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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 LetsGoTribe don't want promotion-type fanposts on the site, I understand and will take it down.

If, however, you feel like supporting a damn good writer and damn good member of the baseblogging community, 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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I have to agree. The people at DailyKos have been particularly polarizing trying to get their guy in the lead. It’s been entertaining to say the least watching it all unfold at LL.

SBN unite, I suppose.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Nov 20, 2008 2:10 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Since this post Mauro has gotten roughly 8,000 votes.

That seems … legit.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Nov 20, 2008 11:03 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I suggested it on keith law’s non-espn blog, and i’ll say it again here.

if Dave, or his biggest fans, doesn’t/don’t have any shame, they should post the competition on some right-wing blogs/messageboards, getting them to vote for him as he has the best chance of defeating a DailyKos blogger.

You know Selig? Ombudsman.

by rolub on Nov 20, 2008 11:50 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The problem I noticed on the DK forums is that they’re treating this as, “If Mauro doesn’t win, conservatism does! If you don’t do anything to secure this win, you don’t agree with DK’s politics.”

Which is crap. But I digress.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Nov 21, 2008 12:17 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's stooping to thier level, which Dave has asked people not to do.

It validates the ridiculous garbage the Kos commentors have been spewing.

by acblue on Nov 21, 2008 12:59 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No politics here.

None.

by Jay on Nov 21, 2008 2:41 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My sincere apologies. I didn’t intend for my comment to be in any way political, but in retrospect I see that it’s hard to make a passing reference such as this without it being construed as such. Mea culpa.

by acblue on Nov 21, 2008 5:27 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I haven’t had access to the Internet for the past day, so I missed this when it first appeared. For those that are new, we have Ground Rules that may be a bit different from other sites. Please follow them.

Personally I think Internet voting for a scholarship is a pretty stupid idea. I’ve been a reader of USS Mariner since forever, though, so I wish David Cameron the best of luck in winning.

by Ryan on Nov 21, 2008 7:26 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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