Help Dave Cameron of USS Mariner and FanGraphs.

by Matthew on Nov 18, 2008 9:40 PM PST Comment 24 comments

Firstly, apologies if this has been previously mentioned here, you guys go through so much stuff it's hard for a non-regular to keep track of.

If not, or if you haven't yet seen any of the various posts around the blogosphere (example), Dave Cameron is a finalist for a $10,000 scholarship based on his online writing. For some reason, the winner is decided by an online poll and right now Dave is in a close second place, with voting ending on Thursday.

If you've seen or read any of Dave's work at USS Mariner, FanGraphs, BP, Hardball Times, etc and appreciate all the time he puts in for basically nothing, please take about five seconds of your time and click here and vote for David Cameron. It's a chance to make a real difference for someone and it comes with the great benefit of costing you nothing but two or three mouse clicks.

Thanks.

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And I just know saw that it was posted under a fanShot.

Sorry, we at LL tend to ignore them so I get in the habit of only looking at diaries and front page content.

If any of the editors feel this is a duplicate entry, feel free to delete. (But vote first! [if you want to] )

by Matthew on Nov 18, 2008 9:43 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Who the hell is this David Mauro dude

and what the hell did he do with Dave’s lead?

I know that's a pisser, baby.

by Blicks on Nov 18, 2008 10:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

In addition toe the blog he's nominated for, he's a contributor at DailyKos.

There’s been a huge push to get him votes there.

by acblue on Nov 19, 2008 1:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

David Mauro has been spamming diaries on Kos getting

people to vote for him.

He’s also been extremely critical of David Cameron. “Baseball,” apparently, in the words of him and his surrogates, is a useless “bourgeois” pastime. The funny thing is that a few A’s fan Kossacks posted, declaring their hatred of sabermatics and its “taint” on “true” baseball.

I’m guessing they don’t read AN.

by redwolf75 on Nov 19, 2008 9:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Wait, are you serious?

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Nov 19, 2008 11:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

He is

by Graham on Nov 19, 2008 11:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone who says that should be placed in a vise with their eyelids pried open

and compelled to watch CNN election coverage for 200 hours straight.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Nov 19, 2008 12:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Thing is

They already do that.

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson

by nevermoor on Nov 19, 2008 12:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

For fun.

{shiver}

The 2009 A's draft pick... getting higher every game.

by rebus on Nov 19, 2008 1:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Make them watch Fox News then.

I know that's a pisser, baby.

by Blicks on Nov 19, 2008 1:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Or CSPAN

I know that's a pisser, baby.

by Blicks on Nov 19, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

let's stop wasting time here...

three words:

Bamboo slivers, fingernails…

Get to work, boys!

"I have more questions after these."-WaddellCanseco

by Gaijin_Suketto on Nov 19, 2008 5:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Fair and Balanced

"It's like déjà vu all over again." -yogi berra

by Cheezombie on Nov 20, 2008 11:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I can't tell if basing the final decision for an online-writing-based scholarship on an online poll is utterly brilliant or utterly moronic

I also have a pretty high shame threshold. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 19, 2008 9:27 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

In terms of fairness, it's ridiculous.

In terms of pulling in traffic from highly trafficked websites, it’s genius.

by acblue on Nov 19, 2008 10:15 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

no, actually, there's a good fairness argument for it

“OK, so you think you’re a good Intertubes writer? Well, what’s the most true measure of the effectiveness of an Intertubes writer? No, not simple clicks or eyeballs, but click-throughs—i.e., the ability to direct your readership to engage in defined, discrete, quantifiable actions. If you are truly Teh Gratest Intertubes Writer, you will be able to motivate your readers to elevate your poll numbers by the sheer force of your writing skilz.”

I also have a pretty high shame threshold. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Nov 19, 2008 11:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs