by Gregg Pearlman

The 2000 season ushered in the first team that could ever call itself "The World Champion San Francisco Giants." That's great. The only catch, really, is that the Giants forgot to actually win the World Series, or even get to it. That, however, should in no way detract from what Our Boys did give us -- specifically, the best record in the major leagues, and, as of today, the top-two vote-getters in the MVP balloting, Jeff Kent and Barry Bonds. Hard to complain about that.

The hurt, at least for me, has largely died down from the Giants' October showing, one that -- to the best of my recollection -- saw them drop three of four to the Mets in the Division Series. It's something I'm trying to put out of my mind, as you might guess. And, believe it or not, the anger pretty much went away after just a few days, perhaps because I began focusing on the third annual Postmortem.

This year, looking at it alphabetically (except for me, who'll come first because it's my site), we'll have contributions from Tom Austin, David Beck, Richard Booroojian, Grant Brisbee, Todd Hawley, and Phil Ross. That's a hefty Postmortem, and one that I think will be the most fun to date. I'm sure you'll be more than pleased with the completely genuine, unretouched photos of the staff.

• "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.

We hope you enjoy the Postmortem. I just want to thank Tom, Dave, Richard, Grant, Todd, and Phil for bringing you a fun bunch of articles, as well as the other EEEEEE! writers for their terrific efforts in the past, the name of at least one of whom I'd inadvertently leave out, so I won't list them here. That'll teach them.

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