Wins Are For Losers, Part Eleven Million

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Proving Once Again That We're Total Hacks...
Published 8/28/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Stoeten) at Drunk Jays Fans
Fire Joe Morgan has just shat upon our friend Griff way more hilariously-er than we ever could. (Yes, that's Peter Gammons playing a Les Paul. It has nothing to do with anything, I just didn't want to use the wino pic again so soon, OK?) (Oh, and I don't know what the fuck an AP Physics exam is either.)

Daily Links - 8/28/08
Published 8/28/2008 by roarke (noreply@blogger.com) at Watching the Game
First, a post from Joe Posnanski (TBSWIA) regarding how to determine good pitching performance. Then, a post from the Fire Joe Morgan guys about judging pitching performances against standards set long ago. These posts don't exactly disagree, but Joe comes close to saying some things that the FJM guys would throw a fit about. Joe and FJM definitely agree on the value of a 'Win' as a pitching statistic. The Hardball Times continues its excellent series of breaking down players from the most recent draft. This is one of the cooler ...

What's Wrong: AJ Burnett
Published 8/29/2008 by Matt (noreply@blogger.com) at The Immaculate Inning
... in his contract which rumors suggest he will exercise following the 2008 season. The 31 year old right-hander is not having the best of possible contract seasons; unless you are judging by that antiquated, context-dependent stat known as "wins." ...

FJM’ing FJM? Don’t Mind If I Do
Published 8/29/2008 by NickP at Major League Jerk
... I realize the following post may be sacrilegious, but it’s one I feel needs to be written. Fire Joe Morgan is one of the best blogs of all time, but let’s not kid ourselves - lately it is slipping. To me, yesterday’s post exemplifies just how far the site’s quality has fallen. ...

Gold Fucking Links!
Published 8/29/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Stoeten) at Drunk Jays Fans
... - Those geeky stat-faces at Fire Joe Morgan are totally wrong in their calling out of Dick Griff over AJ Burnett. So says even geekier stat-faces (who probably live in their mothers' sub-basement! Meuh!) at fucking ...

The Day in Review
Published 8/30/2008 by Pete Abbate (noreply@blogger.com) at RotoNomics
... Dice-K gave up only 2 hits and struck out 7 in 8 innings against Chicago. J-Bay and Youkilis added 3 RBI apiece. Tom Gorzelanny re-appeared in Pittsburgh, but a Ryan Braun 3-run HR in the first made him the loser. I will be watching him to see if he'll be own-able next season. AJ Burnett threw an 8-inning complete game against New York. I just read some interesting stuff on his season over at FJM.  Carlos Beltran hit a late grand slam for the Mets, part of a 5-RBI night. With one more stolen base, he'll be 20/20 this year. Edwin ...

The Saturday Morning Post: Cracked Eggs, Dead Birds
Published 8/30/2008 by Lloyd The Barber at Walkoff Walk
... s, he still has a solid WHIP and ERA+. The Yankees sent out unheralded youngster Carl Pavano, and the kid got it done. He held the vaunted Blue Jays offense in check, before turning it over the the vaunted Yankee bullpen who shut it down. AJ Burnett was awesome, but didn't win, so he'll likely go hungry this winter. ...

Weekend Links with Jon Marthaler
Published 8/30/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
... and you’re pretty much ready to trade the whole non-Joe-Nathan lot for just about anybody else. Yet John Bonnes, the Twins Geek, has some surprising numbers: by one measure, almost every Twins reliever has been above-average this year . *Fire Joe Morgan and Joe Posnanski both take shots at the traditional practice of using number of wins to determine the Cy Young winner; Posnanski does it by (avert your eyes, Brandon!) making up a meaningless stat , while FJM does it with sarcasm . Either way: I approve. *And finally: the Fulmer Cup is over for another ...

Waste of a Good Barrel, Really
Published 9/2/2008 by halejon at The Mockingbird
... ) as making fun of their poster-boy, Richard Griffin. But Fire Joe Morgan is still hilarious and they seem to like lampooning him whenever he confirms what century he left his SABR membership in. ...