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We had a record year in the NFBC Main Event this year with 29 leagues and 435 teams, our highest total ever. We also had history in the making as Stephen Jupinka became the first owner to win his 6th NFBC Main Event title. Shawn Childs, a fellow NFBC Hall of Famer with Steve and Lindy Hinkelman, followed suit with his 5th NFBC Main Event title. Congrats to both Hall of Famers for great accomplishments.

We actually had THREE Main Event leagues end in ties in 2013 and two of them happened in New York City. New York League 1 saw Hal Goldstein and Roy Ericson end in a tie with 110 points each, while in New York 2 Glenn Lowy and Cory Schwartz ended in a tie with 107 points. In March 27th Online League 1, Keith Minnison tied with Patrick Tremaglio with 113 points each. That's how close many of these leagues were this year.

Dan Semsel & Ken Norred won the overall title in the NFBC Main Event this year and they also were the only owners to win 2 Main Event league titles this year.

Here's a list of all 29 leagues and are champions. CONGRATS to all of you:

Chicago 1 - Paul Weber
Chicago 2 - David Geisinger
Las Vegas 1 March 23 - Roger Martin
Las Vegas 2 March 23 - Peter Berall
Las Vegas 3 March 23 - Stephen Jupinka
Las Vegas 4 March 23 - KJ Duke
Las Vegas 5 March 23 - Scott Jenstad
Las Vegas 6 March 23 - Andy Nolan & Chris Stephenson
Las Vegas 7 March 23 - Dan Semsel & Ken Norred (overall champions)
Online 1 March 23 - Greg Headrick
Online 2 March 23 - Eric Albright
Online 3 March 23 - John Pausma
Online 4 March 23 - Rusty Clark
Las Vegas 3/Online March 30 - Rick Thomas
Online 1 March 27 - Keith Minnison & Patrick Tremaglio (tie for 1st)
Online 2 March 27 - Matthew Shepherd
Online 3 March 27 - Shawn Childs
Las Vegas 1 March 30 - KC Cha
Las Vegas 2 March 30 - Ken Norred & Dan Semsel
Las Vegas 3/Online March 30 - Jack Haan
New York 1 - Hal Goldstein & Roy Ericson (tie for 1st)
New York 2 - Glenn Lowy & Cory Schwartz (tie for 1st)
New York 3 - Doug Cassidy & Pat DePirro
New York 4 - Marc Perlmutter
New York 5 - Stephen Head
Online 1 March 30 - David DiDonato
Online 2 March 30 - Jaime Baird
Online 3 March 30 - Bob Particelli
Online 4 March 30 - Joe Berg

It's important to note that only 4 owners have won four or more NFBC Main Event titles, led by Stephen Jupinka with 6 titles. Here's the current list:

NFBC Main Event Multi-League Champions:
6 NFBC League Titles:
Stephen Jupinka: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013

5 NFBC League Titles:
Shawn Childs: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013

4 NFBC League Titles:
Mark Srebro: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2010

3 NFBC League Titles:
Michael Cameron: 2005, 2010, 2011
David Deterra: 2006, 2010, 2011
Bob Mazur: 2007, 2008, 2010
Philip McDonald: 2007, 2008, 2011
Clark Olson: 2004, 2005, 2012
Andy Nolan/Christopher Stephenson: 2006, 2011, 2013
David DiDonato: 2006, 2007, 2013
KJ Duke: 2007, 2011, 2013
Scott Jenstad: 2009, 2012, 2013
Cory Schwartz: 2006, 2009, 2013

Nobody has ever won 3 straight NFBC Main Event league titles, but four owners have a shot at that next year:

Scott Jenstad: 2012, 2013
Stephen Jupinka: 2012, 2013
Greg Headrick: 2012, 2013
John Pausma: 2012, 2013

That's a pretty star-studded group right there. Congrats to all of you great champions.

One look at that list and the difference between football and baseball is strikingly clear.

We had a total of 19 NFBC XII leagues in 2012 with a total of 228 competing for the $50,000 grand prize. Bill Strickler of Holliday, Florida (home of Gator Boys, I assume ) walked away with the title and the top prize.

We had some interesting results this year and plenty of very, very tight races. Eric Heberlig was the only two-time league champ in this event as he finished 2nd overall here and he won the Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Online Championship title. Here's a look at the list of winners:

NFBC XII League Champions
Chicago - Tony Wilhelm
Chicago/Online - Joe Berg
Las Vegas 1 pm March 23 - Ken Norred
Las Vegas 10 am March 23 - Anthony Palavis
Las Vegas 4 pm March 23 - Rick Thomas
Las Vegas 10 am March 29 - Will Tyrer
Las Vegas 5 pm March 29 - Doug Reed
Las Vegas/Online March 22 - Michael O'Brien
Las Vegas/Online March 23 - Lindy Hinkelman
Las Vegas/Online March 24 - Eric Heberlig
Las Vegas/Online March 28 - Steve Fiore
New York/Online March 30 - Doug Gruber
Online March 26 - Eric Heberlig
Online March 27 - Bill Strickler
Online March 28 - David DiDonato
Online March 29 - Richard Sellers
Online March 30 - Shawn Johnson
Online 1 March 30 - Dohn Terrell
Online 2 March 30 - Ron Spurgeon

It's interesting to note that 4 owners won league titles in both the NFBC Main Event and the NFBC XII:

Joe Berg
Ken Norred
Rick Thomas
David DiDonato

It's also interesting to note that Ken Norred won league titles in THREE different formats, something nobody else has done. He won two Main Event league titles and won the overall championship, he won an NFBC Auction title and finished 2nd overall and he won an NFBC XII title and finished 7th overall.

It's also interesting to note that in our two years of the NFBC XII, only 5 owners have won league titles each year. Joe Berg has the most NFBC XII league titles with 3, while four others have 2:

Joe Berg: 2012, 2012, 2013
Rick Thomas: 2012, 2013
Lindy Hinkelman: 2012, 2013
Steve Fiore: 2012, 2013
Bill Strickler: 2012, 2013

Greg Ambrosius wrote: Chicago 1 - Paul Weber
Chicago 2 - David Geisinger

Congrats to the two Chicago Winners, Dave and Paul.

With Chicago down to just two leagues the past couple of seasons and a very solid core group of 26 or so owners battling each other year after year in the same two leagues, winning a league title in Chicago is a hard earned accomplishment. To me it is no surprise that for the third straight season only One Chicago team has been able to crack the Top 20 in the Overall.

Congrats!!

I may break Steve's balls often but all I can say is that six titles is incredible, especially when you take into account the level of competition. Hands down, the man to beat every year!

Greg Ambrosius wrote:

Nobody has ever won 3 straight NFBC Main Event league titles, but four owners have a shot at that next year:

Might want to rerun your numbers on this one...unless ties don't count.

Let's get it on this thread as well so that we can find this in the future:

We had 29 NFBC Main Event leagues this year for a total of 435 teams. However, 3 of the leagues ended in ties, so we actually have 32 teams that are considered league champs. The tag team of Dan Semsel and Ken Norred won the $100,000 grand prize by winning Las Vegas League 7 from the 11th spot.

Below is a complete list of where our league champs drafted from and a compilation of those draft spots:

NFBC Main Event Champions & Where They Drafted From:
No. 1 - 2 teams
No. 2 - 3 teams
No. 3 - 3 teams
No. 4 - 1 team
No. 5 - 3 teams
No. 6 - 2 teams
No. 7 - 2 teams
No. 8 - 2 teams
No. 9 - 3 teams
No. 10 - 2 teams
No. 11 - 3 teams
No. 12 - 3 teams
No. 13 - 3 teams
No. 14 - 0 teams
No. 15 - 0 teams

Nos. 1-3 - 8 champions
Nos. 4-6 - 6 champions
Nos. 7-9 - 7 champions
Nos. 10-12 - 8 champions
Nos. 13-15 - 3 champions

Pretty solid distribution of league champions with the exception of draft spots 14 and 15, which didn't produce a single league champ. Very interesting.

Here's a look at each league champion and where they drafted from:

Chicago 1 - Paul Weber - 13th spot
Chicago 2 - David Geisinger - 4th spot
Las Vegas 1 March 23 - Roger Martin - 2nd spot
Las Vegas 2 March 23 - Peter Berall - 5th spot
Las Vegas 3 March 23 - Stephen Jupinka - 1st spot
Las Vegas 4 March 23 - KJ Duke - 13th spot
Las Vegas 5 March 23 - Scott Jenstad - 8th spot
Las Vegas 6 March 23 - Andy Nolan & Chris Stephenson - 5th spot
Las Vegas 7 March 23 - Dan Semsel & Ken Norred (overall champions) - 11th spot
Online 1 March 23 - Greg Headrick - 9th spot
Online 2 March 23 - Eric Albright - 9th spot
Online 3 March 23 - John Pausma - 8th spot
Online 4 March 23 - Rusty Clark - 10th spot
Las Vegas 3/Online March 30 - Rick Thomas - 11th spot
Online 1 March 27 - Keith Minnison & Patrick Tremaglio (tie for 1st) - 5th spot & 6th spot
Online 2 March 27 - Matthew Shepherd - 1st spot
Online 3 March 27 - Shawn Childs - 7th spot
Las Vegas 1 March 30 - KC Cha - 12th spot
Las Vegas 2 March 30 - Ken Norred & Dan Semsel - 9th spot
Las Vegas 3/Online March 30 - Jack Haan - 12th spot
New York 1 - Hal Goldstein & Roy Ericson (tie for 1st) - 3rd spot & 2nd spot
New York 2 - Glenn Lowy & Cory Schwartz (tie for 1st) - 7th spot & 3rd spot
New York 3 - Doug Cassidy & Pat DePirro - 13th spot
New York 4 - Marc Perlmutter - 2nd spot
New York 5 - Stephen Head - 11th spot
Online 1 March 30 - David DiDonato - 6th spot
Online 2 March 30 - Jaime Baird - 12th spot
Online 3 March 30 - Bob Particelli - 3rd spot
Online 4 March 30 - Joe Berg - 10th spot

Let's post this data here as well:

And where did the NFBC XII League Champions draft from? Here's the results:

NFBC XII League Champions And Where They Drafted From:
No. 1 - 3 teams
No. 2 - 3 teams
No. 3 - 1 team
No. 4 - 1 team
No. 5 - 1 team
No. 6 - 2 teams
No. 7 - 1 team
No. 8 - 2 teams
No. 9 - 0 teams
No. 10 - 1 team
No. 11 - 2 teams
No. 12 - 2 teams

Nos. 1-3 - 7 champions
Nos. 4-6 - 4 champions
Nos. 7-9 - 3 champions
Nos. 10-12 - 5 champions

There is much more balance when you look at where the 12-team league champs came from. 11 of 12 spots are represented, with only No. 9 not producing a league champion. Pretty interesting.

Here's a look at each individual league champ:


NFBC XII League Champions
Chicago - Tony Wilhelm - 7th spot
Chicago/Online - Joe Berg - 1st spot
Las Vegas 1 pm March 23 - Ken Norred - 8th spot
Las Vegas 10 am March 23 - Anthony Palavis - 3rd spot
Las Vegas 4 pm March 23 - Rick Thomas - 11th spot
Las Vegas 10 am March 29 - Will Tyrer - 5th spot
Las Vegas 5 pm March 29 - Doug Reed - 8th spot
Las Vegas/Online March 22 - Michael O'Brien - 4th spot
Las Vegas/Online March 23 - Lindy Hinkelman - 12th spot
Las Vegas/Online March 24 - Eric Heberlig - 6th spot
Las Vegas/Online March 28 - Steve Fiore - 2nd spot
New York/Online March 30 - Doug Gruber - 1st spot
Online March 26 - Eric Heberlig - 12th spot
Online March 27 - Bill Strickler - 6th spot
Online March 28 - David DiDonato - 10th spot
Online March 29 - Richard Sellers - 1st spot
Online March 30 - Shawn Johnson - 2nd spot
Online 1 March 30 - Dohn Terrell - 2nd spot
Online 2 March 30 - Ron Spurgeon - 11th spot