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OK folks, our Online Double Play event has been a huge hit in its first two seasons and now it's time to get serious about making your plans to take part in the hunt for the $50,000 prize this year. We currently have more than 210 signups for this event with a goal of 540.



We have dates and times available throughout this month. The 3-pack special also remains in place, providing a nice value if you want to load up with three teams.



So what are you waiting for? Sign up at nfbc.stats.com TODAY and grab one spot or more and don't miss out on the fun this event is going to provide once again this season.



Here's a look at our upcoming leagues with openings:



MARCH 8

9 p.m. EST

1. Brett Clarke, Plymouth, California

2. Josh Honeycutt, Paragould, Arkansas

3. Duke Viveros

4. Evan Nuckles, Monrovia, California

5. Dave Potts, Auburn, Alabama

6. Ryan Struve, Alexandria, Virginia

7. Steven Dorn, Loveland, Ohio

8. Paul Gromek, Plymouth, Michigan

9. Dave Cushard, Jackson, Michigan

10. Lindy Hinkelman, Greencreek, Idaho

11. Charles Grotewiel, Winter Springs, Florida



MARCH 10

7 p.m. EST

1. John Lowery

2. Vincent Papandrea

3. Ryan Struve, Alexandria, Virginia

4. Timothy Grand, Seattle, Washington

5. John Noeske, Oldsmar, Florida

6. William Perry, Morristown, New Jersey



MARCH 12

1 p.m. EST

1. Michael Leone, Buffalo, New York

2. Bradley Shairson, Hermosa Beach, California

3. Scott Cohen, Canton, MA

4. Yao Wang

5. Kurtis Homkes, Hamilton, Michigan

6. Donald Haworth, Palm Bay, Florida

7. Matthew Grattan, Bainbridge Island, Washington



5 p.m. EST

1. Paul Gromek, Plymouth, Michigan

2. Michael Leone, Buffalo, New York

3. Yao Wang

4. Ken Crum, Bellbrook, Ohio

5. Eugene Lam, Forest Hills, New York

6. John Pierece, Fargo, North Dakota



MARCH 13

4 p.m. EST

1. Paul Spradling, Bullhead City, Arizona

2. Michael Edelman, Elmwood Park, New Jersey

3. John Noeske, Oldsmar, Florida



[ March 30, 2011, 04:11 PM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Would like to grab that last spot on Tuesday if available and I will do the 3 pack and signup for both next Sunday as well. Will make the payment with the rest of my teams.

Chad, the Tuesday one is sold out. The next one with openings is on March 10. If that works email me at [email protected] with the ones you want to be signed up for. Thanks.

I signed up for the March 8th online draft at 6pm central. I know I got an email earlier that you were having a hard time filling the league but I now see no openings until the 10th. I don't appear to be placed in the league yet and not sure when we will get our draft positions if indeed the league did make.



Jon Stadtmueller

Originally posted by Texas Connection:

I signed up for the March 8th online draft at 6pm central. I know I got an email earlier that you were having a hard time filling the league but I now see no openings until the 10th. I don't appear to be placed in the league yet and not sure when we will get our draft positions if indeed the league did make.



Jon Stadtmueller Hey Jon, I was going to contact you again since I never heard back from you after our initial emails. Your league on the 8th is not going to fill up and you said initially you did not want to switch to the 9 pm one that night. Let me know what date and time work for you and I'll get you into that league. No problem there. Thanks .

The signups continue to pour in for the Online Double Play and we now have more than 240 signed up to take part in our 12-team format. We have also added new dates and times for March 30 so if you want one last chance to draft before the season begins you now can do so in this event.



Here are the new times for March 30:



1 pm ET

7 pm ET

9 pm ET



Sign up online TODAY and secure your spot (or more than one) and compete for the $50,000 grand prize.



[ March 07, 2011, 12:24 PM: Message edited by: Tom Kessenich ]

It's been a great week for signups so far for the Online Double Play and we now have more than 265 signups for the event. We have dates and times available the entire month, including spots available this weekend. So sign up now and don't miss out on the $50,000 fun.

The Online Double Play continues to build up momentum as we now have more than 280 signups. We have spots open this weekend and throughout the month so sign up TODAY and grab a spot and compete for the $50,000 grand prize.

Wow, these are starting to take off. We have prize money based on 540 teams, so we still have a ways to go, but don't delay if you want to partake in the shot for the $50,000 grand prize. We are now over 300 teams and adding more than 15 per day. Keep 'em coming folks and grab that three-pack for $1,000 deal while it's still there. The more the merrier I always say!!



I love this price point and the shot at a $50,000 grand prize for $350.



And the Live Double Play whether live at each location or Online is THE BEST BARGAIN at $525. Check out that prize pool because I swear folks aren't seeing the value in that contest. For $525 you can win $72,000. And we're likely going to fall short of our goal of 240 teams there, so the odds of winning are much improved. I wish we'd sell all 240 spots, but it's not going to happen at this pace. Jump in if you want to win a BIG prize for a fair entry fee.



Thanks all. Let's fill these up and kick off this historic season with STATS. Awesome job everyone.

We now have over 325 teams signed up for the NFBC Online Championship with a goal of 540 teams. We have a $75,000 cash bonus for anyone who wins the overall title in both the Main Event and the Online Championship, something we now call THE LINDY after Lindy Hinkelman did just that in 2009. C'mon, if you're in the Main Event you should add a Double Play team to win even more money with a perfect season. These 12-team online leagues are a lot of fun and there's an additional $50,000 grand prize for the top team. Check out the draft dates because we're getting low on them. Thanks all.

We have several openings after the first weekend Live Events and before the second weekend Live Events if you want to compete in the NFBC Online Championship League. We also have a lot of openings the week between our final live drafts and Opening Day. C'mon, jump in and make this another sellout. Thanks all.



Here are the leagues you should be looking at. Jump in all.



MARCH 22

1 p.m. EST

1. Greg Slife, Surprise, Arizona

2. Robert Hudson, Mesa, Arizona

3. Patrick Soong

4. John Kadubec, Bordentown, New Jersey

5. Emory Upchurch, Ukiah, California

6. Matthew Bayley, Natick, MA

7. Chad Schroeder, Omaha, Nebraska

8. Steve Monterio, Littleton, MA

9. Joseph Anello, Howard Beach, New York

10. Gaetan Lavoie, St. Lambert, Vancouver



9 p.m. EST

1. Adam Thoutt, Westminster, Colorado

2. Brian Zurichin

3. Jeffrey Rubenstein, Pittsford, New York

4. Brian McLaughlin, Toms River, New Jersey

5. Bill Macey, Houston, Texas

6. Eugene Lam, Forest Hills, New York

7. Michael Rosenblum, Fair Lawn, New Jersey

8. Michael Mcelroy, Pleasonton, California

9. Carl Borgatti, Forest Hills, New York

10. Scott Wieland, Fitchburg, Wisconsin

11. Gino Yu, Torrance ,California

12. Brian Bankowski, Enfield, CT

13. Richard Bauer, St. Louis, Missouri



MARCH 23

7 p.m. EST

1. Dane Maxfield, Belleair Beach, Florida

2. David Halpren, Downington, Pennsylvania

3. John Young, Mill Hall, Pennsylvania

4. Herbert Eroh, Randolph, New Jersey

5. Christopher Vaccaro, Staten Island, New York

6. Gino Yu, Torrance, California

7. Kurt Crowley, West Allis, Wisconsin

8. Shane Pauly, Shakopee, Minnesota

9. Mike Raffaele, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania



9 p.m. EST

1. Don Brady, Rogers, Arkansas

2. Dominic Cirigliano, Columbia Station, Ohio

3. Mel Tardo, Metairie, Louisiana

4. Young Kim

5. Ryan Struve, Alexandria, Virginia

6. Ira Melamed, Yardley, Pennsylvania

7. Tom Zarogiannos, Las Vegas, Nevada

8. Jay Erwin, Little Falls, Minnesota

9. Jeff Cooper, Houston, Texas

10. Patrick Ramos, Chicago, Illinois



MARCH 24

1 p.m. EST

1. Joe DiGalbo

2. Patrick Soong

3. John Gifford, Skowhegan, Maine

4. Marcel Bilak, Las Vegas, Nevada

5. Scott Martin, Farmington, New Mexico

6. Gordon Whitlow, Nashville, Indiana

7. Scott Vetter, Washington, Illinois

8. Michael OBrien, Brighton, Colorado

9. John Noeske, Oldsmar, Florida



7 p.m. EST

1. Michael Leone, Buffalo, New York

2. Dane Maxfield, Belleair Beach, Florida

3. John Lowery

4. Ken Crum, Bellbrook, Ohio

5. Joseph Meehan, Edina, Minnesota

6. Kevin O'Rourke, Birmingham, Michigan

7. Robert Flikkema, Caledonia, Michigan

8. Bruce Dahl, Lockport, Illinois

9. Keith Schisler, Bayside, New York

10. Tom Zarogiannos, Las Vegas, Nevada

11. Frank Nagurney, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

12. John Risenhoover, Casa Grande, Arizona



MARCH 27

1 p.m. EST

1. Tom Zarogiannos, Las Vegas, Nevada

2. Chris Olesen, Ottawa, Illinois

3. Eric Heberlig

4. Ken Winters, Fremont, California

5. Dennis Gahry, Osprey, Florida

6. Michael Escobar, Middletown, Rhode Island

7. Ryan Reese, Mount Laurel, New Jersey

8. Jack Allen, Fallon, Nevada

9. Doug Lukas, Cottrellville Twp, Michigan

10. John Magnozzi, Whitestone, New York

11. Christopher Konfala, West Hartford, CT

12. James Bradtke

13. Dennis Dale

14. Yao Wang

15. Andy Nelson, Altoona, Iowa

16. Ken Crum, Bellbrook, Ohio

17. Mark Hobson, Tigard, Oregon

18. Jeff Butler, Grafton, Virginia

19. Kevin Cummings, New York City

20. Erica Lay, Hampton Bays, New York

21. Chris Greco, Franklin Square, New York

22. Bill Strickler, Holiday, Florida

23. Bruce Lev, Streamwood, Illinois

24. Chris Surawski, El Cerrito, California

25. Gordon Whitlow, Nashville, Indiana

26. James Fares, New Lenox, Illinois

27. Scott Leahy, Lebanon, Pennsylvania

28. Erik Emanuele, Oakmont, Pennsylvania



7 p.m. EST

1. Ken Little, Pearland, Texas

2. David Dorfman, Marlboro, New Jersey

3. Jaime Bergey, Mabel, Minnesota

4. Michael Edelman, Elmwood Park, New Jersey

5. William Voorhees, San Antonio, Texas

6. David Tootle, Glennville, Georgia

7. John Lowery

8. Michael Makula

9. Jason Wanic, Brimley, Michigan

10. Larry DeLuca, Mint Hill, North Carolina

11. Craig Vaughan, Palo Alto, California

12. Frank Nagurney, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

13. Don Hankins, Malta, Illinois

14. Scott Leahy, Lebanon, Pennsylvania

15. Michael Green, Las Vegas, Nevada



9 p.m. EST

1. Martin Beaubien, River Rouge, Michigan

2. Gregory Glukhovsky, West Hills, California

3. Matthew Bannister, Damascus, Maryland

4. Marc Meltzer

5. Jason Peterson

6. Ken Kaup

7. Jason Hoffman, Appleton, Wisconsin

8. Doug Olson, Anchorage, Alaska

9. Eugene Lam, Forest Hills, New York

10. Jonathan Weber, Belleville, Illinois

11. Richard Laird, Montague, New Jersey

12. Chris Candido, Danville, Illinois

13. Steven Ramirez, Downey, California

14. Justin Rudkins, North Little Rock, Arkansas

15. Carl Borgatti, Forest Hills, New York

16. Jaime Baird, Cambridge, Ontario

17. Joe Wozniak, Agawam, MA

18. Steve Gregovich, Oakland, California

19. Matthew Shepherd, Napa, California

20. Gerry ScottoDiMarco, Allison Park, Pennsylvania

21. Patrick Ramos, Chicago, Illinois



MARCH 28

1 p.m. EST

1. Chris Steahle, Houston, Texas

2. Patrick Soong

3. Scott Martin

4. Carl Borgatti, Forest Hills, New York

5. Emory Upchurch, Ukiah, California

6. John Rundle, Pembroke, MA

7. Bill Strickler, Holiday, Florida

8. Michael OBrien, Brighton, Colorado



4 p.m. EST

1. Joe Stanziani, Tampa, Florida

2. Les Travis, Tuscon, Arizona



7 p.m. EST

1. Michael Edelman, Elmwood Park, New Jersey

2. Ream & Val Lazaro, Scottsdale, Arizona

3. Lance Zhou, Brooklyn, New York

4. John Kerr

5. Paul Clark

6. Reinaldo Diaz

7. Bruce Lev, Streamwood, Illinois

8. Scott Wieland, Fitchburg, Wisconsin

9. Anthony Cifelli, New Egypt, New Jersey

10. Ryan Kelly, Branford, CT



9 p.m. EST

1. Todd Nord, West Fargo, North Dakota

2. Mark MacInnes, Calgary, British Columbia

3. Daniel Sexton, Houston, Texas

4. Marc Meltzer

5. Yoram Batner

6. Michael Cameron, Encinitas, California

7. John Kadubec, Bordentown, New Jersey

8. David Ho, Daly City, California

9. Mark Severson, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota

10. Ryan Struve, Alexandria, Virginia

11. David Sykes, Virginia Beach, Virginia

12. Frode Willumsen, Katy, Texas

13. Mark Miller, Doral, Florida

14. Scott Wieland, Fitchburg, Wisconsin

15. Joel Garton

16. Jaime Baird, Cambridge, Ontario

17. Bernie Bennett, Yellowknife, Canada

18. Matthew Shepherd, Napa, California



MARCH 29

1 p.m. EST

1. Steve McKinney, Apo, California

2. Robert Hudson, Mesa, Arizona

3. Maurice Gregory

4. Steve Ciepiela

5. Robert DiCristino

6. Scott Martin

7. John Kadubec, Bordentown, New Jersey

8. John Gifford, Skowhegan, Maine

9. Hiep Hoang, Lake Villa, Illinois

10. Jeff Butler, Grafton, Virginia

11. Emory Upchurch, Ukiah, California

12. Bill Strickler, Holiday, Florida

13. Michael OBrien, Brighton, Colorado



4 p.m. EST

1. Larry Schechter, Rexford, New York

2. Jeff Campbell, Cupertino, California

3. Steven Kraut, Raeford, North Carolina

4. Fred Moseley, Hayward, California



7 p.m. EST

1. Erica Lay, Hampton Bays, New York

2. Doug Reed

3. Brian Hoyle, Voorhees, New Jersey

4. Matthew Smith, Pinckney, Michigan

5. Herbert Eroh, Randolph, New Jersey

6. Jason Funkhouser, Bristol, CT

7. Dave DiGregorio, Norristown, Pennsylvania

8. Bruce Lev, Streamwood, Illinois

9. Ryan Kelly, Branford, CT

10. Jeff Butler, Grafton, Virginia

11. Anthony Caruso, Merrick, New York

12. Anthony Cifelli, New Egypt ,New Jersey

13. Robert MacDonald, Perrysburg, Ohio



9 p.m. EST

1. Paul Spradling, Bullhead City, Arizona

2. Joe Probasco, Tampa, Florida

3. Luis Rodriguez, Chicago, Illinois

4. Robert Titsch, Phoenix, Arizona

5. Luis Rodriguez, Chicago, Illinois

6. Pat Charley, Lake Oswego, Oregon

7. Dave Schermann, Peoria, Illinois

8. Brian Zirlin, Brick, New Jersey

9. Jonathan Marsella, Churchville, Pennsylvania

10. Jonathan Kent, Holly Springs, North Carolina

11. Lee Edelson, New York City

12. Brian Zurichin

13. Duke Viveros

14. George Love

15. Jon Stadtmueller

16. Ryan Struve, Alexandria, Virginia

17. Todd Mossinger, Gardena, California

18. Craig Katz, Sherman Oaks, California

19. Luis Rodriguez, Chicago, Illinois

20. Peter Plati III, Peekskill, New York

21. Greg Slife, Surprise, Arizona

22. Jaime Baird, Cambridge, Ontario

23. Mark Szumylo, Des Plaines, Illinois

24. Patrick Ramos, Chicago, Illinois



MARCH 30

1 p.m. EST

1. Chris Steahle, Houston, Texas

2. Dave Mohren, Wesley Chapel, Florida

3. Jeff Casey, Houston, Texas

4. Les Travis, Tuscon, Arizona

5. Brad Hardin, Brandon, Mississippi



7 p.m. EST

1. Gino Yu, Torrance, California

2. Robert MacDonald, Perrysburg, Ohio

3. Frank Nagurney, Hattiesburg, Mississippi



9 p.m. EST

1. Don Brady, Rogers, Arkansas

2. Todd Zola, Framingham, MA

3. Matthew Shepherd, Napa, California

We have now topped 340 teams in the Online Double Play. We've added more dates and times to the registration to give you even more options to choose from. If you want to draft on Opening Day, now's your chance as we have a 9 a.m. ET draft scheduled for March 31. And for you West Coasters we have added a March 30 10 p.m. ET league for you to take part in.



So don't sit on the sidelines. Sign up TODAY and grab one spot or more and compete for the $50,000 grand prize.

where are the updated sign-ups? I signed up for March 23rd at 7PM;

Originally posted by Jim Christie:

where are the updated sign-ups? I signed up for March 23rd at 7PM; It's in the Signup Forum, but maybe we should move it over here:



http://nfbcboards.stats.com/cgi-bin/ult ... 0;t=000003

Okay, we don't have any openings for the Online Championship this week or weekend, but we do have openings on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. If you want one last tuneup for the Main Events or if you want to enter this competition before your weekend gets too busy, here are two perfect openings. Help us fill these second leagues if you can and jump in for a shot at $50,000. Here's our next openings you can jump into. Who wants a spot?



MARCH 22

9 p.m. EST

1. Adam Thoutt, Westminster, Colorado

2. Brian Zurichin

3. Jeffrey Rubenstein, Pittsford, New York

4. Brian McLaughlin, Toms River, New Jersey

5. Bill Macey, Houston, Texas

6. Eugene Lam, Forest Hills, New York

7. Michael Rosenblum, Fair Lawn, New Jersey

8. Michael Mcelroy, Pleasonton, California

9. Carl Borgatti, Forest Hills, New York

10. Scott Wieland, Fitchburg, Wisconsin

11. Gino Yu, Torrance ,California

12. Brian Bankowski, Enfield, CT

13. Richard Bauer, St. Louis, Missouri

14. Giedrius Norkevicius, Atlantic City, New Jersey

15. Scott Musmeci, Roslyn Heights, New York



MARCH 23

9 p.m. EST

1. Don Brady, Rogers, Arkansas

2. Dominic Cirigliano, Columbia Station, Ohio

3. Young Kim

4. Ryan Struve, Alexandria, Virginia

5. Ira Melamed, Yardley, Pennsylvania

6. Tom Zarogiannos, Las Vegas, Nevada

7. Jay Erwin, Little Falls, Minnesota

8. Jeff Cooper, Houston, Texas

9. Patrick Ramos, Chicago, Illinois

10. Douglas Riley, Coram, New York

11. TJ Blandford, Prospect, Kentucky

12. Bernie Bennett, Yellowknife, Canada

13. Dean DeCuir, Dutch Harbor, Alaska

14. Jared Eagle, Staten Island, New York

15. Grant Melnyk, Sherwood Park, Alberta Canada

We have topped 405 signups for the Online Double Play. We still have plenty of dates and times left - including one on Opening Day - so don't delay, sign up today and secure your spot.



Our next league with openings will be Thursday night at 7 ET. We have seven spots left for that league. Who wants to take them? Let's fill this league up and get the draft order set.

Wow, now this is SWEEEEEEEEEETT!!! Let's keep it going.



Okay, there is only one more date open for the Double Play Online at $350 before the live drafts begin. We have SIX OPENINGS for Thursday, March 24th at 7 pm ET. I will post a separate thread for that one, but then we're done until Sunday, March 27th. We will host online drafts on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and even Thursday morning for those who still want to get into this competition for the $50,000 grand prize, but don't delay because we are only going up to 540 spots. We now have less than 135 left.



Grab 'em while they're hot!!! Thanks all.

We had a great day of signups for the NFBC Online Championship yesterday and now have more than 425 teams entered in that contest. First place in the overall contest is $50,000. The only openings we have left now is for March 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th. C'mon, jump in with us!!!



And thanks all for another successful online season of drafting.

Originally posted by :

Does this mean the 31st draft is full? When will the order be posted? And we have openings on the 31st before Opening Day officially kicks off!! Here's the lineup card for that one:



[Thursday, MARCH 31

9 a.m. EST

[/b]1. Gino Yu, Torrance, California

2. Rob Barshop, Northlake, Illinois

3. Vincent Escamilla, Chicago, Illinois

4. Scott Shudy, Norridge, Virginia

We now have 42 full leagues for the Double Play Online with a chance for one or two more if demand continues like it has been. It's amazing how many leagues we sold in the last three weeks and if we had this weekend to draft like we did in previous years I know we'd set a new record for this event. But Bud Selig wants Opening Day on Thursday this year instead of Sunday, so we lose some of that extra drafting time we had before.



Still, 504 teams comprising 42 leagues is one heckuva season. I'M SO PROUD OF EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR!!! Great job everyone.



We have left two time slots open for anyone who still needs a fix. They include Wednesday, March 30th at 1 pm and Wednesday, March 30th at 7 pm. I don't know if we can fill them, but they're on the Registration page nonetheless. Whether we finish at 504, 516 or 528, I'm very happy with the way this season has gone. Great job all.



Thanks and good luck everyone.

Here is what we have left tomorrow:



1 pm EST - 6 spots left

7 pm EST - 9 spots left



We'll keep registration open as long as we can. The signups have been pouring in today so let's see if we can finish strong and close out these final spots.



[ March 29, 2011, 03:22 PM: Message edited by: Tom Kessenich ]

Are these numbers over your projections? If so, are the overall/league prizes going to change?

Originally posted by whipsaw:

Are these numbers over your projections? If so, are the overall/league prizes going to change? The prizes are based on 540 teams and no we won't change the prizes even though we fell short of our expectations. The prizes are guaranteed as promised. If we had gone over 540, yes we would have expanded the overall prize pool.



I based our prizes on last year's 540 teams before Major League Baseball announced their schedule. When they decided to move Opening Day from Sunday night to Thursday afternoon I knew it would be tough to change our prize structure, but I had already started taking signups. Last year we ran 15 Online Double Play leagues from Thursday through Sunday and I knew we were losing those opportunities. But I left it as is and gave it our best shot. We had an amazing finish here and we'll still be fine even if we fall a little short.



Good job all. Now go win a title and the overall prize.

The full 1 pm ET Online Double Play raised our number of teams to 516 tonight. We are three spots away from filling up the 7 pm ET Online Double Play tomorrow, which would bring us to 528 and 44 full leagues. SIMPLY AMAZING ALL!!!



Should we add one more?? Wow. Anyone for one more try at the 9 am ET Thursday league on Opening Day? Just say the word and we'll open that signup page one last time. Thanks all.