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McCovey Awards: Best Fanpost

Natto — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:31:11 -0000

For this particular category, I'm going to try something different. Fanposts are always the trickiest category to manage. Rather than having a poll with a list of options, here's what we'll do: There will be three categories, sort of an offshoot of a thehavenot idea (SEE!!! I READ YOUR COMMENT!!!): Heart, Head, and Funny Bone. Heart would be Fanposts that have been particularly inspiring, touching or emotional. Head would be those that were thought-provoking, informative and/or educational. Funny Bone would be Fanposts that were... funny. For the nominees, someone presents a Fanpost for a category in a comment saying why he or she chose that one.

Format your response like this:

Category (This would be in the subject field)
- Fanpost title with a link to it
- Reason for choosing it

Now for the voting part. If you wish to back a certain Fanpost, recommend the comment that is presenting it. Then when voting is over for everything, I'll just tally the amount of recs received and figure it out from there. That seems like a reasonably organized way of doing things, although who knows how it'll actually turn out. Alright people, get to posting.

McCovey Awards: Best Non-gameday Image

Natto — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:39:26 -0000

Here is wave two for the visual portion of our awards.

Pablo meets cake
I don't know whom to credit for this one.

Little Giants

fwoty oz's, um, this thing.

rightcenterfielder's SS Russell Martin image goes here
(I was trying to find it but couldn't.)

Next time, I'm getting people to post or link to the images themselves because searching for them is a pain in the patootie. Or can upload them to the McImages account.

Poll

VOTE NOW!

Lukewarm Stove: Trades, Transactions, and Troster Trideas.

Natto — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:44:37 -0000

OK, now that we've got that World Series thing out of the way, we can get to the real action. Someone suggested making a thread to collect rosterbation ideas/transactions, so that we won't be flooded with redundant Fanposts. Of course, actual signings by the Giants are fair game, and if you put some thought and research into a good idea for a Fanpost, you're more than welcome to make one. This is more for those random off-the-cuff ideas or "what could have been" ones. For example, the White Sox just traded for Mark Teahen on the Royals. We could talk about that, I guess. But I don't think anyone wants to. So, uh, let's goooooooo!

McCovey Awards: Best Gameday Image

Natto — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:28:57 -0000

ZITO COMMANDS YOU TO VOTE

satyricrash's WIN NOW series:

http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2009/10/5/1071735/american-experience-win-now

rightcenterfielder's peek into the dugout:

nostocksjustbonds'(?) Swedish Manager:

I think we all know what the result will be though.

Poll

If I could put an image here, I would.

McCovey Awards: Most Spirited Poster

Natto — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:21:17 -0000

I can't really think of anything to write here, so here's a picture of Willie McCovey.

Poll

Who is your choice for Most Spirited?

McCovey Awards: Most Amusing

Natto — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:41:27 -0000

Again, please don't rec this Fanpost to avoid knocking off other more deserving Fanposts. Uh... like the other voting Fanposts, I guess. *shakes fist at people who didn't listen*

Secret option: Grant's Boss

Poll

Are you laughin' at me?

McCovey Awards: Most Informative Poster

Natto — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:18:20 -0000

It's time to vote for the category of Most Informative poster on McCovey Chronicles. These people would be able to come up with all sorts of great stuff to write in a Fanpost to get it past the 75 word limit. As you can see from the list, I am not one of them. Uh... make voting get now!

If you haven't voted for the Newcomer award yet, be sure to check the past Fanposts for that and RAWK DA VOTE. And again, don't rec this Fanpost to avoid knocking out more deserving recommended Fanposts since there will be a few more of these voting ones.

Poll

Who is your choice for Most Informative Poster of '09?

McCovey Awards: Outstanding Newcomer

Natto — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:38:00 -0000

Here we gooooooo! The first round of our McCovey awards voting. We will begin with the voting of the new folks. The people in the poll can attempt to make a case for themselves. It sometimes helps (but not really).
Because I forgot to add say hey nation to the poll, make a vote for him in your comment, and I'll count those.
So with that, Allez cuisine!

Poll

Who is the n00b3st of the newb?

McCovey Awards IV

Natto — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:31:19 -0000

It's that time again! No, not to give your cat a flea bath (although it couldn't hurt to check). It's the annual Willie Lee McCovey Awards! Started by Salemicus back in the year Aught Six, it's the time where we recognize the wonderful people in our community and pat them on the backs. Maybe even a "man hug" if you're in the moment. Oh heck, why not, go in for a full on embrace. OK, got that out of your system? Cool. Let's do this thing.

The categories are:

Outstanding Newcomer
A n00b who didn't act like a n00b. This person appeared out of nowhere and fit right in with the rest of this gang of misfits and lovable scamps. The cutoff date for new people would be between now and whenever the last award was given out.

Most Informative Poster
If you needed some prime info on a player or an explanation for some obscure statistic, he or she always had the answer.

Most Amusing Poster
Whenever you see one of this poster's comments, your monitor gets drenched with [beverage] from laughing uncontrollably, and everyone around you stares at you thinking you're insane.

Most Spirited Poster
Think of this as our version of the Willie Mac awards. This person exemplifies what the ideal McC poster is. Helpful, team player, all-around good guy, y'know, intangibles. Time to give them some props.

Best Image (Gameday thread)
This award is for an image that is mainly used for GDTs. For example, the Ks or player specific images. It can be something that was Photoshopped, a funny photo, or just something really cool that stuck with you. The McImages directory has a bunch of these.

Best Image (non-Gameday thread)
Any other image that's been posted.

Best Fanpost
Due to the enormous number of Fanposts we create, this category has three winners. This award is for the fanposts that made you think, challenged your opinions, or just gave you that warm, fuzzy feeling inside. Be sure to take a trip down memory lane and check out some of the older Fanposts, so those don't get neglected.

Alrighty, folks. Make your nominations. Once there are at least four for each one, I'll begin making Fanposts for the voting.

Here are the winners from previous years (Edit: Previous winners are not eligible for that award):
2008
2007
2006

ALCS Game Five

Natto — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:16:14 -0000

Current Series

Yankees win the series 3-1

Fri 10/16	WP: CC Sabathia (2 - 0) SV: Mariano Rivera LP: John Lackey (1 - 1)	1 - 4 loss
Sat 10/17	WP: David Robertson (2 - 0) LP: Ervin Santana (0 - 1)	3 - 4 loss
Mon 10/19	WP: Ervin Santana (1 - 1) LP: Alfredo Aceves (0 - 1)	5 - 4 win
Tue 10/20	WP: CC Sabathia (3 - 0) LP: Scott Kazmir (0 - 1)	1 - 10 loss