try to pick up useful players at the end.
“I got (Brad) Lidge as my only closer. Going into the auction my plan was for Lidge and any cheap closer, but I was unable to get the cheap closer I wanted.”
That was a minor inconvenience in what proved to be a strong season, one in which Norred knew relatively early his team had a strong shot at finishing first.
“I would say going into the All-Star break I felt like it would be hard for the other teams to catch me,” said Norred, who does engineering work for the State of Alabama on road projects. “It felt really good to beat a good group of competitors. In our league we had a former WCOFB overall winner, a CDM multiple challenge winner and some other players with great fantasy resumes.”
Norred bested them all and said he will continue to be a supporter of the NFBC.
“I think the NFBC is progressing very well and I look forward to playing in the leagues for years to come,” he said.
And the result of that smooth sailing was a league championship.
“Basically, I had a team where most everything went right from the auction to the end and what problems I had I was able to fix fairly easily and quickly,” Norred said. “I wish all of my teams were like that.”
Indeed.
Norred worked the FAAB process when necessary during the season and that played a role in his championship season. He also was able to execute his auction plan for the most part and that proved key as well.
“I wanted to get my key players early at full price,” he said. “Then I wanted to try to get key players in the middle rounds at a bargain and then try to pick up useful players at the end.
“I got (Brad) Lidge as my only closer. Going into the auction my plan was for Lidge and any cheap closer, but I was unable to get the cheap closer I wanted.”
That was a minor inconvenience in what proved to be a strong season, one in which Norred knew relatively early his team had a strong shot at finishing first.
“I would say going into the All-Star break I felt like it would be hard for the other teams to catch me,” said Norred, who does engineering work for the State of Alabama on road projects. “It felt really good to beat a good group of competitors. In our league we had a former WCOFB overall winner, a CDM multiple challenge winner and some other players with great fantasy resumes.”
Norred bested them all and said he will continue to be a supporter of the NFBC.
“I think the NFBC is progressing very well and I look forward to playing in the leagues for years to come,” he said.