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It's never easy to win a 15-team NFBC Main Event League title, so we tip our hats to all of you who did it in 2010. We had 29 leagues in 2010 and we finished with 28 league champions. Well, 30 actually if you count the two tied league titles.



Mark Srebro was the only owner to win two main event league titles in 2010. He won Atlantic City 1 and he won New York 4. I believe Mark now has four NFBC Main Event titles. The only other owners with four Main Event league titles is Stephen Jupinka, who won his fourth this year while adding the $100,000 grand prize, and Shawn Childs. That's a pretty good threesome.



Two leagues finished in a tie this year and thus those owners will be splitting first and second place league money. Both leagues happened in New York during the second weekend. New York League 1 had owners Anthony Palavis and John Bono finish tied for first with 124.0 points each, and New York League 3 had David Deterra and Michael Cortese finish in a dead-heat with 108.0 points apiece. Amazing. Congrats to all of you.



All ties, whether they are first and second or second and third split the prize money. First place increased to $5,200, second place is $2,600 and third place is $1,300.



We'll have a complete list of prize winners shortly, but I quickly went through the 29 Main Events and wrote down the league champions. I'm just listing the principle owners here, although I know many of you had very valuable co-owners. I'm just trying to spread the word quickly and let everyone know who all won league titles. The rest will come shortly.



NFBC First Weekend:

Las Vegas 1: Ken Norred

Las Vegas 2: Patrick Young

Las Vegas 3: Michael Cameron

Las Vegas/St. Louis: Josh Honeycutt

St. Louis: George Puhl

Atlantic City 1: Mark Srebro

Atlantic City 2: Joe Anthony

Atlantic City 3: Joe Kruk



NFBC Second Weekend:

Chicago 1: David Geisinger

Chicago 2: Gary Cutler

Chicago 3: Michael Sonday

Chicago/New York: Andrew Moody

New York 1: Anthony Palavis & John Bono (tie)

New York 2: Greg Marta

New York 3: David Deterra & Michael Cortese (tie)

New York 4: Mark Srebro

New York 5: Glenn Lowy

New York 6: Robert Conti

Las Vegas 1: David Longood

Las Vegas 2: Andy Eldridge

Las Vegas 3: Tom Zarogiannos

Las Vegas 4: Bob Mazur

Las Vegas 5: Stephen Jupinka

Las Vegas 6: Gene McCaffrey

Las Vegas 7: Chris Plouffe

Las Vegas 8: Stephen Fiore

Online 1: Edward Klein

Online 2: Chris Beeler

Online 3: Mark Yagan



Two leagues were decided by a half a point. LV 3 saw Tom Zarogiannos edge ahead of Gregory Glukhovsky during the final week for the league title and Edward Klein edged Jeff Butler for the Online 1 league title by half a point.



Great job all. EVERYONE on this list deserves a standing ovation.

It's interesting to note that the average winning margin in the NFBC Main Event this year was 10.0 points. Some leagues were closer than others and some were blowouts. Here's a quick look at the figures and then the league champs and their winning margin:



6 teams won by 3 points or less

12 teams won by 6.5 points or less

11 teams won by 10.0 points or more



League champs:



NFBC First Weekend:

Las Vegas 1: Ken Norred (won by 12.0 points)

Las Vegas 2: Patrick Young (16.0 points)

Las Vegas 3: Michael Cameron (7.5 points)

Las Vegas/St. Louis: Josh Honeycutt (3.5 points)

St. Louis: George Puhl (9.5 points)

Atlantic City 1: Mark Srebro (10.0 points)

Atlantic City 2: Joe Anthony (2.5 points)

Atlantic City 3: Joe Kruk (9.0 points)



NFBC Second Weekend:

Chicago 1: David Geisinger (4.5 points)

Chicago 2: Gary Cutler (16.5 points)

Chicago 3: Michael Sonday (18.0 points)

Chicago/New York: Andrew Moody (6.5 points)

New York 1: Anthony Palavis & John Bono (tie)

New York 2: Greg Marta (19.0 points)

New York 3: David Deterra & Michael Cortese (tie)

New York 4: Mark Srebro (7.5 points)

New York 5: Glenn Lowy (35.5 points)

New York 6: Robert Conti (9.5 points)

Las Vegas 1: David Longood (13.0 points)

Las Vegas 2: Andy Eldridge (6.0 points)

Las Vegas 3: Tom Zarogiannos (0.5 points)

Las Vegas 4: Bob Mazur (2.0 points)

Las Vegas 5: Stephen Jupinka (37.5 points)

Las Vegas 6: Gene McCaffrey (6.0 points)

Las Vegas 7: Chris Plouffe (9.5 points)

Las Vegas 8: Stephen Fiore (14.0 points)

Online 1: Edward Klein (0.5 points)

Online 2: Chris Beeler (6.0 points)

Online 3: Mark Yagan (10.0 points)

I put this data on a separate thread, but I'll include it here as well:



It's always interesting to look at the end of the season and see where the top owners drafted from. It has been very balanced in past NFBC seasons and it looks balanced again this year. No one spot or no top draft pick dominated among the 29 NFBC Main Event leagues. Here's the data for all 31 first place teams (there were two leagues that tied, so I used data from both teams):



No. 1 - 3 teams won league titles

No. 2 - 0 teams

No. 3 - 4 teams

No. 4 - 4 teams

No. 5 - 1 team

No. 6 - 4 teams

No. 7 - 2 teams

No. 8 - 3 teams

No. 9 - 2 teams

No. 10 - 2 teams

No. 11 - 1 team

No. 12 - 1 team

No. 13 - 1 team

No. 14 - 1 team

No. 15 - 2 teams



Nos. 1-5: 12 teams

Nos. 6-10: 13 teams

Nos. 11-15: 6 teams



It's interesting to note that league champs drafted in every spot except No. 2. It's even more interesting to note that no league champion had Hanley Ramirez on their team this year. Crazy.



No single player dominated on championship teams this year, but Albert Pujols led the way by being on four title teams. Just looking at the first round picks (not that they are the key, but just looking at common players), here were the players selected on championship teams:



Albert Pujols (4 teams)

Alex Rodriguez (3 teams)

Ryan Braun (3 teams)

Chase Utley (3 teams)

Mark Teixeira (3 teams)

Ryan Howard (3 teams)

Joe Mauer (2 teams)

Miguel Cabrera (2 teams)

Evan Longoria (2 teams)

Troy Tulowitzki (2 teams)

David Wright (1 team)

Carl Crawford (1 team)

Prince Fielder (1 team)

Matt Kemp (1 team)

Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:



Joe Mauer (2 teams)

wow. that's pretty amazing considering his down year

Here's a look at the league champs, where they drafted from and who their top pick was:



NFBC First Weekend:

Las Vegas 1: Ken Norred (4, Braun)

Las Vegas 2: Patrick Young (8, Teixeira)

Las Vegas 3: Michael Cameron (10, Teixeira)

Las Vegas/St. Louis: Josh Honeycutt (6, Longoria)

St. Louis: George Puhl (3, Alex Rodriguez)

Atlantic City 1: Mark Srebro (6, Utley)

Atlantic City 2: Joe Anthony (11, Mauer)

Atlantic City 3: Joe Kruk (8, Longoria)



NFBC Second Weekend:

Chicago 1: David Geisinger (8, Cabrera)

Chicago 2: Gary Cutler (4, Braun)

Chicago 3: Michael Sonday (1, Pujols)

Chicago/New York: Andrew Moody (14, Teixeira)

New York 1: Anthony Palavis & John Bono (tie) (7 Utley and 1 Pujols)

New York 2: Greg Marta (13, Wright)

New York 3: David Deterra & Michael Cortese (tie) (7 Howard and 5, Kemp)

New York 4: Mark Srebro (9, Tulowitzki)

New York 5: Glenn Lowy (3, Pujols)

New York 6: Robert Conti (3, Alex Rodriguez)

Las Vegas 1: David Longood (4, Mauer)

Las Vegas 2: Andy Eldridge (1, Pujols)

Las Vegas 3: Tom Zarogiannos (3, Alex Rodriguez)

Las Vegas 4: Bob Mazur (9, Utley)

Las Vegas 5: Stephen Jupinka (12, Howard)

Las Vegas 6: Gene McCaffrey (6, Cabrera)

Las Vegas 7: Chris Plouffe (15, Crawford)

Las Vegas 8: Stephen Fiore (10, Howard)

Online 1: Edward Klein (6, Fielder)

Online 2: Chris Beeler (4, Braun)

Online 3: Mark Yagan (15, Tulowitzki)

Looking at last year's champions, it appears we have only three repeat league champions from 2009. They include:



John Bono

Joe Kruk

Tom Zarogiannos



CONGRATS GUYS!!! That's one helluva feat.

Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:



Joe Mauer (2 teams)

wow. that's pretty amazing considering his down year [/QUOTE]Mark-



Mine was one of of them...I got Crawford in the 2nd. That's one way it could happen!

Originally posted by Cobb:

quote:Originally posted by Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Greg Ambrosius:



Joe Mauer (2 teams)

wow. that's pretty amazing considering his down year [/QUOTE]Mark-



Mine was one of of them...I got Crawford in the 2nd. That's one way it could happen! [/QUOTE]wow! crawford is a great guy if you can build the right team around him. obviously you did. kudos!