"Where bad sports journalism came to die" back to life!
A joyous day for certain sections of the baseball blogging world as 'junior', the man who inspired the name of this very blog, writes a critique of one unfortunate blogger's "Ten scrappiest players in baseball".
Choice sample: 'If Eric Byrnes were a cop, it would say this on his Wikipedia page: "He
is also known for discharging his weapon willy-nilly into seafood
restaurants and school buses when there is no crime occurring."'.
I strongly urge you to read this and spend days of your life pouring over the archives at www.firejoemorgan.com.
Also, in a rather Ken Tremendous-esque fashion, Dave Cameron of Fangraphs challenges Joe Morgan's assertion that the Oakland Athletics (last in the AL in home runs, 4th in stolen bases) should stop trying to hit so many home runs and start trying to steal some damn bases!
EDIT: I just noticed that this is not a one-off column, but rather one in a series of blogs on what is Fire Joe Morgan reunion day! This is literally excellent.
Going here for a quick introduction is not only advised, it's practically mandatory.
EDIT, EDIT: OK, after having read all of the FJM posts (as should you) I feel I have learned a few things:
-Derek Jeter should be AL MVP, partly because of an advert he did last decade; regardless of him being, like, the 5th best hitter on his team.
-I feel my posts could be more vitriolic if only MLB.com didn't have this pudging swear filter.
- The final paragraph of the 'Jesus is the Derek Jeter of Christianity' post is possibly the funniest thing I've read on the internet.
-FJM is awesome. Although we already knew this.
More of stuff I've actually written myself in the next few days.
Choice sample: 'If Eric Byrnes were a cop, it would say this on his Wikipedia page: "He
is also known for discharging his weapon willy-nilly into seafood
restaurants and school buses when there is no crime occurring."'.I strongly urge you to read this and spend days of your life pouring over the archives at www.firejoemorgan.com.
Also, in a rather Ken Tremendous-esque fashion, Dave Cameron of Fangraphs challenges Joe Morgan's assertion that the Oakland Athletics (last in the AL in home runs, 4th in stolen bases) should stop trying to hit so many home runs and start trying to steal some damn bases!
EDIT: I just noticed that this is not a one-off column, but rather one in a series of blogs on what is Fire Joe Morgan reunion day! This is literally excellent.
Going here for a quick introduction is not only advised, it's practically mandatory.
EDIT, EDIT: OK, after having read all of the FJM posts (as should you) I feel I have learned a few things:
-Derek Jeter should be AL MVP, partly because of an advert he did last decade; regardless of him being, like, the 5th best hitter on his team.
-I feel my posts could be more vitriolic if only MLB.com didn't have this pudging swear filter.
- The final paragraph of the 'Jesus is the Derek Jeter of Christianity' post is possibly the funniest thing I've read on the internet.
-FJM is awesome. Although we already knew this.
More of stuff I've actually written myself in the next few days.
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