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So Apparently...
Bucs Dugout — "Ken Tremendous" of Fire Joe Morgan is now claiming he is Michael Schur, the guy who plays Dwight's cousin Mose on The Office. He also wrote or co-wrote a lot of the best episodes of the show: "Traveling Salesmen / The Return," "The Negotiation," "Branch Closing," "The Job"... wow. My worlds are colliding.

‘The Office’-FJM Corrolary
Defensive Indifference — ... If you haven’t heard by now, the geniuses (yes, I mean that) behind Fire Joe Morgan went public with their identity yesterday, and it didn’t take long for folks to figure out that they are all TV writers from L.A. (um, because they admitted it) and that Ken Tremendous in particular is a writer for NBC hit ‘The Office’. ...

Odds and Ends: Granderson, Doue, Williamson
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... six years.  The Mets will have no problem adding to their payroll during the '08 season. The Red Sox are turning to an independent Japanese league to possibly sign a catcher named Hayato Doue. Seems the Reds are taking a gander at 32 year-old righty Scott Williamson, who tossed 14 innings for Baltimore in '07.  Williamson had his best years with the Reds. Fire Joe Morgan's identities revealed! ...

Ken Tremendous: Revealed!
Heavy Soul — ... released their true identities. (Surprising, that is, if you're a dorky baseball fan that spends too much time on the internet) dak and Junior both appear to be writers for "Last Call with Carson Daily," as well as credits with "Frank TV" and "South Park." ...

The PM Roundup: FJM out of the Anonymous Closet
The Big Lead — ... seen on My Name is Earl on NBC.  While constantly looking fit, her character is… um, I don’t watch My Name is Earl, actually.  I did one time and thought it sucked. But I’m sure Pressly’s acting skills are second to none.  Her body definitely is on the up.  A get well message from New York to Boston.  [Scripted Sports] Why polls are dangerous for black college athletes.  [hbcu sports blog] Fire Joe Morgan is anonymous no more!  [Fire Joe Morgan] An interesting poll detailing the popularity ...

So This Is What Can Happen With Consistent Effort?
Insomniac's Lounge — ... Last night, it was revealed that the lead author ("Ken Tremendous") of one my favorite blogs, Fire Joe Morgan, is actually Michael Schur, a former SNL writer and presently striking writer for The Office. ...

The Internets: Dr. Z’s grades are in
Randball — ... *Our guy Applecherry notes this about the revelation that the guys at Fire Joe Morgan, an excellent site we really don’t link too enough, have revealed themselves to be TV writers. And one of those guys — Ken Tremendous=Michael Schur — writes for The Office and has appeared in an episode as Dwight’s cousin: The fact that Ken Tremendous of FJM is actually Mose Shrute is the single coolest thing that has ever happened since the internet was invented. the fact that Ken Tremendous is ...

This Week's Links (2/4-2/8)
Vegas Watch — Bob Knight stepped down. The FJM guys reveal their identities; Ken Tremendous is a writer for "The Office". The Giants are not going to score many runs this year. The Rays actually sent David Pinto a letter asking him to stop using "Devil", and fining him for doing so. Sheehan's AL Spring Training previews; East (subscriber-only), Central (free), West (free). He is not optimistic about the Tribe. Giants fans express their feelings towards Tiki. Rafael Betancourt really was ...

2007 Busted Coverage Sports Blog Of The Year Written By Ringers
Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football — ... by experts. Ringers. Guys who get paid to write instead of losers who work out of darkened, bleak dungeons. Fire Joe Morgan has revealed itself to the blogging nation. ...

Fire Joe Morgan Gives Us A Peak Behind The Curtain
Can't Stop The Bleeding — A couple of days prior to Ken Tremendous’ stunning evisceration of the Philadelphia Daily News’ Rich Hoffman, the talented quartet behind Fire Joe Morgan, perhaps forgetting the lessons learned by Kiss’ “Lick It Up”, revealed their true identities to the world. 1. We figured whoever reads this site has a right to know who’s writing it. 2. The people we make fun of have a right to face their accusers. 3. We don’t want anyone to be able to write off what we say as the un-credited ramblings of people too ...

Mario Lisson And Friday Links
Kansas City Royals — ... has pulled back the mask of anonymity and revealed themselves to be… TV writers! My first thought after finding out was since they’re on strike from their real job, couldn’t they have posted more content over the last couple of months? My second thought was, how cool is it that ...

Player of the D.A.Y.
SLAM Online — ... . In particular I’ve always thought that Ken Tremendous is one of the great baseball poets of our time, really someone who is too insightful and entertaining not to be a professional Hollywood writer (hang in there!). Yesterday, the bloggers of the site gave the world their real names. It turns out Mr. Tremendous is also a writer for The Office, which is one of the only written non-sports non-news non-historical restrospective non-shaking my head in disgust at the Sucker Free Countdown shows I watch regularly (Office, Wire, LOST, Law and ...

Meet Joe Morgan, Hall-of-Famer
skyking162 — ... . Everyone except Belanger provided surprisingly similar career value, right at the point where most people make the cut-off for Hall of Fame election. As a comparison, and as a way to honor Fire Joe Morgan’s recent Scooby-Doo moment, here’s what the career of an all-time great, sure-fire Hall of Fame second baseman looks like. ...

Phillies Defeat Bucs, 5-4
Bucs Dugout — ... Snell and Howard played in different high-A leagues in 2003, but then were back together in the Class AA Eastern League in 2004. By then, Howard was just a monster. He hit a homer for every 10 at bats in AA that year, then hit them with almost the same frequency in 29 games at Class AA Scranton. (By the way, can it possibly be a coincidence that one of the main characters on the Office, which is set in Scranton and debuted in 2005, is named Ryan Howard? Based on the fact that at least one writer for the show is a pretty serious baseball fan, I assume it isn't.) ...

Firejoemorgan.com vs. Paul Daugherty
Redleg Nation — Doc gets his pants pulled down by Cousin Mose. It’s a real disemboweling, and shows just how great FJM is at this type of thing. Daugherty’s idiotic column had me riled up this morning, but the reality is that he’s just trolling for page-views. He’s become Jay Mariotti. No surprise, these antics have upped tenfold since he joined Bill Cunninham’s gang at WLW. Twenty bucks says he’s on Around the Horn (and thrilled with himself) by Opening Day. This is the last time I post or comment about his ...

Cowherd : I’m Sports Blogging’s Best Friend
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... s Jason McIntrye, whose figurative coming-out-of-the-closet follows the recent decision by the FJM guys to eschew anonymity (and my subsequent revelation that “Gerard Cosloy”, is in fact, ...

And the blogger is…
The FynalCut — ... This started when the hilarious and, come to find out, hilariously successful fellas behind firejoemorgan.com revealed themselves as accomplished television writers for hit shows. ...

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