Vote for one of our own!

by slamcactus on Nov 17, 2008 8:35 AM PST Comment 14 comments

Many of the people on this site are familiar with David Cameron, one of the guys behind the USSMariner blog. During the 2007 season, dave wrote an open letter to then-Mariners pitching coach Rafael Chaves about Felix Hernandez's ridiculously predictable pitch selection early in games. This led to a concerted effort by Chaves and Hernandez to mix pitches, and both men gave interviews to the local media saying that they realized that if an average fan who writes on the internet can figure out what Felix was about to throw, the hitter probably could, too. It was a pretty damn cool instance of a blogger actually effecting the way baseball was played.

You can find the letter here:

Open Letter to Rafael Chaves

This letter got Dave nominated for a $10,000 college blogging scholarship based on an internet vote.

If the powers that be at McCovey Chronicles don't want promotion-type fanposts on the site, I understand and will take it down. A few other SBNation sites have thrown their support behind Dave (and I've posted call to action fanposts elsewhere), and I thought some in the community might want to help out a damn good baseball blogger in need.

So, follow This link and vote for Dave!

*disclaimer: I am not Dave Cameron, just someone who has greatly enjoyed his writing over the years.

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If we vote...

it will end in a tie.

They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long

by bgunn on Nov 17, 2008 9:10 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

And Thus..

A curse is applied to the mcCoven.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."

by WalrusMan on Nov 17, 2008 10:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

IAWTC

What a Great Start to Monday :-)

My adopted son Matt Downs. Lost in the wilderness of mediocrity.

by nvsfg on Nov 17, 2008 10:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Voted

I think this is the same thing Grant competed for last year. Epic fail after a strong start.

It all comes down to how much viral promotion each nominee can generate.

Yes we did!

by Goofus on Nov 17, 2008 9:17 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Also of note: Ross Taylor is an fellow SBN blogger, so if you have any SB Nation partisanship, you could swing your vote that way.

I remember this last year. I went to every nominated blog and thought, gee, mine’s the only one that more than three people read. I’m a shoo-in! And then…poof.

by Grant on Nov 17, 2008 9:19 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah...

Dave had about a 3000 vote lead until Dailykos.com threw its full weight behind David Mauro, who wasn’t even on the radar until this past weekend.

An internet poll is a horrible way to win a scholarship.

by slamcactus on Nov 17, 2008 9:32 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Dave had about a 3000 vote lead until Dailykos.com threw its full weight behind David Mauro, who wasn’t even on the radar until this past weekend.

I’d like to say, “Gee, that’s awful,” but as the contest went down to the wire last year, I was supposed to get the help of DailyKos.com, as Kos is one of the primary investors in SB Nation. But it never materialized, and I didn’t want to get pushy. So I would have gladly accepted random, undeserved help.

And if you think Cameron’s got it bad, I was up against a single mother fighting cancer (she eventually won). I felt like the worst human alive just by asking for votes.

by Grant on Nov 17, 2008 9:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

how dare you

I wish I could take my votes back now…

Do you Wazzel?

by NeifiChicken on Nov 17, 2008 9:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah...

No problem at all with any site endorsing someone for the award. In fact, that’s what I’m trying to get people to do here. Regardless of who wins, internet polling to award $10,000 seems to be a horrible way to evaluate worthiness.

by slamcactus on Nov 17, 2008 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

We tried to promote Grant on other SBnation sites, but it went so-so.

Yes we did!

by Goofus on Nov 17, 2008 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

internet poll

I agree, it’s not a great way, especially since people who really want to can vote as many times as they want. Still, since they’re voting on blogs here, I guess an internet poll seems at least somewhat reasonable, rather than having people who don’t read the blogs on a daily basis vote or some other method.

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa

by raisingcain on Nov 17, 2008 6:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs