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The New York main event will be held at the New York Sheraton Hotel & Towers on Saturday, March 21st starting promptly at 1 p.m. EST with 8 leagues. Please be on time as all drafts will start exactly at the top of the hour. Here is the draft order for New York League 1:



NEW YORK LEAGUE 1

1. Bob Ashmen, Voorhees, New Jersey

2. Laurence Edelman, Ossining, New York

3. Erik Sudigala, Saratoga Springs, New York

4. Sean Greene, Forest Hills, New York

5. Salvatore Ursida, Seaford, New York

6. Paul Supal, Marlton, New Jersey

7. Artie Rastelli, Hoboken, New Jersey

8. Michael Pomponio, Bay Ridge, New York

9. Peter Colella, Brooklyn, New York

10. Carlos Barrionuevo, Takoma Park, Maryland

11. Richard DiMondo, New Rochelle, New York

12. Tom Brennan, Lake Grove, New York

13. Cory Schwartz, Merrick, New York

14. Kevin Grady, Flemington, New Jersey

15. Kevin Cummings, New York City



[ March 13, 2009, 12:07 PM: Message edited by: Tom Kessenich ]

Greetings NY1. Looking forward to the upcoming draft. This is my sixth year in the main event. I'm drafting out of the #14 spot, so if everyone can just see fit to allow Hanley Ramirez or Albert Pujols slide down to me, I'd be most appreciative!



Kevin

Kevin, looks like I'll be burning you in odd rounds and you'll have your vengeance on me in the even rounds. See ya Saturday!

Hey guys

Picking 11th so give the rookies " My bro & I" a chance at Puljos too...

Looking foward to our 1st draft...

see everyone soon

FYI ... For those of you who are new to the NFBC Main Event, you should know that this was a very atypical draft. It was unusually long. Drafts usually take about 4.5 hours, 5 at the most. Ours took nearly 5.5 hours. It's important to understand this difference going forward, because you don't want to enter a subsequent draft expecting this kind of pace. The pace can vary for several reasons. Some facilitators keep things flowing more quickly than others. Some people know the players better and are able to find and post the names faster. Also, this league had an unusual number of teams which took most of their alotted time (and in some cases more) to make their selections.



Kevin

I ran projections for our league this afternoon. These projections are based mostly upon Rotowire magazine, although I have revised some of them when it seemed reasonable to do so. I'll only list the positives, so as to avoid the possibility of offending anyone. Don't blame me; I can't even win using my own set of projections!!



League winner: Kevin Cummings (team 15)

2nd place: Sal Ursida (team 5)

3rd place: Erik Sudigala (team 3)

I placed 5th.



Category leaders:

Wins: Sean Greene (team 4)

Saves: Cory Schwartz (team 13)

Strikeouts: Carlos Barrionuevo (team 10)

ERA: Sal Ursida (team 5)

WHIP: Bob Ashmen (team 1)

Batting Average: KMG (team 14)

Homeruns: Tom Brennan (team 12)

RBI: Paul Supal (team 6)

Runs: KMG (team 14)

Steals: Bob Ashmen (team 1)



Curiously, Kevin Cummings projects to win a close race despite a) having no categories where he earns the maximum 15 points and b) finishing last in homeruns.



Kevin Grady (team 14)

i guess i'll buy rotowire next year..