Scott Fleming Wins New York Ultimate League & $40,000

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Scott Fleming Wins New York Ultimate League & $40,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Oct 04, 2021 2:53 pm

Scott Fleming of Wayne, New Jersey has been competing in the NFBC since its inception in 2004 and he may have come away with his most satisfying victory this year. Scott led for most of the way in the NFBC New York MTM Ultimate League Invitational and held on in the final week to walk away with the title and the $40,000 prize.

It wasn't easy, though, as Scott had to hold off Mike Mager for the title. Scott finished with 114.5 points, while Mike finished second with 109 points. NFBC Hall of Famer Steve Jupinka finished in third place as this league paid the Top 3 spots. This one was held live in New York City during the pandemic and was a relief for everyone when the draft was held live. Look for it to be held live again next March in New York City.

Congrats to all of the winners of this unique and fun league. Here's the final standings:

NFBC New York MTM Ultimate League Invitational Standings:
1 Scott Fleming Fleming 114.5
2 Michael Mager Bronx Yankees ULT 109
3 Stephen Jupinka QUAHOGS 94.5
4 Jason Duponte Cue the Duckboats MTM ULT 90.5
5 Mike Massotto Baseball Furies 85
6 thomas eshenfelder eshies ULT 82.5
7 Leonard Ringle Lucca 82
8 Jody Ryan Ryan lost his Bieber fever 81.5

NFBC Ultimate League Prizes:
League Prizes
1 - $40,000
2 - $20,000
3 - $7,500
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Re: Scott Fleming Wins New York Ultimate League & $40,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Oct 04, 2021 2:56 pm

Last year was the first year since 2005 that we didn't have an NFBC Ultimate League and that was because of Covid. We were limited to just one Ultimate League this year for the same reason, but Scott returns to this list of champions as he also won an Ultimate League title in 2007. Here's the complete list of NFBC Ultimate League winners:

2005 - David DiDonato
2006 - Eddie Gillis
2006 - David Deterra (League 2)
2007 - Donn Johnson
2007 - Scott Fleming (League 2)
2007 - Brent Grooms (League 3)
2008 - David DiDonato
2008 - Andre Bourcier (League 2)
2009 - Rick Thomas
2011 - Chris Schinker
2011 - David Deterra (League 2)
2012 - John Lemke
2013 - John Lemke
2014 - Leonard Ringle
2015 - John Lemke
2016 - Derek Pierson
2017 - Anthony Botzo
2017 - Joe Thelen (NY)
2018 - Anthony Botzo (LV)
2018 - Jason Duponte (NY)
2019 - David Einhorn (NY)
2019 - John Lymberis (O)
2021 - Scott Fleming (NY)
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Re: Scott Fleming Wins New York Ultimate League & $40,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Oct 04, 2021 3:00 pm

Draft spots are pulled on the spot right before the draft in New York City for this MTM Invitational, and if I remember correctly, the host toyed with Scott when the first ball was pulled. No, he didn't get the first choice, but he was pulled three spots later and settled for the 4th pick. Here was his winning draft:

Fleming
Cole, Gerrit 1 4 P Fleming
Bichette, Bo 2 27 SS Fleming
Seager, Corey 3 34 MI Fleming
Arozarena, Randy 4 57 OF Fleming
Hader, Josh 5 64 P Fleming
Luzardo, Jesus 6 87 P Fleming
Olson, Matt 7 94 1B Fleming
Bohm, Alec 8 117 CI Fleming
Verdugo, Alex 9 124 OF Fleming
Bryant, Kris 10 147 3B Fleming
Montgomery, Jordan 11 154 P Fleming
Lux, Gavin 12 177 2B Fleming
Civale, Aaron 13 184 P Fleming
May, Dustin 14 207 P Fleming
Kimbrel, Craig 15 214 P Fleming
Dalbec, Bobby 16 237 UT Fleming
Murphy, Sean 17 244 C Fleming
Price, David 18 267 P Fleming
Boyd, Matthew 19 274 P Fleming
Barnes, Matt 20 297 P Fleming
O'Neill, Tyler 21 304 OF Fleming
Hernandez, Enrique 22 327 OF Fleming
Grossman, Robbie 23 334 OF Fleming
Rojas, Josh 24 357 2B Fleming
Fuentes, Joshua 25 364 1B Fleming
Mejia, Francisco 26 387 C Fleming
Arrieta, Jake 27 394 P Fleming
Gibson, Kyle 28 417 P Fleming
Rodon, Carlos 29 424 P Fleming
Chisholm Jr., Jazz 30 447 2B Fleming
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Re: Scott Fleming Wins New York Ultimate League & $40,000

Post by Gekko » Tue Oct 05, 2021 1:17 pm

Congrats on scoring the Ultimate, Scott!

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Re: Scott Fleming Wins New York Ultimate League & $40,000

Post by Ultrarunner » Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:17 am

Nice job, Scott! Tried to hang but needed the season to end in July :lol:

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Re: Scott Fleming Wins New York Ultimate League & $40,000

Post by Bronx Yankees » Wed Oct 06, 2021 1:37 pm

Congrats, Scott! Great job all season and especially down the stretch.

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Re: Scott Fleming Wins New York Ultimate League & $40,000

Post by Deadheadz » Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:25 am

Congratulations on winning the Ultimate Scott

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