The real fact about the movie is that is simply isn't as good as the original.
I realise that most Americans don't read anything apart from "The Purpose Driven Life", any John Grisham novel, and ESPN.com, but if you're a one-team focussed sports nut, then it's the book for you.
What saddened me is the fact that both Fever Pitches ended with their respective teams winning championships (both teams did in never-say-die fashion). Nick Hornby, for whom Fever Pitch was an autobiography, then went through another season, thought "fuck it", and stopped going...smack in the middle of the season. I was actually that game (and if you'd been there, you would have gone too). He realised that there was more to life, and all the emotion had been spent.
But no-one ever says that.

Oh, and I also hate Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore.

Oh, and as a Yankee fan, I didn't roll into self-pity, instead electing for a "Any Idiot can win once but the Yankees dominate every year" T-Shirt. But now they suck. A lot. So I'll just shut up and congratulate you on an excellent article.