Say It Ain't So

JB heps us to a site whose name says it all: FIRE JOE MORGAN. From the Q&A section:

Why are you guys so hell-bent on getting Joe Morgan fired?

Oh. Well, the thing is, we're not.

Here's what happened. A group of friends thought it would be fun to post some of the ridiculous things that they heard and read from sports journalists in one place.

So in April of 2005, dak founded FJM as a way for him and some of his buds to keep track of everything they came across. Joe Morgan, because of his penchant for ignorantly slamming Michael Lewis's "Moneyball," seemed like a good figurehead to use in the title of the site, but "Fire Joe Morgan" shouldn't be taken as much more than a name.

We've also never been singularly devoted to picking on Joe. You might notice that the first post ever was about Sean McAdam. I think you have to take "Fire Joe Morgan" as an overall attitude towards conventional wisdom and poor journalism in baseball, rather than a hostile attack on one old dude who refuses to read certain books.

Basically, our goal has always been simply to entertain ourselves (and over time, the growing number of people who read the site); our goal has never been to launch any sort of legitimate campaign to get Joe Morgan fired.

Now, don't get us wrong. We hate Joe Morgan. We do think he should be fired. But that's probably never going to happen, and after all, the dude's a grandfather. We certainly don't wish him any serious harm.

A recent poll of FJM editors confirmed that Joe Morgan is in fact our least favorite broadcaster / commentator / journalist, but he was followed very closely by John Kruk and Tim McCarver. (Others receiving votes included Dan Shaughnessy, Chris Berman, Stephen A. Smith, Rob Dibble and yes, Hat Guy.)

Joe is definitely no Bert.