There's a War Brewing

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Firejoemorgan.com vs. Paul Daugherty
Published 3/10/2008 by Chris at 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 ...

Monday roundup
Published 3/10/2008 by Rickhouse at Tremendous Upside Potential
... Finally, I have to pass along this FireJoeMorgan post, because it's my duty to link to anything that tears apart Dusty Baker. Hey Homer Baily, say goodbye to that golden arm. Using Dusty's logic, Jay Bruce should be ready for the majors by 2014. ...

30 in 30: Baltimore Orioles & Around The Web
Published 3/10/2008 by Sky at skyking162
... Bashing on ignorant sports writers who try to bash sabermetrics isn’t as fun as it used to be, but with Dusty Baker, a local hack, and FireJoeMorgan teaming up, there’s bound to be some hilarity. Even if you think FJM has gotten old, you should read this post. Here’s another good take on the Cincinnati issue, in the form of an ...

SAINT ANDREW'S NET: SEXY ACQUISITIONS!
Published 3/10/2008 at With Leather
... Fire Joe Morgan reports that there's a war brewing in Cincinnati.   Yes, unfortunately divining rods make poor managerial tools. That's why there are no Druid skippers in the Hall of Fame.  ...

The Morning Tailgate
Published 3/10/2008 at St. Louis Sports Magazine
... ] If nothing else, the Dusty Baker era in Cincinnati should be entertaining just based on his quotes...and firejoemorgan.com's response to them [ FireJoeMorgan.com ] Even though 99% of them are bound to be wrong, you can never get enough Mock Drafts at this time of the year [ ...

Oh god, not DST Monday Reading
Published 3/10/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
... put DST right up there on my list of favorite things. (Julie Andrews I ain’t, folks.) But on the first Monday after the clocks “spring ahead,” I always feel super jet-lagged. Add to this an undeserved parking ticket this morning, and you have yourself a veritable cocktail of crankiness. So instead of working (shhh!) I’ll off up some procrastinatory reading. The only person grumpier than Sarah Green? Ken Tremendous in this post over at Fire Joe Morgan. A bit depressed that the hot stove has ...

Links of the Day
Published 3/10/2008 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
... The Cincinnati Enquirer’s Paul Daugherty loves Dusty Baker, hates sabermetrics and doesn’t believe in global warming. (Fire Joe Morgan) ...

Apparently, Chicago Does NOT Have A Monopoly On Lousy Sportswriting
Published 3/10/2008 by Mike D. at Hire Jim Essian!
... while pointlessly scorching the earth of the well-researched field of sabremetrics. At this point, I’ll just turn it over to Cousin Mose , who’s specialty is in taking down these troglodytes. Still, I can’t help but look forward to seeing how Dusty’s stubborn contrarianism (contrarianism? Never mind) will likely extinguish what had appeared to be a rare burgeoning youth movement for the Reds. MUHAHAHAHAHAAHAH. ...

M.A.N. eACTA
Published 3/11/2008 by Mike A. at River Ave. Blues
I know this isn’t Yankee related, but I’m sorry, this has to be one of the greatest posts in FJM history.

Hamilton, Duran, and a few other links
Published 3/11/2008 by Justin at On Baseball and the Reds
... , which has been thoroughly torn to shreds by at FJM (though frankly I couldn't get through their entire mean-spirited rebuttal). Greg Gajus appears on Doc's show tomorrow night, so I'll try to listen via XM Radio...though there's a way in which appearing on that show is kind of like appearing on the O'Reilly Factor. Daugherty was reasonably respectful to Joel after the ...

Stupid People Say Stupid Things
Published 3/11/2008 by mr. met at the metropolitans
... what does all of this mean? You already know the answer to that: Nothing. It’s not supposed to mean anything. I’m not the first, the 10th or the 100,000th person to point out that pitchers wins are flawed, and the figuring I’ve done above has been done better by countless people. I’m only trying to say that people statheads are not always trying to make things more confusing. Often enough, believe it or not, they’re actually trying to make things less confusing. For a better take on that crappy Paul Daugherty article, head to Fire Joe Morgan. Don't use ...

"Joe Maddon Is A 2.4 Gigahertz Linksys Router"
Published 3/11/2008 by redsock at The Joy of Sox
It's not even mid-March and the guys at FJM are in crisp, mid-season form. ... They're bringing it like Pedro, circa 1999.

MLB Blog Roundup: March 11, 2008
Published 3/11/2008 by John Fitzgerald at Playing for Peanuts Blog
... is sick of ESPN's coverage of the Yankees Redleg Nation has found something to like about Dusty Baker Ducksnorts (Padres) analyzes "One Homer Wonders" Umpbump analyzes the Mets offseason moves Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke is not amused by the newest Yankee, Billy Crystal Fire Joe Morgan sheds some light on the Dusty Baker ...

Dusty Baker May Have A New Asshole
Published 3/12/2008 by Wrigleyville at wrigleyville23
Now that the Fire Joe Morgan guys are done with him. Ouch.

Computers Face-off Against Humans in Cincinnati and Other Strange Tales
Published 3/12/2008 by Shinsano at East Windup Chronicle
... To the surprise of no one the Daugherty piece was found and savaged by Fire Joe Morgan. Of course, it’s a funny piece. Not Golden Globe Best Comedy-level funny, but funny. Although I would point out, the Daugherty piece is a counterpoint piece, written specifically to respond to Eradi’s. It’s exaggerated to begin with and was an easy target. ...

Baseball Today: Wednesday, March 12
Published 3/12/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo SoxBlog
... landscape between the pro- and anti-stats folk and concludes ''neither side thinks much of the other. Sides have been taken and courses have been stayed. We're looking at a long battle.'' NOT THAT LONG, IF THIS SKIRMISH IS ANY INDICATION: As long as the pro-stat side has the folks at Fire Joe Morgan on their side, they're well-armed. FJM took a look at the the pro-Dusty Baker/anti-stat analysis screed in the Cincinnati Enquirer the other day and blew it into a thousand pieces. RUN THAT BY ME AGAIN: Ichiro Suzuki is ...

Dusty Baker Raves About Rookies, Commits Health Code Violations
Published 3/13/2008 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... Much has been made in the baseballblogosphere about Dusty Baker's ignorance about statistics and hardheaded reliance on good ol' fashioned instinct when it comes to player evaluation. Well, I wanted to see this firsthand so I've been reading ...

This Week's Links (3/10-3/14)
Published 3/14/2008 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
Arkansas beat Vanderbilt!? Impossible. SI's Luke Winn refers to this blog as "esteemed". Questionable, but appreciated. This is what I was talking about in the live-blog. I can't do better than AA's title- "Digger Phelps Has No Idea What's Going On". That is even an understatement. Dusty Baker is going to ruin Joey Votto. It's not funny. Okay, maybe a little. Bob Costas hates bloggers. BPro Unfiltered headline: "Braves, Angels Have Most Heart". Scientific evidence follows. Hasheem Thabeet ...

2007 Sabermetric Year in Review: Cincinnati Reds
Published 3/21/2008 by Pizza Cutter at Statistically Speaking
... .  Here’s the thing about Adam Dunn, or more to the point, people’s reaction to Adam Dunn.  For some reason, there’s a belief that a good baseball player has to have a certain statistical profile and that walks aren’t part of that profile.  Personally, I think a lot of that opposition stems from the fact that walks are boring to watch.  One of the lessons of Sabermetrics is that what’s the most interesting to watch in the moment is not always the best thing to do to win the game.  So you have to make your own decision.  Would you ...

Now leading off for Detroit.. Edgar Rentaria
Published 3/25/2008 by Eric Jackson at D-Town Baseball
... Maybe he’s been spending too much time with Dusty Baker in the Grapefruit League. I hope one consolation for Jim is that while Edgar would no longer be in a prime RBI slot he will now be in a position to score even more runs. Something I’m sure Leyland and Baker can both agree on. ...