Newest

• Whoever Has a Cold Makes the Rules: In a couple of February 4 articles, Jayson Stark of ESPN proposed numerous rule changes to Major League Baseball. Here's what I have to say, irrespective of any possible copyright violations.
  
  

• How I Spent My Winter Vacation, by Richard Booroojian. The answer is, "not celebrating yet another Giants World Championship."
  
  
• A Giants Christmas Carol -- A cautionary tale for our times, by Richard Booroojian. "Our times," really, was a month ago, but who's counting?
  

• Matty -- Okay, So in Some Ways, I Was Wrong, Okay? -- a follow-up to a 1996 article about the Williams trade.
  

• Simply Mort, because I couldn't decide whether it was a postmortem, premortem, both, or neither.
  

• Anything Can Happen, And For Once, It Did -- EEEEEE! welcomes Giants newsgroup member Richard Booroojian aboard.
  

• First Place? What Are the Giants Doing There? -- A midseason assessment; EEEEEE! invites your comments.
  

• The Giants Have Tradition, Position by Position -- A preseason look at the current crop. I invite you to make me aware of any salient facts I've left out.
  

• The San Francisco Giants Tweaks Hall of Fame.
  

• On the Way to Gooperstown -- David Beck's essay on the soon-to-be-opened San Francisco Giants Tweaks Hall of Fame.
  

On Giants Fandom

• My 1987 essay about what being a Giants fan is like.
  
  

• I'm a Giants Fan -- It's My Job, by Richard Booroojian.
  
  

• Why Are We Always So Negative? -- Richard Booroojian discusses Giants history as it relates to being a Giants fan.
  
  

• You'll Never Walk Alone by Steven Rubio -- on another site, but genuinely relevant and worth reading
  
  

• Rookie Sleeves -- a look at the Giants Fantasy Camp by Woody, an actual professional journalist writing under an assumed name.
  
  

• Helmet Blues, Rick Braverman's American In Paris (well, Near Paris) perspective on baseball in France.
  
  

• The You-Know-What Hits the Fans -- We don't much like the Matt Williams trade
  
  

• A large excerpt from a diary I kept during the 1993 season, hoping perhaps to turn it into a book.
  

• The 1993 National League West Pennant Race: A Giants Fan's Journal by David Malbuff -- a kind of companion piece to my own 1993 Giants diary.
  
  

• The 1997 National League West Pennant Race: A Giants Fan's Journal by David Malbuff --Thanks a heap, David: Just reading it made me mad all over again....
  
  

• My 1988 San Francisco Giants Journal -- my first try at this sort of thing. It only goes up through July 1, because it simply became too hard to carry on....
  

On Ballparks

• A Fond Farewell to an Old Dump, edited by Richard Booroojian and Julie Nichols -- Giants newsgroup members and other Giants fans share their recollections of Candlestick Park.
  

• Pac Bell Park Thoughts -- Todd Hawley had the good fortune to attend the Giants' first regular-season victory at Pacific Bell Park, and I didn't.
  

• Seals Plaza Dedication Ceremony -- Todd Hawley stays in touch with a vital part of San Francisco Baseball History.
  

• Say Hey Day -- Todd Hawley attended the dedication of the Willie Mays statue at Pacific Bell Park, and you didn't.
  

On EEEEEE!

• Why "EEEEEE!"? What does that mean?
  
  
• Happy AnniversarEEEEEE! -- Gregg's heartfelt yet sappy thank-you essay.
  
  
• Cotton AnniversarEEEEEE! -- Yes, that's two years on the Web, thanks mostly to you.
  
  
• AnniversarEEEEEE! Number ThrEEEEEE! -- Thank you all for reading EEEEEE! and letting me know what you think.
  
  
• Fourth anniversarEEEEEE! piece: Still EEEEEE!-ing After All These Years.
  

2002 Postmortem

• "Why Does It Matter So Much?" by Gregg Pearlman: A tiptoe through the tulips of the mind of a sports fanatic, especially one who knows he's pretty much the reason the Giants have never won a World Championship.
  
  
• "The Sixth AnniversarEEEEEE! Romp" by Gregg Pearlman: When EEEEEE! hit the Web in 1996, the Giants were terrible. Now they're damn near the defending World Champion. Coincidence? Ha.
  
  
• "A 2003 Premortem, of Sorts" by Gregg Pearlman: Well, if nothing else, at least it's not a whole article devoted to Tsuyoshi Shinjo.
  
  
• "Like Candy for Chad" by Tom Austin, who, in his own colorful way, exposes his pain and lets you know that it's your fault.
  
  
• It's Still About Free Agency, by Contributing Editor David Beck -- because it's still about free agency.
  
  
• "The Sports Fanatic: Evolution at its Finest" by Jamal Bernhard, making his EEEEEE! debut --a different approach to the exploration of the psyche of the sports psycho.
  
  
• "Cruel Fate Taunts the Giants Yet Again" by Contributing Editor Richard Booroojian, who blames himself for Game Six, even though it's clearly Gregg's fault.
  
  
• "Well, At Least Now We All Know..." by John Broesamle, who also, insightfully, blames Gregg in his EEEEEE! debut. That's John's debut, not Gregg's.
  
  
• "Asparagus, Boiling Lead, Canada..." by Grant Brisbee, whose angst over the World Series knows no bounds (which, in itself, doesn't exactly make him unique).
  
  
• "A Walk Through All The Players I Had Time To Write About: The San Francisco Giants 2002 In Review" by Adam Coutts, who follows up his first venture into EEEEEE! with a three-month stay at a Buddhist monastery -- and you think we're kidding.
  
  
• "So Close" by Todd Hawley -- hard to get nostalgic about this one.
  
  
• "Here We Go Again: A Giants Fan's 2002 Journal" by David Malbuff, who starts with the stretch run and takes us all the way through the debacle that is Game Six, and then the next debacle that is Game Seven, all while failing, unaccountably, to blame Gregg.

2001 Postmortem

• "Once Again Uncle Gregg Pretends to Take You Inside the Numbers!": As has become an annual tradition, I downloaded a bunch of Giants stats, fretted over the prospect of examining them, then said "The hell with it" and made everything up. Well, that last part isn't quite true.
  
  
• "Amazing, Astonishing, Astounding": If you guessed that this might be Gregg's piece about Barry Bonds, guess again. You'd be right both times, though.
  
  
• "Radio Silence: The Fifth AnniversarEEEEEE!, Eons Late": Well, yeah, it's a little late for anniversary pieces, but there you are. Also, there'll be some changes in EEEEEE!
  
  
• "Just an Ordinary Jo": Gregg doesn't mind the new center fielder; he's just a little concerned, is all.
  
  
• "Postmortem for Baseball, As Always": Contributing Editor David Beck is back... and he's pissed. In fact, for more, please what else Dave has to say in an open letter to Rob Neyer of ESPN.com.
  
  
• "A Great Record Spoiled": Contributing Editor Richard Booroojian gives us his chronological examination of the 2001 season, making us relive it as only he can.
  
  
• "Distant Perspective": Rick Braverman doesn't understand it either, but it sure isn't fair.
  
  
• "We're Used to Life Flipping Us Off": Though usually wasted on the young, youth this time is not wasted on Grant Brisbee, who manages to combine a paucity of years with a level of true suffering as befits even the most veteran of Giants fans.
  
  
• "The Day All Hell Broke Loose": Todd Hawley brings us back to one horrible, unforgettable day.
  

2000 Postmortem

• The EEEEEE! Postmortem Brings You Professor Gregg and His Pal, Statistical Hijinx!: As usual, I've downloaded a bunch of Giants stats, examined them with the usual thoroughness, and slapped something together.
  
  
• Sabes: I Guess I Owe Ya: What is most likely my long-overdue mea culpa. Sort of. The short version is, Brian Sabean deserves an awful lot more credit than I've given him over the years.
  
  
• A Special Twist of the Knife: EEEEEE! vet -- that's "veteran," as opposed to "veterinarian" -- Tom Austin offers his view of a season that we can feel pretty good about, really.
  
  
• Reports of the WWF Yankees' Demise Were a Bit Premature: Contributing Editor David Beck is pretty annoyed with Major League Baseball these days.
  
  
• Mostly Fun Times in a Jewel by the Bay: Contributing Editor Richard Booroojian's chronological examination of the 2000 season brings smiles; it brings frowns. Either way, folks, have a box of Kleenex nearby.
  
  
• The Big Sneeze: In what, in its second year, has become an annual tradition here at the Postmortem offices, EEEEEE! welcomes not one but two first-time writers. This one's Grant Brisbee, who was strangely reluctant to submit a bikini photo of himself. Go figure.
  
  
• It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times: Todd Hawley's welcome approach -- fond memories, and no complaints -- finds a home in the Postmortem.
  
  
• The Future's So Bright We Oughta Wear Shades: Adding a little necessary optimism, Phil Ross makes his debut here in the Postmortem, and don't you forget it.

1999 Postmortem

• More Number Magic with Uncle Gregg!: ESPN.com is kind enough to furnish plenty of stats, so I've downloaded 'em, looked at 'em, and written about 'em in my 1999 Postmortem piece.
  
  

• Requiem for Baseball: Something awful is happening to baseball. Contributing Editor David Beck leads the keening in the 1999 Postmortem.
  
  

• The Giants See Candlestick Out, Not With a Bang, but with a Bleep: Once again, Contributing Editor Richard Booroojian takes a chronological look at a season marred by a team whose fans have suffered e-freakin'-nough already. Yet another 1999 Postmortem piece
  
  

• The Last Candlestick Game: In his 1999 Postmortem article, Todd Hawley takes an almost unheard-of approach for EEEEEE! -- fond memories, and no complaints.
  
  

• Three Years of Sabes: In a break with an EEEEEE! tradition that had lasted nearly a fiftieth of a century, Jesse Thorn debuts here in the 1999 Postmortem, rather than having contributed previously.
  

1998 Postmortem

• Uncle Gregg Takes You Inside the Numbers!: My 1998 Postmortem piece. I've grabbed some numbers from a couple different sources, looked them, and written about them. It's a dirty job, and nobody really has to do it, but I've done it anyway.
  
  
• The Disastrous 1998 Baseball Season: In the 1998 Postmortem, Contributing Editor David Beck takes a look at not only the Giants but at all the major happenings (up to the postseason). As you can tell by the title, this is a jolly, happy, carefree piece, 'cause Dave's such a Pollyanna.
  
  
• The 1998 Giants Give New Meaning to the Term "Manic-Depressive": Richard Booroojian takes a chronological approach to a difficult season. It's his world, and welcome to it.
  
  
• My Big Men! My Giants!: Tom Austin takes a position-by-position, qualitative approach. You can taste the hot dogs. You can smell the beer. You can hear the security guards kicking people out for smoking dope or tossing blow-up dolls around. A 1998 Postmortem staple.
  
  

Miscellaneous

• Peter Steen's interview with Gregg on the Virtually Canadian Broadcast Network. This is your opportunity to make Gregg feel better by telling him that he's missed his calling and should've gone into broadcasting, or some other outrageous lie.The file is in RealAudio format. If you don't have a RealAudio player, or a variant thereof, you can download one free from RealAudio. The interview comes from an overall hour-long show, but the downloadable file includes only the last part -- the eight-and-a-half-minute interview with Gregg. (Okay, technically, this isn't an article.)
  
  

• Congrats, Bud..., by Richard Booroojian.
  
  
• The Dangerous Joys of Bill James Classic Baseball, by Tom Austin.
  
  

• The Mark Dewey Flap -- All about the former Giant who refused to participate in the team's "Until There's A Cure Day" ceremonies in 1996.
  
  

• Goodbye, Hank -- A sort of "feel" piece about the finest baseball broadcaster ever to don a headset.
  
  

• An Audience with Hank -- The day before "Hank Day" at the ballpark.
  
  

• Baseball Cards: Oh, You're No Fun Anymore -- Title pretty much says it all.
  
  

• Major League Baseball Team Names -- Just my opinions about them.
  
  

• The Game: The First Ten Years -- A long essay about Dave's and my table-top baseball game that we just can't get into shape; if you don't care for table-top baseball games and such, it'd probably be best to blow this one off.
  
  

• Each Time the Chips Are Downwards -- The joys of Babelfish.
  
  

GP in BP (the Baseball Prospectus site)

• Chain Chain Chain -- the "Trade Chain" article. What's the "Trade Chain" article, you ask? Why, just a long-promised history piece. Think Bobby Bonds. (I've got a graphic to go along with that -- not flashy, but still kind of cool. If you'd like to take a crack at redoing it and making it easier to follow, I'd love to see what you've got. Hell, if you can put in little pictures of the players, so much the better....)
  
  
• The Sun Glinted Off His Jewelry as He Homered to Win the Game... -- Radical premise: sportswriters hate Barry Bonds.
  
  
• The Insiders -- How Baseball Insiders believe they know more than you do by virtue of being Baseball Insiders; also, make sure to check out the contest, because I won -- not that I brag about that much, because the Giants' success in 1997 retroactively makes me look like a boob....
  

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