From: jpalmer@uwovax.uwo.ca (The Econoclast)
Subject: First Expansion Draftee: Another Update
Organization: University of Western Ont, London
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 13:14:28 GMT

This is yet another repost and update:

	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 to date:

name                team        number of votes

Blauser, Jeff       Atlanta       3
Hunter, Brian       Atlanta       2
Mercker, Kent       Atlanta       2
Mitchell, Keith     Atlanta       2
Sanders, Deion      Atlanta       2
Smith, Pete         Atlanta       2
Berryhill, Damon    Atlanta       1
Nied, David         Atlanta       1
Greenwell, Mike     Boston        2
Zupcic, Bob         Boston        1
Lewis, Scott        California    1
Dawson, Andre       Chicago Cubs  1
Girardi, Joe        Chicago Cubs  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
Barnes, Brian       Montreal      1
Wallach, Tim        Montreal      1
Tartabull, Danny    NY Yanks      4
Maas, Kevin         NY Yanks      2
Meulens, Hensley    NY Yanks      2
Leyritz, Jim  8-)   NY Yanks      1
Hurst, Bruce        San Diego     1
Mitchell, Kevin     Seattle       1
Reimer, Kevin       Texas         2
Fariss, Monty       Texas         1
Maurer, Rob         Texas         1
Gruber, Kelly       Toronto       2
Bell, Derek         Toronto       1
Morris, Jack        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. I don't think he should
	be eligible for any prize, though.
From: jpalmer@uwovax.uwo.ca (Doc Palmer)
	Tim Wallach [I note that he has accepted financial compensation in
        exchange for being left unprotected despite being a 10/5 player]
From: <sullis@rpi.edu> (Sean Sullivan)
	My prediction:  Hensley Meulens
From: Kurt "Some Guy" Bose <kbos@carina.unm.edu>
	Well, Hmmph!  I think it will depend on which team drafts first.
	I'll put my money on Joe Girardi, however...
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.
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 
		Not to be mistaken for IBM's official corporate guess.
	   Second Pick (if you decide to use a tie-breaker): 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
	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 (assuming Denver chooses first)
		Danny Tartabull (if Miami: they have money, Colorado doesnt')
From: zuhars@eecs.ucdavis.edu (Gary 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, like several others, 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 that the Rockies get the first pick, so I take 
	Kevin Reimer. If the Marlins pick first, it'll be some big 
	star who'll be worthless in the end.
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.

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