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This was a busy week of filling up every "Beat" Rotowire Online Championship league we offered and it looks like a few future "Beats" have also filled up. Great job everyone and I hope everyone enjoyed the competition and the livestreams that everyone offered. The Rotowire OC is on a record pace once again and is headed toward a sellout once again.

Our next "Beat" Rotowire OC leagues are now a week away, but let's start planning for them anyway. They should sell out quickly, so jump in if you want to compete against these guys.

First up is BaseballHQ's Brent Hershey, who teams up with Ray Murphy to manage BaseballHQ.com, the Baseball Forecaster and the First Pitch forums. Ray and Brent have been a formidable team in industry leagues recently and they've both had good individual success in the NFBC. We have a "Beat Brent Hershey" Rotowire Online Championship league set up for Tuesday, March 18th at 8 pm ET and if you finish ahead of Brent in this league you have a chance to win one of their books next season. This one should be fun.

Here's the signup link for this league:

https://nfc.shgn.com/signup/baseball?fo ... 19480,60,1

Here's the current signup list for this league:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Brent Hershey" League
Tuesday, March 18th, 8 pm ET:
1. Jason Kufs
2. Brent Hershey
3. Vince Clemente

We also are working with Razzball.com this year as they are providing all of the player projections for 2025 on every NFBC Player Card. Check them out as Razzball.com has provided those projections for the second straight year. Founder Rudy Gamble will take on the best that the NFBC has to offer on Tuesday, March 18th at 10 pm ET in a "Beat Rudy Gamble" Rotowire Online Championship League. Should be fun.

Here's the signup link for that one:

https://nfc.shgn.com/signup/baseball?fo ... 19481,60,1

Here's the current signup list:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Rudy Gamble" League
Tuesday, March 18, 10 pm ET:
1. Paul Hong
2. Tim Lilly
3. Andrew Matney
4. Scott Ross
5. Vince Clemente

Enjoy everyone and good luck.

FOUR spots now left for next Monday night's Beat KC Bubba RotoWire OC

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat KC Bubba" League
Monday, January 20, 7 pm ET:
1. Gregg Martin
2. Mike Dale
3. Ryan Welborn
4. Michael Hughes
5. Brian Entrekin
6. Nicholas Anderson
7. Bryan Vogel
8. Gp Churchill

Monday night's Beat KC Bubba RotoWire OC League is now SOLD OUT

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat KC Bubba" League
Monday, January 20, 7 pm ET:
1 Gregg Martin
2 Mike Dale
3 RYAN WELBORN
4 Michael Hughes
5 Brian Entrekin
6 NICHOLAS ANDERSON
7 Bryan Vogel
8 gp churchill
9 John Strange
10 Zachary Waxman
11 Jack Kitchen
12 BRYAN STUART

Just a reminder that our first livestream of a Rotowire Online Championship league draft takes place tonight at 7 ET. Our friends "KC Bubba" and Ryan Bloomfield will livestream tonight's draft on their popular "Bubba & The Bloom" podcast. Should be a ton of fun, so give it a watch to hear great analysis from Bubba and Ryan as they analyze each team build.

And we've queued up a second livestream with the same two characters next Monday, Jan. 27th at 9 pm ET. This one will be a "Beat Ryan Bloomfield" Rotowire OC that starts at 9 pm ET. NOW 8 SPOTS LEFT. Jump into this one and draft against Ryan while listening to Ryan and Bubba analyze the various team builds and draft picks. Should be a blast.

Here's the contest link and the direct signup link to this league:

https://nfc.shgn.com/rules/2307
https://nfc.shgn.com/signup/baseball?fo ... 19577,60,1

Let's fill this one up and have some fun. Thanks all. Here's the current signup list:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Ryan Bloomfield" League
Monday, January 27, 9 pm ET:
1 Ryan Welborn
2. Ryan Bloomfield
3. Gp Churchill
4. Sean Chard

We have also added a "Beat Jeff Zimmerman" Rotowire Online Championship league on Monday, February 3rd at 10 pm ET. Jeff has been extremely good in the 12-Team format recently, so beating him in this league won't be easy. See if you can keep up with his "Mining the News" and find those sleeper gems before he does. Good luck all and enjoy.

Here's the contest link and signup link:

https://nfc.shgn.com/rules/2307
https://nfc.shgn.com/signup/baseball?fo ... 19395,60,1

Here's the current signup list:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Jeff Zimmerman" League
Monday, February 3rd, 10 pm ET:
1. Jeff Zimmerman

This league is Sold Out.

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Ryan Bloomfield" League
Monday, January 27, 9 pm ET:
1 Kyle Brinkmann
2 RYAN WELBORN
3 KEVIN OBRIEN
4 Ryan Bloomfield
5 gp churchill
6 Sean Chard
7 Benjamin Pernick
8 Alexander Stuart
9 David Meyer
10 carter gill
11 Andrew Geller
12 Craig Williams

SOLD OUT: Tonight's 10 ET "Beat Mike Kurland" Rotowire Online Championship league is now full and ready to go. Look for Mike's livestream tonight and enjoy the battle for the $150,000 grand prize. Here's the final lineup card:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Mike Kurland" League
Friday, January 31, 10 pm ET:
1 RYAN WELBORN
2 Matthew Shepherd
3 Steven Weimer
4 Michael Kurland
5 Andrew Geller
6 David Arnoldy
7 STEPHEN PREPAS
8 Paul Gromek
9 Jacob Carson
10 Paul Jager
11 Zachary Waxman
12 RICHARD ZITO

Next up is Monday's "Beat Jeff Zimmerman" Rotowire Online Championship league. NOW ONLY 8 SPOTS LEFT!!!

We have also added a "Beat Jeff Zimmerman" Rotowire Online Championship league on Monday, February 3rd at 10 pm ET. Jeff has been extremely good in the 12-Team format recently, so beating him in this league won't be easy. See if you can keep up with his "Mining the News" and find those sleeper gems before he does. Good luck all and enjoy.

Here's the contest link and signup link:

https://nfc.shgn.com/rules/2307
https://nfc.shgn.com/signup/baseball?fo ... 19395,60,1

Here's the current signup list:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Jeff Zimmerman" League
Monday, February 3rd, 10 pm ET:
1. Mike Dale
2. Jeffrey Zimmerman
3. Mason Favazza
4. Paul Gromek

Let's fill this one up and have some fun battling for the $150,000 grand prize and the $1,500 league prize on Monday night. Thanks all and good luck.

SIX spots left for tonight's Beat Jeff Zimmerman RotoWire OC

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Jeff Zimmerman" League
Monday, February 3rd, 10 pm ET:
1. Mike Dale
2. Jeffrey Zimmerman
3. Mason Favazza
4. Paul Gromek
5. John Strange
6. David Arnoldy

This league is Sold Out.


Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Jeff Zimmerman" League
Monday, February 3rd, 10 pm ET:
1 Mike Dale
2 Jeffrey Zimmerman
3 Mason Favazza
4 Paul Gromek
5 A G
6 John Strange
7 David Arnoldy
8 Jacob Carson
9 Paul Spiteri
10 Zachary Waxman
11 Stephen Goodwin
12 william vittone

We've added a "Beat Frank Ammirante" RotoWire OC League for next Tuesday night Feb. 11 at 8 pm ET. Signup link is below

https://nfc.shgn.com/signup/baseball?fo ... 19410,60,1

Okay, I'm back from vacation and it's time to rev up our livestream drafts. Tom and I will host some "Beat" drafts and livestream them with special guests on our High Stakes Fantasy Advantage YouTube Channel.

Our first one of the season is a "Beat Shawn Childs" Rotowire Online Championship league on Thursday at 8 pm ET. Shawn was in the first NFBC Hall of Fame class with Steve Jupinka, but as I kiddingly tell him each year, his better days are behind him!! He's still searching for that national championship and he's telling me THIS is the year!!! And THIS could be the draft.

Join Shawn, myself and Tom on the livestream and feel free to add comments or questions in the Live Chat and we'll have some fun. Shawn will draft against 11 other NFBC die-hards and all of them will be competing for the $1,400 league prize and the $150,000 grand prize. It should be a lot of fun.

We can talk about this draft, about our Identity Server, about my vacation, about Las Vegas, about anything you want!! Heck, we can even talk about the Super Bowl. Just join us for the first hour of this draft and we'll kick things off at 7:55 pm ET. Better yet, jump into this draft and compete against the Hall of Famer himself as he's ready for a comeback in 2025.

Here's the contest link and signup link:

https://nfc.shgn.com/rules/2307
https://nfc.shgn.com/signup/baseball?fo ... 19400,60,1

Here's the current signup list:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Shawn Childs" League
Thursday, February 6, 8 pm ET:
1. Shawn Childs

NOW ONLY 3 SPOTS LEFT in tonight's "Beat Shawn Childs" Rotowire Online Championship league that starts at 8 ET. Myself, Tom Kessenich and Shawn Childs will livestream this draft on our High Stakes Fantasy Network YouTube channel and we invite you to join with us. Should be fun.

Next 3 signups will close out this league. Here's the current signup list:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Shawn Childs" League
Thursday, February 6, 8 pm ET:
1. Ryan Welborn
2. Paul Gromek
3. Eric Albright
4. Shawn Childs
5. Gp Churchill
6. Gary Allen
7. Paul Jager
8. Michael Gebby
9. Jared Arick

Tonight's Beat Shawn Childs RotoWire OC is SOLD OUT

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Shawn Childs" League
Thursday, February 6, 8 pm ET:
1 Ryan Welborn
2 Paul Gromek
3 Eric Albright
4 Shawn Childs
5 Gp Churchill
6 Gary Allen
7 Paul Jager
8 Michael Gebby
9 Jared Arick
10 Zachary Waxman
11 Dave Rhydderch
12 Andrew Viglietti

We're going to have some fun tonight livestreaming the "Beat Shawn Childs" Rotowire Online Championship draft, so come and join us. We'll start at 7:55 pm ET with myself, Tom Kessenich and Shawn and we'll talk about everything. In fact, we're going to BS so much that we'll probably throw Shawn off his A game!!!

Anyway, join us on our YouTube channel tonight and subscribe so that you get notices of these livestreams each time. Here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXYCJJ ... Sb-VngrVBw

Just a heads up that we've added a "Beat Chris Liss" Rotowire Online Championship league for Sunday, Feb. 16th at 4 pm ET. Chris will livestream this draft as he attempts to win the $150,000 grand prize.

He will be drafting from Portugal and admittedly won't be fully up to speed on the player pool. This may be your best chance to win the grand prize and keep Chris quiet for a few hours!!! Anyway, first 11 people to jump into this one will fill it up.

Here's the signup link: https://tinyurl.com/9r44fk82

Here's the current signup list:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Chris Liss" League
Sunday, February 16, 4 pm ET
1. Chris Liss

Monday's Beat Frank Ammirante RotoWire OC is SOLD OUT

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Frank Ammirante" League
Tuesday, February 11 8 pm ET
1 David Coffee
2 Michael Brophy
3 Steven Balik
4 Mike Dale
5 Kyle Brinkmann
6 Ryan Welborn
7 Frank Ammirante
8 Michael Fay
9 Jacob Halusker
10 Mark Krom
11 Jermey Tilton
12 James Maples

SOLD OUT: Last night's "Beat Kevork Mahserejian" Rotowire Online Championship League sold out with a late flurry of signups. Great job everyone and thanks to Kev for livestreaming this draft. Here was that final lineup card:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Kevork Mahserejian" League
Wednesday, February 12 8 pm ET
1. Kyle Brinkmann
2 Eric Albright
3 Kevork Mahserejian
4 Chas Nelson
5 Paul Jager
6 Zach Charpentier
7 Gary Broad
8 Craig Williams
9 Elliott Pell
10 William Rinehart
11 Zachary Waxman
12 Andrew Geller

Our next livestream is Sunday at 4 pm ET as Chris Liss will livestream his "Beat" draft. After that, Rotowire's James Anderson will livestream his "Beat James Anderson" Rotowire OC draft on Thursday, February 20th at 8 pm ET. NOW 10 SPOTS LEFT in that one. Jump in and compete against James for the $250,000 grand prize. Here's that current signup list:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat James Anderson" League
Thursday, February 20, 8 pm ET
1. James Anderson
2. Casson Cable

Just a reminder that our next livestream draft will be on Thursday at 8 pm ET. Rotowire's James Anderson will be livestreaming this draft and he will give away a FREE Rotowire.com subscription to anyone who finishes ahead of him in this league. Now you have a chance to win the $1,400 league prize, the $150,000 grand prize AND a FREE subscription to Rotowire.com.

James is the prospects expert at Rotowire.com, so best of luck in this one. Let's fill this up and watch this one together. Thanks and good luck.

Here's the current signup list:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat James Anderson" League
Thursday, February 20, 8 pm ET
1. James Anderson
2. Cash Charles
3. Dan Mitlof

NOW ONLY 6 SPOTS LEFT in tonight's 8 ET "Beat James Anderson" Rotowire Online Championship league. James will livestream this draft tonight and if you finish ahead of him in the league standings you'll win a FREE Rotowire.com subscription. Jump in and have some fun.

Here's the current signup list:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat James Anderson" League
Thursday, February 20 8 pm ET
1. James Anderson
2. Cash Charles
3. Dan Mitlof
4. Mark Gibson
5. Paul Jager
6. Timothy Ryan

Tonight's Beat James Anderson RotoWire OC is SOLD OUT

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat James Anderson" League
Thursday, February 20 8 pm ET
1 Kyle Brinkmann
2 Matthew Shepherd
3 James Anderson
4 Craig Williams
5 Cash Charles
6 Mark Nesbitt
7 Dan Mitlof
8 Mark Gibson
9 Paul Jager
10 Timothy Ryan
11 Nicholas Herbstman
12 Zachary Waxman

Okay, our next chance to Beat a Rotowire.com writer is next Thursday, February 27th at 8 pm ET. That's our "Beat Jason Collette" league. Same rules: If you finish ahead of Jason in this league, you'll receive a FREE Rotowire.com subscription. Now you can win the $1,400 league prize, the $150,000 grand prize and this FREE Rotowire.com subscription prize. Good luck all and enjoy.

Here's the contest link and signup link:

https://nfc.shgn.com/rules/2307
https://nfc.shgn.com/signup/baseball?fo ... 19442,60,1

Here's the next "Beat" Rotowire OC:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Jason Collette" League
Thursday, February 27 8 pm ET
1. Jason Collette
2. James Hyler

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Jason Collette" League
Thursday, February 27 8 pm ET
1. Joseph Reagor
2. Ryan Welborn
3. Jason Collette
4. James Hyler
5. Mark Nesbitt
6. James Bradtke
7. Ken Seeger

NOW ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT in tonight's 8 ET "Beat Jason Collette" Rotowire Online Championship League!!! Let's fill this up and compete for the $1400 league prize and the $150,000 grand prize. Oh, and if you finish ahead of Jason in the league standings you'll win a FREE Rotowire.com subscription. Good luck all and enjoy.

Here's the current signup list:

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Jason Collette" League
Thursday, February 27 8 pm ET
1. Joseph Reagor
2. Kyle Brinkmann
3. Ryan Welborn
4. Matthew Shepherd
5. Jason Collette
6. James Hyler
7. James Bradtke
8. Nelson Sousa
9. Ken Seeger
10. Lee Hsu

Tonight's Beat Jason Collette RotoWire OC is SOLD OUT

Rotowire Online Championship
"Beat Jason Collette" League
Thursday, February 27 8 pm ET
1 Joseph Reagor
2 Kyle Brinkmann
3 Ryan Welborn
4 Matthew Shepherd
5 Jason Collette
6 James Hyler
7 James Bradtke
8 Nelson Sousa
9 Ken Seeger
10 Lee Hsu
11 Kevin Colman
12 Jeffery Lennon