From: jpalmer@uwovax.uwo.ca (The Econoclast)
Subject: FED Contest: another update
Organization: University of Western Ont, London
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:01:03 GMT

This is yet another repost and update for the 

		FED Contest
	(First Expansion Draftee) Contest

A simple contest (no prizes this time): 
Who will be the first player taken in the expansion draft?

Making this prediction will require a guess about two components:
	1. Which players will be left unprotected by existing teams?
	2. Of those left unprotected, who will be chosen?

E-mail (don't post) your entries to me, and I'll tabulate them. The winner 
will be the person whose candidate goes highest in the expansion draft.
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Here is a tally of the entries received so far:

name                team        number of votes

Hunter, Brian       Atlanta       4
Blauser, Jeff       Atlanta       4
Nied, David         Atlanta       4
Sanders, Deion      Atlanta       3
Smith, Pete         Atlanta       3
Mercker, Kent       Atlanta       2
Mitchell, Keith     Atlanta       2
Berryhill, Damon    Atlanta       1
Nixon, Otis         Atlanta       1
Stanton, Mike       Atlanta       1
Ripken, Billy       Baltimore     1
Greenwell, Mike     Boston        3
Wedge, Eric         Boston        1
Zupcic, Bob         Boston        1
Lewis, Scott        California    1
Dawson, Andre       Chicago Cubs  1
Girardi, Joe        Chicago Cubs  1
Raines, Tim         Chicago WS    1
Sax, Steve          Chicago WS    1
Thigpen, Bobby      Chicago WS    1
Sabo, Chris         Cincinnati    1
Hill, GlenAllen     Cleveland     1
Gladden, Dan        Detroit       1
Sharperson, Mike    Los Angeles   1
Knoblauch, Chuck    Minnesota     1
West, David         Minnesota     1
Wallach, Tim        Montreal      2
Barnes, Brian       Montreal      0
Gardner, Mark       Montreal      1
Murray, Eddie       NY Mets       1
Tartabull, Danny    NY Yanks      6
Meulens, Hensley    NY Yanks      3
Maas, Kevin         NY Yanks      2
Leyritz, Jim 8-)    NY Yanks      1
Silvestri, Dave     NY Yanks      1
Gilkey, Bernard     Saint Louis   1
Hurst, Bruce        San Diego     1
Huisman, Rick       San Fransisco 1
Mitchell, Kevin     Seattle       1
Fariss, Monty       Texas         2
Reimer, Kevin       Texas         3
Fajardo, Hector     Texas         1
Franco, Julio       Texas         1
Maurer, Rob         Texas         1
Bell, Derek         Toronto       2
Gruber, Kelly       Toronto       2
Morris, Jack        Toronto       2
Eichhorn, Mark      Toronto       1
Stottlemyer, Todd   Toronto       1

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The individual predictions to date have been:

From: tedward@cs.cornell.edu (Edward [Ted] Fischer)
	Mike Greenwell (I hope).
From: arrow@netcom.com (Les Arrow)
	Pete Smith
From: tml@druhi.att.com(Tim Larison)
	Brian Hunter 1b Atlanta
From: Joe Lundy <jlundy@encore.com>
	Chris Sabo
From: mintz@biology.ucsc.edu (Eric Mintz)
	My pick is Hensley "Bam-Bam" Meulens of the Yankees.
From: ksm@be.seas.upenn.edu (Ken MacFarlane)
	My pick is:  Kevin Maas, Yankees.
From: V085F2WD@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Ted Kury)
	Danny Tartabull. By the way, Jim Leyritz thinks that he [Leyritz] 
	will be #1. I think that constitutes Jim's entry.
From: jpalmer@uwovax.uwo.ca (Doc Palmer)
	Tim Wallach 
From: <sullis@rpi.edu> (Sean Sullivan)
	My prediction:  Hensley Meulens
From: Kurt "Some Guy" Bose <kbos@carina.unm.edu>
	I'll put my money on Joe Girardi.
From: Natraj Kini <nkini@lookout.it.uswc.uswest.com>
	Jeff Blauser
From: paladin@ikos.com ( Jason Gische )
	Deion Sanders
From: <tcj@math.ufl.edu> Chad 'Mr.B' Jackson
	Going out on a limb here, but...  Todd Stottlmyre, SP, Toronto
From: jsosa@edison.encore.com (Joe Sosa)
	Derek Bell, Toronto.
From: Terry Stewart <stewart@healthy.uwaterloo.ca>
	Kelly Gruber, 3B, Toronto. 
From: "Stephen P. Twombly" <stwombly@cs.ulowell.edu>
	Mike Greenwell
From: "Bill Wagnon"  <WAGNONB@urserver.msstate.edu>
	Jeff Blauser
From: Mark Anania Jr. <ananim@rpi.edu>
	Kevin Maas of the yankees.
From: Nelson Lu <nlu@CS.Stanford.EDU>
	My guess: Brian Barnes.
	I'd like to change my pick to Danny Tartabull.
From: dxf12@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas Fowler)
	Kelly Gruber.
From: Greg Franklin <F67700241@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>
	Danny Tartabull, no question. Phil Plantier will be #2.
From:	carlo@electro.uucp (Carlo Sgro)
	I vote for Danny Tartabull.
From: GINDIN@RALVM5.VNET.IBM.COM (Jim Gindin)
	First Pick: David Nied. Second Pick: Brian Barnes
From: F0SH000 <f0sh%usouthal.bitnet@utcs.utoronto.ca> (Jim Swofford)
	My draft contest pick is Daymon Berryhill, Atlanta.
From: jon@hogpa.att.com (Jon K Lyons)
	Wild guess time. How about Dodger All-Star from 92: Mike Sharperson
From: rvesterm%irishvma.bitnet@utcs.utoronto.ca (Bob Vesterman)
	danny tartabull
From: jesse@masc1.rice.edu (Jesse Elliott Money)
	Jeff Blauser will be the first player selected.
From: Harold_Brooks <hbrooks@uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu>
	Rob Maurer
From: vince@vaxr.sscl.uwo.ca (Vince Gray)
	Kevin Reimer, if Denver chooses first; Danny Tartabull,if Miami.
From: zuhars@eecs.ucdavis.edu (Gary I'm Voting Twice Huckabay)
	Pencil me in for Keith Mitchell. 
From: MCMASTER@stortek.com (Jim McMaster)
	Deion Sanders.
From: rja@mahogany.cray.com (Russ Anderson)
	Please, God, let it be David West!
From: <CLGS11@VAXE.STRATHCLYDE.AC.UK> (?)
	Andre Dawson
From: "Brian W. Merritt" <bm2m+@andrew.cmu.edu>
	How about GlenAllen Hill.
From: libwca@unix.cc.emory.edu (Bill Anderson)
	Brian Hunter of the Atlanta Braves.
From: "M_PEDE" <MSPEDE@thor.nafb.trw.com> Mark Pede
	Scott Lewis - Cal Angels  (by the marlins)
From: "hayosh-t" <hayosh-t@gamma.corp.mot.com>
	My guess is laden with wishful thinking.  Dan Gladden.
From: dfl@math.wayne.edu (David Frohardt-Lane)
	Just a wild guess, but I'll say Monty Fariss.
From: blomberg cepeda <ST402747@BROWNVM.brown.edu>
        Bob Zupcic
From: Doug Mraz <jdm42241@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
	Bobby Thigpen, Chicago White Sox
From: "Michael S. Matusiewicz" <34EX5PH@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
	With the news I heard today I believe it would have to be J. Morris.
From: camden@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu (Rany Jazayerli)
	Kent Mercker.
From: Shawn.T.Burgess@dartmouth.edu (Shawn T. Burgess)
	My guess would be Pete Smith.
From: Amit Likhyani <al1x+@andrew.cmu.edu>
	Keith Mitchell Atlanta
From: barrym@informix.com (Barry Mednick)
	Kevin Mitchell
From: Wendell Gee <wilbanks@spot.Colorado.EDU>
	I'm ASSUMING the Rockies get first pick, so I take Kevin Reimer.
From: Dale Stephenson <steph@sal.cs.uiuc.edu>
	Kent Mercker (Atlanta Braves)
From: kim@bull.UCSD.EDU (Isaac Kim)
	Bruce Hurst
From: Micha Verhagen <mkaverha@cs.ruu.nl>
	My guess would be Chuck Knoblauch, but he's probably protected.
From: gritter@cs.purdue.edu (Carl R. Gritter)
	My prediction:  Mark Gardner, rhp, Montreal Expos
From: dave@snitor.sni.ca (Dave Till)
	I predict Otis Nixon.  (Apparently, the Braves are protecting only
	one of Nixon and Sanders.)
From: roberts@leland.stanford.edu (Jake _?_)
	Put me down for Pete Smith.
From: spl2@po.cwru.edu (Sam Lubchansky)
	Deion "Prime Time" Sanders will be taken first 
From: EEBONAR@LSUVAX.SNCC.LSU.EDU (Dave Bonar)
	Gilkey, StL.
From: Kent Ostby <oz@hpkslx.mayfield.hp.com>
	Brian Hunter, ATL, especially if colorado chooses first.
From: dfcleary@ucdavis.edu (Captain Caveman)(Dennis Cleary)
	Julio Franco (2B-Tex).  I read that he may not be protected.
From: Chuck Starkey II <cstarkey@polaris.unm.edu>
	I gotta get in my 2 cents on this, he will be...   Steve Sax
From: twhite@dvorak.amd.com (Tom White)
	I agree with Valentine:  Mike Greenwell, I hope, I hope!
From: chernesk@cs.UMD.EDU (Michael Chernesky)
	I hope and pray that it is Billy Ripken
From: jplee@nike.calpoly.edu (Jason Lee)
	Rick Huisman of the San Francisco Giants
From: Warren Usui <aardvark@devnet.la.locus.com>
	Okay.  How about Mark Eichorn of the Angels (nobody's guessed him yet).
From: C Robert Claydon <cclaydon@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
	My guess is Derek Bell
From: Kurt "Some Guy" Bose <kbos@carina.unm.edu>
	According to the "experts":
	     USA Today Baseball Weekly: Hensley Meulens (I think...)
	     Baseball America: Mike Stanton
	     Compuserve: Monty Farriss (Fariss???)
From: "mrkohler.US1" <mrkohler@us.oracle.com> (Marty _?_)
	My guess is Brian Hunter of the Braves.
From: cs3ea3ai@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Mark Cheers)
	Danny Tartabull
From:	"Jim Schweinberg" <JJS8@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
	If Marlins pick 1st, Tim Wallach. If Rockies pick 1st, Brian Hunter
From: A Glutton For Punishment <mgrage@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Matthew Grage
	Jack Morris will be selected first.
From: David Marc Nieporent <niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
	Eddie Murray. But if there's a god in heaven and 
	s/he's an Orioles fan, it will be Billy Ripken.
From: erica@amc.com (Eric Arendts)
	My choice: Pitcher Dave Nied from the Atlanta.
	If not him, I expect a Brave to go first.
From: Duane Flier <wknight@camelot.bradley.edu>
	my votes for first expansion draftee go to
	Dave Nied (if Fl picks first); Kevin Reimer (if Colo. goes first)
From: lyle@ecn.purdue.edu (Lyle Youngblood)
	My guess is probably Danny Tartabull, whichever team picks first.
	    The Yanks will probably leave him unprotected (if he isn't
	drafted, they protected young prospects, if he is, they ditched
	his contract, it's a win/win situation from their PoV).  Florida
	will draft him and play him, Colorado draft him and trade him.
From: ep502dn@pts4.pts.mot.com (DAVE NAEHRING X2795 P7630)
	My guess is Tim Raines.
From: gary@iphase.com (Gary Kidwell)
	My guess for first pick:	Kevin Reimer
From:	"Darryl Gamble" <darryl@cs.yorku.ca>
	My entry is: Dave Silvestri, New York Yankees.
From: genetic+@pitt.edu (David Tate)
	Hector Fajardo
From: myles@leland.stanford.edu (Myles Sussman)
	If the protected lists that were published this morning in the San
	Jose Mercury News are right (har!), I'd pick David Nied of the Braves
	first.
From: Robert Lamoureux <rl24@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu>
	My own guess is (former) Red Sox catcher Eric Wedge.
From: eskimo.celestial.com!crichar@gatech.uucp (Craig Richardson "who used to
	be bizarre")
	Since even expansion teams aren't desperate enough to take
	Mike Schooler, I nominate Jeff Blauser.
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