Alan Greenberg Wins NFBC Auction Title

[Greg Ambrosius]

CONGRATS to Alan Greenberg of New Haven, Connecticut as he is our 2013 NFBC Auction Championship winner and the owner of the $15,000 grand prize. Alan won his March 29th New York Auction League title with 129.5 points, earning 86.3 percent of all available points, and he won the overall title with 1,130.5 points. With 135 teams in the contest, Alan's BK Mets A2 earned 83.7 percent of all available points in what was a tough, close race to the finish.

This was a season long battle for the top spot that saw several owners in first place at some point during the season. Ken Norred, who teamed up with Dan Semsel to win the NFBC Main Event overall title, finished 2nd overall. Hal Goldstein also had a remarkable season, finishing 3rd and 6th overall as he won one auction league title and finished 2nd to Alan in that March 29th New York Auction League. Finishing 4th was Michael Edelman and Shawn Harvey finished 5th overall.

Alan competed in New York City on the Second Weekend and he also made his first trip to Las Vegas for the NFBC's First Weekend. If his schedule works right this year, he may keep that double weekend of fun.

I'll ask Alan for his auction values and add them to this list, but his roster consisted of:

Miguel Cabrera
Craig Kimbrel
Albert Pujols
Josh Hamilton
Yadier Molina
Michael Bourn
Kris Medlen
CC Sabathia
Jim Johnson
Jason Kipnis
Julio Teheran
Pedro Alvarez
Alfonso Soriano
Everth Cabrera
Paul Maholm
Brandon Moss
Jose Veras
Joe Blanton
Gordon Beckham
Garrett Jones
Trevor Plouffe
Philip Hughes
Wellington Castillo
Mitch Moreland
Ervin Santana
Stephen Drew
Gregor Blanco
Andrew Bailey
Kyle Kendrick
Bronson Arroyo

All Hail The New Auction CHAMP!!

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here are the Top 50 teams from this year's NFBC Auction Championship:

NFBC Auction Championship Top 50 Teams:
1 BK Mets A2 Alan Greenberg Auction Championship New York March 29 10 am ET League 585.5 545.0 1,130.5 0.0
2 Bama Mixer Kenneth Norred Auction Championship Las Vegas March 29 4 pm League 496.0 601.5 1,097.5 0.0
3 BROCKPORT BULLIES Hal Goldstein Auction Championship New York March 28 6 pm ET League 558.0 524.0 1,082.0 0.0
4 Incredible Hulking Us Auction Michael Edelman Auction Championship New York March 29 10 am ET League 2 633.5 443.5 1,077.0 0.0
5 Toronto Gamblers Toronto Gamblers Auction Championship Las Vegas March 29 4 pm League 540.0 511.0 1,051.0 0.0
6 BROCKPORT BULLIES Hal Goldstein Auction Championship New York March 29 10 am ET League 552.5 482.5 1,035.0 0.0
7 PACO THYME Paul Weber Auction Championship Chicago March 29 5 pm League 399.5 621.5 1,021.0 0.0
8 Just How We Planned It Lopi Asch $1300 Auction Championship New York March 29 5 pm League 513.0 504.5 1,017.5 0.0
9 Bronx Beans Josh Blumenreich Auction Championship Las Vegas March 22 4 pm PT League 459.5 551.5 1,011.0 0.0
Lowell Kaplan
10 BOSCH AUC2 Johnny Bosch Auction Championship Las Vegas March 24 10 am PT League 626.0 381.0 1,007.0 0.0
11 Team Benjamin Ari Benjamin Auction Championship New York March 28 6 pm ET League 495.5 507.5 1,003.0 0.0
12 Strike Force Auction Mark Bendar Auction Championship Las Vegas March 24 10 am PT League 515.5 473.0 988.5 0.0
13 Retlon Rocks Robert Nolter Auction Championship Chicago March 29 5 pm League 532.5 453.5 986.0 0.0
14 The VIG Aaron Smith Auction Championship New York March 29 10 am ET League 547.0 414.5 961.5 0.0
15 ALL-IN Auction (2) Jeffrey Dobies Auction Championship New York March 29 10 am ET League 393.0 562.5 955.5 0.0
Andy Saxton
16 BOSCH AUC1 Johnny Bosch Auction Championship Las Vegas March 22 9 am PT League 558.5 393.5 952.0 0.0
17 Richie Incognito Lindy Hinkelman Auction Championship Las Vegas March 22 4 pm PT League 463.5 476.5 940.0 0.0
18 Da Giant Bums Neal Moses Auction Championship Las Vegas March 22 9 am PT League 340.0 584.0 924.0 0.0
Charlie Casey
19 BROCKPORT BULLIES Hal Goldstein $1300 Auction Championship New York March 29 5 pm League 483.0 421.0 904.0 0.0
20 SoutSideShow Side Show Auction Championship Chicago March 29 5 pm League 560.0 338.5 898.5 0.0
vincent escamilla
21 PhillyCheeseSteaks-AUC1 John Hogan Auction Championship New York March 28 6 pm ET League 426.0 463.0 889.0 0.0
22 Sgt. Brady Don Brady Auction Championship Las Vegas March 22 9 am PT League 493.5 388.5 882.0 0.0
Robert Sargent
23 Team mclaughlin Rick mclaughlin $1300 Auction Championship New York March 29 5 pm League 492.0 389.5 881.5 0.0
24 RotoSpin Jay Bufis Auction Championship New York March 28 6 pm ET League 453.5 427.0 880.5 0.0
John Burke
25 Team Warner Donald Warner Auction Championship Las Vegas March 24 10 am PT League 562.0 314.0 876.0 0.0
26 Pinche Oso's Matthew Snoga Auction Championship Las Vegas March 29 4 pm League 487.0 387.5 874.5 0.0
27 The Ron Jeremy of Midget Porn Dan Semsel Auction Championship Las Vegas March 22 4 pm PT League 565.0 308.0 873.0 0.0
28 Round 2 (NY1) Ante Meich Auction Championship New York March 29 10 am ET League 2 470.5 398.0 868.5 0.0
29 Metsmerizers-3 Gregg Janoff Auction Championship Las Vegas March 24 10 am PT League 340.0 526.5 866.5 0.0
30 coldwater coyotes William Tyrer Auction Championship Las Vegas March 29 4 pm League 471.5 382.5 854.0 0.0
31 Sure wish the draft was on Saturday Tim Short Auction Championship New York March 29 10 am ET League 2 456.5 392.0 848.5 0.0
32 Artful Dodgers Bob Mazur Auction Championship Las Vegas March 24 10 am PT League 394.5 452.5 847.0 0.0
33 Mudhens Jon Stadtmueller Auction Championship Las Vegas March 24 10 am PT League 385.5 454.5 840.0 0.0
34 shh shh shh shh Mark Srebro Auction Championship New York March 29 10 am ET League 2 329.0 510.0 839.0 0.0
Jason Emma
35 Team Stein Adam Stein Auction Championship New York March 29 10 am ET League 2 509.5 325.5 835.0 0.0
36 || NYMSD || KJ Duke Auction Championship Las Vegas March 22 9 am PT League 605.0 225.0 830.0 0.0
Alan Greenberg
37 Capybaras Gregory Doyle Auction Championship Las Vegas March 29 4 pm League 503.5 326.0 829.5 0.0
Duran Holton
38 Powerball 1000 Jason Duponte Auction Championship New York March 29 10 am ET League 2 377.0 443.5 820.5 0.0
39 Island TBD Auction Dan Howard Auction Championship Chicago March 29 5 pm League 557.0 255.0 812.0 0.0
40 bigBLUEnation bill cleavenger Auction Championship Chicago March 29 5 pm League 338.0 471.5 809.5 0.0
41 SportsDraftDaily.com Chris Schinker Auction Championship Las Vegas March 29 4 pm League 367.5 435.0 802.5 0.0
Shawn Childs
42 LEVITZ/GORDON 2 Richard Gordon Auction Championship Las Vegas March 24 10 am PT League 504.5 294.0 798.5 0.0
43 Get your snake ready Jason Emma $1300 Auction Championship New York March 29 5 pm League 415.5 378.5 794.0 0.0
Mark Srebro
44 853-OKG Dave Clum Auction Championship Las Vegas March 22 4 pm PT League 400.0 388.0 788.0 0.0
45 BLIND PANDAS Jason Steeves Auction Championship New York March 29 10 am ET League 431.5 344.5 776.0 0.0
46 bartoochies auction Mike Diedrich Auction Championship Chicago March 29 5 pm League 542.0 230.0 772.0 0.0
47 Incredible Hulking Saxton Andy Saxton $1300 Auction Championship New York March 29 5 pm League 540.0 226.5 766.5 0.0
Michael Edelman
48 Wide Right Perspective Joshua Coleman $1300 Auction Championship New York March 29 5 pm League 337.5 426.0 763.5 0.0
Michael Leone
49 Low Talkers Dave Potts Auction Championship Las Vegas March 29 4 pm League 318.0 441.5 759.5 0.0
50 ALL-IN Auction Jeffrey Dobies Auction Championship Las Vegas March 24 10 am PT League 339.0 416.0 755.0 0.0

[Greg Ambrosius]

Alan joins a select group of national auction champions in the NFBC since we started this national contest in 2010. They include:

2010: Jeff Dobies
2011: Richard Gordon & Charles Levitz
2012: Jeff Dobies & Andy Saxton
2013: Alan Greenberg

[MadCow Sez]

Fantastic job Alan! Must admit you held off a real pro in Ken Norred. Well deserved win!

More props to my teammate Ken for an amazing year in several formats. ROLL TIDE!

[76erfan]

major props Alan! You had a heck of a year. Well deserved!

[Brock]

Great job Alan. It was back and forth that last month and your team left us in the dust that last weekend. Well done.

[Ando]

Nice work, Alan. Well done!

[BK METS]

Thanks everyone! Its funny, I look at that list of players and you would think with major busts such as Pujols, Hamilton, and CC Sabathia, I would have had no chance of winning. I was very lucky and had a lot of things fall my way... and accolades to all of the other winners. Its awesome to compete with the best of the best in this industry and although things turned out good for me in the end, I look at my main event teams this year and realize the level of competition is so immense, I count my blessings that I had one team that performed pretty well.

Thanks again and see you in Vegas!!!

[Bama]

Congrats Alan.

Really blew it up over that last weekend for sure and didnt let any of us have much of a chance in the end.

[Quahogs]

Alan, job well done. Enjoy your championship.

[Glenneration X]

I didn't play the Auction Championships this season, but it's good to see the "2nd" biggest Mets fan on these boards take home a title.

Congrats Alan, but don't spend all the winnings on front row season tickets at Citifield. Save at least a little for a few beers and some dogs to enjoy at the games.

[Rog]

congrats Alan

[rockitsauce]

Great job, strong work. Congrats Alan.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Alan did find his auction values for his championship team. They are listed below. Thanks Alan.

Miguel Cabrera- $45
Craig Kimbrel - $19
Albert Pujols - $34
Josh Hamilton - $28
Yadier Molina - $15
Michael Bourn - $15
Kris Medlen - $19
CC Sabathia - $18
Jim Johnson - $9
Jason Kipnis - $21
Julio Teheran - $9
Pedro Alvarez - $6
Alfonso Soriano - $4
Everth Cabrera - $5
Paul Maholm - $3
Brandon Moss - $2
Jose Veras - $1
Joe Blanton - $1
Gordon Beckham - $2
Garrett Jones - $1
Trevor Plouffe - $1
Philip Hughes - $1
Wellington Castillo - $1
Mitch Moreland - Rd 24
Ervin Santana - Rd 25
Stephen Drew - Rd 26
Gregor Blanco - Rd 27
Andrew Bailey - Rd 28
Kyle Kendrick - Rd 29
Bronson Arroyo - Rd 30

[ALL-IN JD]

Congrats Alan! I am coming back for my title next year! See you in Vegas (and NY)!

[Rotties]

Way to go Alan. Congrats......Ante

[BK METS]

Congrats Alan! I am coming back for my title next year! See you in Vegas (and NY)!

Jeff, you had a much more successful year than I did, finishing 2nd overall in the Main and winning the Ultimate Auction with Jupinka,(along with 2 previous Auction titles), so the challenge will be mine next year, as I still haven't come close to your success. Thanks Jeff.

[BK METS]

Way to go Alan. Congrats......Ante

Thanks, my friend.. I have had the privilege to be in many leagues with you, through the years, Ante... you are a true class act and a great guy.

[Sack]

I apologize that this is a few days late in coming. Team Sack wanted to extend a congrats to the new Auction Champ, Alan Greenberg. We've always liked how Alan has worn his love for his teams in baseball and football on is sleeve - even if we can't stand the Mets and the Jets! lol However, over a very short time, he has proven to be quite a force in these events.

Way to go Alan - you will always be "The Champ" going forward. Great accomplishment, enjoy Sir.