Auction notes: 2021 version

 

And so Season No. 28 of the Finks League kicked off Sunday night with our annual silent-bid auction...

A few notes on the upcoming season, first. Spotters owner D.J. Wanberg has changed his email address. Please update your contact list with his different email address, which is now listed on his roster. Also, the 2021 season has returned to the 15-week schedule format now that the NFL has expanded its regular season. Hooray with an additional week of Finks League.

And onto the auction:

• Gaga owner Sean King had one of the more unusual bid sheets in recent years with $5 only bids on several non-kickers, but then switching to $10 bids on his two favorite kickers. 
• Wanberg was shut out on all nine of his RB bids, but spent more money on a single WR instead of his entire crop of requested RBs. 
• The auction featured one blind draw for equal bids featuring WR Boyd CIN between Mafia and the Distillers. The lovely designated "picker," 13-year-old Anna Wilcox, selected the draw by taking the slip of paper with the Distillers' name on it. 
• Top bidders by position: QB Mahomes KC $35.11 by Quags; RBs McCaffrey CAR and Henry TEN, $35.53 each, by the Jays; WR Hill KC (pictured above) $32.08 by Spotters; Ks Tucker BAL and Butker KC, $10.00 each, by Gaga.

A Finks tradition unlike any other

 

In an annual family tradition, I leave it to my youngest daughter Anna to pull the Finks League team names out of a hat to determine the division teams every season. 

She does it because she's a good sport. She picks a slip of paper with each nickname and then reads them off to be as I jot down the name. It also give me a chance to explain to her what a still is and what a distillery creates. 

I also had to explain that Brady Gaga is a tribute to Lady Gaga. I think she has heard of both of them at 13 years old. So proud of her.