A farewell salute to Ken Tremendous, dak, and Junior

Mission Not Accomplished, but hey.

FireJoeMorgan.com, a site that became famous for its scathing critiques of baseball commentators, talking heads, columnists, beat reporters, and even on occasion other bloggers, has announced today that they will shut it down.

FJM was handily one of the funniest sports-related sites on the internet from its inception in 2005. It was no surprise when its anonymous authors - Ken Tremendous, dak, and Junior, revealed themselves to be TV writers. Specifically, Ken Tremendous is actually Mike Schur, who has been writing for The Office (US) since the start and will be working on NBC's new Amy Poehler vehicle in the spring. That's probably a big part of why they're discontinuing the site. At the same time, it also does seem like stat-heads are gaining more and more credibility, and more and more mainstream sportswriters are considering this stuff in their own writing and reporting. ESPN was even considering moving Joe Morgan off Sunday night broadcasts. Posting had tailed off in part because, other than some offenders (him too) they looked like they were starting to run out of material.

All the same, the site will be missed. Hopefully someone can step into its place.