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Fire Joe Morgan is no more

Mose Schrute and the rest of the gang at Fire Joe Morgan are calling it quits.

After 21 years, and almost 40 million posts (we'll have to check those numbers, but it's something like that), we have decided to bring FJM to an end.

Although we have not lost our borderline-sociopathic joy for meticulously criticizing bad sports journalism, the realities of our professional and personal lives make FJM a time/work luxury we can no longer afford.

I have to say that FJM was instrumental in my getting interested in sabermetrics, and it was amazing how funny a few people could be while writing essentially the same post every single time some sportswriter wrote something asinine.

Awesome work, guys.

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That's not surprising

They’d been running out of content lately

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by I'm NOT Corco on Nov 13, 2008 7:05 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

It's funny,

their final post (not including the farewell post) was about the possibility of Joe Morgan being fired.

by Teej on Nov 13, 2008 7:05 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

It had a good run

They managed to shift a lot of focus onto how much Joe Morgan, and the national sports media in general, sucks. For that I’m thankful.

by katal on Nov 13, 2008 7:05 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely.

You have to wonder how much longer it could go on. But they managed to keep it pretty fresh considering the subject matter was painfully repetitive.

by Teej on Nov 13, 2008 7:06 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Since we're on the theme

I know some had grown past it, but Baseball Mogul Online is also ceasing as of 12-1-08.

by Gomez on Nov 13, 2008 9:17 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I love how

the less effort I put into managing the Phillies, the better they often ended up doing.

I still have teams there. It’ll suck to lose it. I’m glad they stopped charging a few months ago.

by Gomez on Nov 13, 2008 10:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I got a new team that is on the cusp of greatness

I have a pitcher with 1500 k’s at age 23. GOD FUCKING DAMNIT I HATE 2008.

by Robert on Nov 13, 2008 10:04 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Somebody could always

start a Fire Joe Buck website? Or even better, Kill Tim McCarver. Just a thought.

The good thing about having sex with pregnant chicks is that they cant get pregnant.

by RED29 on Nov 13, 2008 9:26 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

There's a website called Shut Up Tim McCarver.

I thought about starting one to encourage the removal of Buck Martinez’s voicebox, but he doesn’t work enough to really warrant such an effort.

by Teej on Nov 13, 2008 9:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fuck the heck?!

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

by Cheezombie on Nov 13, 2008 10:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I think this expression is under-utilized

I previously posted as "Man From Nantucket"

by mem on Nov 14, 2008 8:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah it kinda seemed like it was about to happen

First The Dugout sells out, now this? Now where to get snarky baseball commentary?

by Nick S on Nov 13, 2008 10:37 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Not consistent enough

They needed to be more consistent in their posting. Though I haven’t actually watched them. Maybe they should have hired Gary Sheffield? He’s consistent and does it the right way.

I’ll miss those guys. It was a great snarky site.

by urchman on Nov 14, 2008 8:46 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely agree

Ken Tremendous needs to concetrate more on his writing skills. Perhaps he should hire Dave Concepcion as a guest writer. Concepcion is a very gritty and consistent writer.

Every day I hear about Seattle sports' failures. Every night I fall asleep to the sound of my own tears.

by Benne on Nov 14, 2008 7:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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