King of Queens Week 1 Winner

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 12:56 am

Congratulations to King of Queens for winning the first week of the NFBC and the Week 1 prize -- a Roger Clemens autographed Yankees cap with a retail value of $350. Congrats again to King of Queens and good luck to everyone this week.

Cellar Dwellers · Post by **Cellar Dwellers** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:37 am

Nice going K of Q. Good job, I knew you were going to be trouble this year

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 3:19 am

Okay, so we all know that King of Queens won the Week One prize, an autographed Roger Clemens New York Yankees hat, courtesy of Upper Deck Authenticated. And we know that he led the NFBC overall standings for the first 10 days of the contest, before falling into second place today behind FantasyJungle.com. But who is this King of Queens guy and how did he get to the top?

Well, each week in our NFBC newsletter I'll profile our Weekly winner. Here's an early preview of that and a look at King of Queens:

He's none other than Glenn Schroter, who happens to have teams in the NFBC and the NFBC AL Auction League. Glenn is 32 years old, a native New Yorker who lives in Queens, N.Y., who has been playing Rotisserie baseball since 1988. "I've had a lot of success in the local leagues, but this is my first time playing against the big boys," Glenn said. "I'm thrilled to be a part of this competition."

King of Queens had the 13th overall pick in New York League #1 and took Pedro Martinez and followed that up with Edgar Renteria in the second round. He added Marcus Giles, Derrek Lee, Mark Mulder and Kaz Matsui after that. He also rode good weeks from Troy Glaus, Adam Dunn and Matt Herges and still won the week despite injuries to Dmitri Young and Ben Molina.

"My draft strategy was to field a well-balanced team that would score well in all categories," said Schroter. "I don't believe it's possible to win the overall grand prize -- and really, that's what we're all shooting for,isn't it? -- if you ditch a category. I also attempted to fill my middle infield with top quality players, saving my outfield spots for later in the draft where quality players would still be available. For example, I'd much rather take Renteria in the 2nd round and Dunn in the 10th than Magglio and Polanco in those same rounds. Thus far, the strategy has paid off nicely. Health will obviously be a major factor, but I hope to remain in the Top 10 for weeks to come."

Schroter is married with a nine-month-old daughter and when he's not playing fantasy baseball, he's an owner/operator of a chain of day care centers in New York. Congratulations Glenn and look for that Roger Clemens autographed hat in the mail soon. Oh, and good luck on your Auction League team, which is currently in ninth place. Thanks for "playing two" and good luck the rest of the way.