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Sometime today, one of you will be the 10,000,000th page view for McCovey Chronicles. Confetti will fall, bugles will sound, a guy with a bow-tie will hand you an oversized novelty check...it will be fantastic.

Note: Obviously, there will not be a check. In fact, the guy with the bow tie could probably use a couple of bucks for the bus ride home. "Fantastic" is, as always, a relative term. And, sure, this accomplishment would mean more to me if I knew that HowTheyScored wasn't responsible for 9,000,000 of the page views from his secret stalker's lair, but I'll take what I can get.

Ten million page views. Advertisers were willing to pay me about $.00005 for each one of those views, so you know we're doing something right here at McCovey Chronicles. Thanks for being a part of it.

 

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First!

Oh, wait, that just makes me the 9,999,946th page view.

Suddenly, first doesn’t seem so cool.

Seriously, though, congrats, Grant.

SFDugout.com is BACK! See the Top 50 Giants Prospects!

by BruteSentiment on May 16, 2008 1:13 AM PDT   0 recs

howtheyscored’s lair only has five screens.

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Nattowear: now featuring new crap!

by Natto on May 16, 2008 1:27 AM PDT   0 recs

10,000,000th page views...

That’s a lot of Bea Arthur jokes!

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Nattowear: now featuring new crap!

by Natto on May 16, 2008 1:30 AM PDT   0 recs

Sign me up!

Oh wait. . . .

S*x%x, I’m an idiot. . .

For WilltheThrill, this is Jon Miller saying goodnight. . . .

by WilltheThrill on May 16, 2008 1:37 AM PDT   0 recs

Congrats on 1.0×10^7 views!

by withclubsauce on May 16, 2008 1:46 AM PDT   0 recs

My Dad...

...the mathematician applauds your creative congratulations!

by GiantsFanInExile on May 16, 2008 10:59 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

GET OUT OF MY LAIR, JERK!

On the other hand, I’m fairly relieved that picture wasn’t taken under blacklight.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on May 16, 2008 2:18 AM PDT   0 recs

Eeeeeww.

Derin McMains had five fingers, but he only used three.

by oooreebay on May 16, 2008 8:30 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Dude

Nice lair.

All-Father Watch: 1.21 ERA, 4 saves, 0.99 WHIP, 22 Ks in 22 1/3 IP

by EliminateMe on May 16, 2008 10:12 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I know, right! You can’t even see the shrine or the mini-bar in that picture, though, so you’re not getting the FULL effect.

When part three of my plan comes to fruition, though, then you’ll all see the shrine and the mini-bar! Ah-haha! Oh yes, you’ll see it alright….

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on May 16, 2008 12:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Are we all invited for a party?

If you like things that are funny, perhaps you will enjoy ChatterBalks Dot Com?

by groug on May 16, 2008 4:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Something like that, yeah.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on May 17, 2008 2:09 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow Grant...

$500 congrats man. The average page views per day puts you at earning $.50 a day. Too bad you can’t buy a candy bar for a nickel or gas for a quarter anymore.

Hijack, what’s Gas there? it’s at 3.89 here in Central Wisconsin. And the weird thing is, here all the stations are the same. They raise their prices all on the same day. You don’t have Arco which is .20 cheaper than Chevron.

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 May 16, 2008 4:51 AM PDT   0 recs

$3.87

And that’s Arco.

Thank the Lord for BART and the tunnel you want us dead in, Walrus.

Adopted father of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on May 16, 2008 7:25 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Tis $3.89 at the Arco near my house, and $3.87 at the really ghetto gas station on the other side of my house. Since I’m only doing driving lessons with the car and not really going long distances (yet) the gas crunch hasn’t caught up with me. Oh but it will once I get my license.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 16, 2008 7:43 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

In the Foothills

It is $4.09 on the corner at Chevron.

The way some people find Spirituality in mid-life, I found Baseball.

by igotnothing on May 16, 2008 8:47 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

word

Adopted father of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on May 16, 2008 9:10 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Cowtown USA

You would think that with all the extra methane we’d be cheaper than all of you….

But ya…we’re paying anywhere from $3.90-4.10 over here.

Adoptive papa to Omar...so basically I'm screwed.

by PacBellBoozer on May 16, 2008 9:08 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

:(

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 16, 2008 9:42 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I paid $3.99 on Sunday. :(

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Nattowear: now featuring new crap!

by Natto on May 16, 2008 10:52 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Is the guy just wearing a bow tie? Nothing else? That right there is cause for celebration.

Still, a toast to Grant and his awesome blog, on which I’ve wasted many hours of my life. I can’t think of a better way to spend those wasted hours. Kampai.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 16, 2008 6:45 AM PDT   0 recs

Sweet Stalkin' Lair

Way to go, Grant.

Thanks for the good site and thanks to all my e-friends who amuse me daily.

by xanthan on May 16, 2008 7:16 AM PDT   0 recs

Grant, you could’ve used some of that ad revenue to buy Magowan’s shares and be a major shareholder of the Giants.

You would only have another 100,000,000,000,000+ more views to go.

Adopted father of the AnVil / GIANTSPACE™ returns!

by SoFa King Mike on May 16, 2008 7:23 AM PDT   0 recs

Check out the World Map on that sitemeter thing

This site has visitors from Sri Lanka, India, Israel, New Zealand, Taiwan, China, Hawaii.

Pretty Cool.

Jesse English: He is BAAAAAACCCCCKKKK!

by gianator on May 16, 2008 8:54 AM PDT   0 recs

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on May 16, 2008 10:01 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Somewhere in Bucharest, a single Romanian, in his mother’s basement, has made an emotional connection with people half a world away by making a Felipe Crespo reference.

Eagerly awaiting Crazy Crab Bobblehead Night on 7/18.

by Kitspool on May 16, 2008 10:14 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Unknown?

Does that mean we have Martians as fans?

Jesse English: He is BAAAAAACCCCCKKKK!

by gianator on May 16, 2008 10:14 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Also, I never knew that Pat Misc had his own country.

All-Father Watch: 1.21 ERA, 4 saves, 0.99 WHIP, 22 Ks in 22 1/3 IP

by EliminateMe on May 16, 2008 10:45 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

USA! USA!

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Nattowear: now featuring new crap!

by Natto on May 16, 2008 10:50 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

UK=jponry

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 16, 2008 10:55 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I would’ve thought jponry counted for more than a mere 0.8% of the traffic all by herself.

All-Father Watch: 1.21 ERA, 4 saves, 0.99 WHIP, 22 Ks in 22 1/3 IP

by EliminateMe on May 16, 2008 11:54 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ahem

I’ll have you know, i contribute a fraction of that fraction of a percent!

Proud owner of the most boring Username! Alex Hinshaw: Now showing in a bullpen near you!

by GiantFan on May 19, 2008 3:24 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Somewhere on there I know there’s South Koreans. There has to be. I found a Giants website in Korean about a year ago and someone had posted something I wrote on SF Dugout on a message board there. In Korean, of course. What a trip, no?

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 16, 2008 10:56 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Don’t forget aras!

SAVE_US.RAY
Nattowear: now featuring new crap!

by Natto on May 16, 2008 2:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Go Italy!

Largest representation outside North America! Outreach efforts need to be made to Latin American friends. Maybe an Espanol page on Monday?

by out machine on May 16, 2008 11:22 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You're reading it wrong.

Across, then down. UK is the 2nd largest.

All-Father Watch: 1.21 ERA, 4 saves, 0.99 WHIP, 22 Ks in 22 1/3 IP

by EliminateMe on May 16, 2008 11:55 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That there’s both an ‘unknown’ and ‘misc’ explains a lot to me about MCC. A lot.

people hate you, but why do they hate you? because the are jealous!

by satyricrash on May 16, 2008 11:24 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think “misc” was just “Misch” misspelled (mischspelled?). Pat loves the McChronicles.

If you like things that are funny, perhaps you will enjoy ChatterBalks Dot Com?

by groug on May 16, 2008 11:50 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ahem.

All-Father Watch: 1.21 ERA, 4 saves, 0.99 WHIP, 22 Ks in 22 1/3 IP

by EliminateMe on May 16, 2008 11:56 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I knew I should have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

If you like things that are funny, perhaps you will enjoy ChatterBalks Dot Com?

by groug on May 16, 2008 12:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

.

If I win can you hook me up w/ a Filipino Heritage Night T-Shirt? I wasn’t able to attend because of Finals =[

by ejdacanay on May 16, 2008 9:03 AM PDT   0 recs

Hey I don’t come here to be a productive member of society. I come here to talk, and listen, about baseball!

Of coarse the lights have to stay on some how. Good on you Grant for thinking of these tiny little details. Congrats.

" Their still Shitty" - Major Leagues the movie.
I am a Giants fan. Thus I enjoy my pain. Currently enjoying it more then usual.

by daveinexile on May 16, 2008 9:24 AM PDT   0 recs

Wow

Another “Why don’t we praise me today” post. See ya’ll, this is what happens when the Grant Appreciation Post comes out to too early in the season. He starts mailing in posts, takes shots at his loyal readers (howtheyscored), and make us read these “Kneel before Zod” columns designed only to boost his own confidence.

All kidding aside, great blog Grant. You do make the work day go by faster.

Also I got gas for $3.82 at Costco the other day in Concord.

by WilliamVanLandingham on May 16, 2008 9:43 AM PDT   0 recs

I perfer Zul.

He helps keep the beer cold in the refrigerator.

" Their still Shitty" - Major Leagues the movie.
I am a Giants fan. Thus I enjoy my pain. Currently enjoying it more then usual.

by daveinexile on May 16, 2008 10:03 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Balloons ftw!

There’s a guy in a bow tie wandering up and down my street – should I assume I’m about to win? I sure could use the oversize novelty check, to pay off my novelty bills.

Your 2011 SF Giants: the 2008 Augusta Greenjackets!

by Lyle on May 16, 2008 10:05 AM PDT   0 recs

congrats

Congrats on the success of the blog. I hear Peter McGowan is celebrating today by (possibly) stepping down.

by ognihs on May 16, 2008 11:12 AM PDT   0 recs

Happy 10,000,000. I saw a big fat monkey at the zoo and I thought it was you. And many more!

Make me proud again Hen

by AndYourBirdCanSing on May 16, 2008 1:43 PM PDT   0 recs

Hey guys, I think it was me.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on May 17, 2008 11:03 AM PDT   0 recs

What a coincidence—everybody else thinks it was you, too.

"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK

by Josh from Hollywood on May 17, 2008 12:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Congrats on all the page views. Here’s a boost to get the webcrawlers buzzing and get you the next 10 million even faster:

NAKED PICS GOOOFUS McPENISBUTTER

2008 Giants: A steaming pile of scrap!

by Goofus on May 18, 2008 9:25 AM PDT   0 recs

The extra “o” just gives a hint as to who puts the “gooo” in “Goofus.”

I’m not even sure what that means.

by Grant on May 18, 2008 10:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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