Fire Joe Morgan on Blogspot

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:42 pm

Ben, Philly: Can you go to any baseball game you want any day you want? If so, can you please kidly request that I have such a luxury?

Joe Morgan: I can't just walk in! But I have a Gold Pass. If you play for 8 years you get a Gold Pass that allows you to go to any game. But you have to call in advance. They will leave you two tickets. That doesn't work for playoffs and World Series though! That reminds me, I don't know where mine is! I need to find it.

KT: I'm guessing Bud Selig stole it back. Or maybe Jon Miller burned it.

Chad(WI): Would you be willing to sell me your gold pass?

Joe Morgan: No! It's a very cool thing.

KT: That you lost.

Joe Morgan: It's a great honor.

KT: A lost honor, in your case.

Joe Morgan: Remember, the average player played around 4.5 years in my day. So when you got to 8 years and got the Gold Pass, it put you in a special category.

KT: And then you lost it.

Ronny B. (DC): If you won't sell your gold pass, how about if you use it to get me a free ticket the next time you're in town?

Joe Morgan: I was just there Sunday! Sorry I missed you. If you can find me, you have a deal!

KT: Except that you lost your Gold Pass!

gsdgsd · Post by **gsdgsd** » Tue May 02, 2006 6:58 pm

That really is just about the best sports blog out there. I wish -- I really, really do wish -- that a hockey equivalent existed. If I had a head for numbers, and more of an attention span, and devoted more time to watching hockey and less to drinking, why, I might start one. But none of that is the case, so I just read FJM and dream.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:09 pm

Again -- the guy played baseball. So I guess I have to forget that the Yankees offense last year was a ridiculous juggernaut, and that pitching wins are heavily dependant on run support. I should throw out the window the fact that Johnson's ERA+ was 117, his second lowest in his last thirteen years. Forget that he allowed the most number of hits and earned runs in his entire career.

Whoa, did this site just become another stathead parrot shop or did I just notice it? I think I just noticed it. Keeeeeeee-rist!

Actually, stats that take a look at what had happened and try to interpret the data I don't have a problem with. It's sites that try to predict results that I take umbrage with. Jesus, that sounded foppish.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:16 pm

gsdgsd wrote:That really is just about the best sports blog out there. I wish -- I really, really do wish -- that a hockey equivalent existed. If I had a head for numbers, and more of an attention span, and devoted more time to watching hockey and less to drinking, why, I might start one. But none of that is the case, so I just read FJM and dream.

I think the site is hilarious when they are ragging on Joe Morgan. I was totally caught with my pants down when the one guy went off on the hit and run recently. And don't get me wrong, I wouldn't hit and run with Miggy coming to the plate either, but people don't start running around with their heads cut off if there is not an advantage in any situation whatsoever. And the Bill James-inspired writers of our generation seem to have turned their science into a sort of religion, which is always weird to see take shape.

But if someone can put together a stat that shows that people are afraid of playing against Dany Heatley by x percent because he's the fucking Ghost Rider, I am all for it. Ha-ha! No actually, they play enough hockey games where analysis like that would probably work. I imagine two little gsdgsds on your shoulder, one in an angel's robe and the other in a tequila-soaked Avs jersey, both weighing in with their own arguments about you starting that site you describe. And then, just as you are about to give in to the angel guy's carefully considered arguments, Heatly comes out of nowhere to run him over. OK, I am officially sleep-deprived.