Alan Greenberg Wins Debut Post-Season: $25,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Alan Greenberg of New Haven, Connecticut won our debut NFBC Post-Season Contest and the $25,000 grand prize. Alan beat out 285 other teams in our debut contest, edging out Herb Eroh by 8.13 points for the top prize. Great job everyone and thanks for making this format a big success.

We paid the Top 15 finishers in this contest. Here's a look at the Top 100 teams:

NFBC Post-Season Contest Final Standings, Top 100 Teams:
1 BK Mets 2 1087.3 --
2 Team Eroh 1079.17 +24
3 STRENGTH, INC. #5 1065.88 +51
4 Lets Go Metz 1065.44 +47
5 #503 1063.63 +48
6 Cocktails and Dreams II 1062.43 +10
7 PhillyCheeseSteaks-POST 1051.05 -4
8 Alpha Play 1045.71 +4
9 Baxter the Wise 1043.03 +13
10 Cocktails and Dreams III 1031.58 +1
11 Team Hegarty 1030.63 -2
12 Metsmerizers 1 1029.33 -2
13 Bama 1029.23 -11
14 Cocktails and Dreams IV 1029.03 +9
15 Millertime 1024.08 -10
16 Westland Weasels III 1023.86 +25
17 STRENGTH, INC. #4 1023.39 +10
18 Team Karlovic 1023.24 -12
19 Team Klein 1020.29 -6
20 Team Robish 1020.28 -2
21 Team Strickler 1019.81 +3
22 Team Benjamin 1013.7 -14
23 Metsmerizers 2 1013.08 -6
24 BourgeoisZ 1011.8 -4
25 Team Darcy 1008.56 -18
26 Team Santamaria 1007.2 -11
27 Jedi Mind Trick House Money 2 1006.27 +25
28 Mudhens 1006.21 +17
29 Team Townsend 1004.62 +38
30 Team Ericson III 1003.51 +4
31 Texas Connection 1001.81 +15
32 Team Meehan 1001.09 +7
33 Jedi Mind Trick House Money 4 998.23 --
34 Team Boelkens 996.71 +15
35 EA Sports 2 995.03 +33
36 STRENGTH, INC. #3 991.33 -5
37 Westsider 2 985.33 +39
38 Team Crull 984.64 +80
39 STRENGTH, INC. #2 982.4 +3
40 Vegas Vandals 982.39 +25
41 Super Bass-O-Matic 2150 979.76 +14
42 Noodle Arm 979.48 -21
43 The Joker 976.23 +18
44 KJ || Playoff 973.74 +4
45 Team Morrow 972.87 +76
46 Team Robinson 968.62 +66
47 Mudhens 967.85 -17
48 Texas Connection 966.99 +12
49 Team Eliason 966.39 -45
50 Martini 961.39 -6
51 Team Zwickel 960.55 +34
52 Team Kenyon 960.43 +185
53 Team Malsch 959.5 +118
54 Hog Wild 2 958.65 +76
55 Mr.October 957.55 +112
56 Las Vegas Ratpack 957.28 -37
57 Team O'Rourke 955.78 +5
58 Team Burns 955.04 -20
59 Westsider 1 954.67 -12
60 Bayside Tigers 954.28 -23
61 Team Johnson 953.5 +118
62 Team Silverstein 953.49 +92
63 Funnies 952.83 -6
64 Team Dorn 951.48 +6
65 Team Longood 951 +37
66 Blue Funk 949.8 -26
67 High Hopes 948.94 +114
68 Stevieland 948.6 -39
69 NJ Guru 947.93 -55
70 BartmanRelocationProgram 947.01 -6
71 Team Eroh 945.56 +26
72 Greenwell 945.24 +23
73 Team Moses 943.04 +72
74 Team hickey 938.42 +12
75 Team Bailey 935.25 +13
75 Oaktown 935.25 -16
77 Three Amigos 933.06 -3
78 Team Benjamin 932.34 -50
79 Doctor Who 932.16 -10
80 Team Martinson 931.42 -30
81 Bombers2 931.03 +12
82 Team Robinson 931 +43
83 Jobu's Heroes 929.34 +25
84 Dysphoria 929.01 -52
85 Team Tretter 928.31 -60
86 In the 6 928.18 -30
87 Team Palavis 926.24 -4
88 SRD 725 925.05 +64
89 Team Donnelly 924.49 +37
90 CRACKERJAX 924.37 +33
91 Fighting Joe Bears 923.86 --
92 CRACKERJACKS 923.52 -21
93 Team Ratner 919.51 -30
94 Millertime 918.49 -2
95 Team Withrow 918.08 -18
96 PostTramaticSeasonDisordr 917.14 +4
97 Team Robinson 916.87 +23
98 Team Doyle 916.86 -25
99 Team Janovici 916.06 +6
100 ShowtimePS2 915.05 -34

Here was the payout format:

NFBC Post-Season Contest:
Prize Table
Place Overall
1st $25,000
2nd $5,000
3rd $4,000
4th $3,000
5th $2,000
6th $1,500
7th $1,000
8th $900
9th $800
10th $750
11th $700
12th $650
13th $600
14th $550
15th $500

[Greg Ambrosius]

Alan had these players from the very beginning, which resulted in 3x their points in the World Series:

C Travis d'Arnaud
1B Eric Hosmer
OF Lorenzo Cain
P Jacob deGrom
P Eric Syndergaard

Here was his final lineup:
C Travis d'Arnaud x3
1B Eric Hosmer x3
2B Ben Zobrist
3B Daniel Murphy x2
SS Alcides Escobar
OF Yoenis Cespedes
OF Curtis Granderson
OF Lorenzo Cain x3
OF Alex Gordon
UTL Lucas Duda
P Edinson Volquez
P Matt Harvey x2
P Wade Davis
P Jacob deGrom x 3
P Noah Syndergaard x3
P Johnny Cueto

[Greg Ambrosius]

We'll list the 15 money winners shortly and get this to Accounting as soon as possible. Hopefully we can get these out shortly.

It was a great debut post-season contest and we'll have this one ready to go with the rest of the Contests on the web site when it launches. We think the format is solid and the progressive scoring setup worked very well. There were a lot of teams still in the money hunt right up until the end. Nicely done all.

We also think the introduction to the points-style scoring system is a nice lead-in to our debut NFBC Cutline Championship. Look for more details on that contest shortly. Thanks all and get ready: Draft Champions Leagues should start in the next week or two. Look for more details shortly.

[King of Queens]

Nice job, Alan. Congrats!

[76erfan]

congrats Alan!

[Gekko]

Congrats!

[Captain Hook]

Congrats Alan - soothes the loss of your Mets to take down the $25K

[Glenneration X]

Congratulations to a great player and a better guy (and a fellow Mets fan ). Well deserved Alan.

[BK METS]

Thanks everyone. I have to admit, watching the Mets lose last night was brutal. I wasn't really thinking about the fantasy team until after the Mets fell behind 5 runs in extra innings. At that point, I felt the series was over and decided to look at the team, which I saw was ahead by 11 points. My only chance of losing, at that point was a Conforto HR. Losing by 5 runs with 2 outs, I was still hoping for Conforto to keep it alive. He ended up getting a single and at that point, I knew I had won unless the Mets made a miracle comeback. Not this year.. but there is much hope with this young team and a lot of good memories hopefully to come.

It was bittersweet, but this definitely makes the pain a little easier. The boys will be getting new Mets and Jets jerseys and we might be seeing a few more Mets games next year, but other than that, much of it gets re-invested back into the NFBC and the great leagues that Greg and Tom make so fun and challenging.

Have a great winter and we will see all of you in the Spring, maybe in New York, Vegas, or wherever its legal to do this game we love.

[marknym]

Congrats to Alan... And I feel your Mets pain.

[Sack]

Congrats Alan, nicely done - Enjoy!