We all know Murray Chass may be insane. But sometimes I just can't resist. Mike Piazza: His Bat and His Back By Murray Chass March 4, 2009 Baseball writers spend a lot of time in press boxes together, and the close and frequent proximity does not always foster positive relationships. For example...

Daily News fitness columnist Kimberly Garrison isn’t part of the Abridged Daily News Columnists, but maybe I should add her if this is what she’s writing regularly. Today, she tackles steroid use in baseball. As you probably know — as even President Obama was asked about it at his ...

Hello, everyone. After 21 years, and almost 40 million posts (we'll have to check those numbers, but it's something like that), we have decided to bring FJM to an end. Although we have not lost our borderline-sociopathic joy for meticulously criticizing bad sports journalism, the realities of our pr...

So, you know Buzz Bissinger's favorite domain name, InteractiveGangbang.com (see post below)? Yeah, it's taken now. Oh, crazed fans, you so crazy. Shout out to reader "C." Ten dollars exceedingly well spent....

In FJM Heaven, every writer complains that high-OBP sluggers clog up the basepaths. In FJM Heaven, every article trumpets David Eckstein as an MVP candidate based on his grit, his heart, and the fact that he sleeps in a child's race car bed. In FJM Heaven, A-Rod is a worthless choker, wins matter mo...

If we had a FJM Declaration of Purpose, it would be to point out that you can't just say things like this and get away with them: (ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, Miller and Morgan, on the subject of the Tigers) Miller: That's a tough way to go to Fenway: 0-6. Morgan: Well, every day you you lose, thoug...

There are two warring camps in baseball: those who use statistics and objective data to drive decision-making and performance assessment vs. those who look to romance, nobility, experience, and all things idiosyncratic for both teaching and managing the game. Sound familiar? There’s a website ...