Hell, Andy, I have SI covers from 7/7/2003 and 10/13/2003, up in my office, and everyone knows after July 7th, we…
…uh. Ok, Prior ran into a midget in Atlanta. But then, after October 13, everybody knows…
…uh, some moran interfered with Alou on a foul pop.
Hell, the SI jinx ain’t NUTHIN compared to The Curse!
ROCKFORD!!
Hey wasn’t I on the cover of SI in 1984?
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Uh, Leon, I also made the cover:
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Hey, Leon let a ball through his legs, Pedro hasn’t won anything and Sutcliffe folded in Game 5.
But after this June 1969 issue, my team’s 8-game lead fell apart, I feuded with Leo Durocher, got traded to the White Sox, never got elected to the Hall of Fame, nearly died when I wrecked my corvette in Arizona while I had a bad diabetic reaction, had both of my legs amputated, and now have no bladder.
So, no, don’t believe that jinx stuff.
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I seem to remember that Jordan guy being the cover a few times…how’d that work out for him?
Not that we should feel sorry for them:
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Check out the "Me and My Bat" story on the Giambi cover. I think we all know how much time Sammy spent with his bat. And a drill, and some cork and some…
Does anybody remember this one from 1988?
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I can’t find my copy, anywhere.
Ah, the thrill of being on an SI cover, like I was before the start of my Cleveland Indians’ exciting 60-win 1987 campaign.
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I don’t remember if SI picked us to win the Super Bowl or not, but this cover led me to an inspired performance in my final game of the 1985 season.
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There are about 6 million of these out there. Collect them all!
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Things have worked out well for me after I shared that cover with Cory Snyder and Joe Carter…
We went a full 4-11 after this cover!
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When you’re good, the cover jinx doesn’t have much effect.
Hey, we got this one right!
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Why doesn’t Sports Illustrated put George W. Bush on its cover? Didn’t he own a baseball team or something? Oh. It was the Rangers. Forget it.
SCREW ROCKFORD!!
I shared a cover with John Daly in 1991. The cover jinx didn’t do a thing to either of us…
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Actually, I made the cover as well with quite an attractive Arkansas workout suit:
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Why doesn’t anyone remember my cover that I graced in 1994 when we beat Mike Greenwell and the Red Sox in the World Series?
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Andy…my AssClown Final Four of Gary Barnett, Clettitte, Joe Morgan a/k/a the AntiChrist, and Phil Rogers out of the Kabul region is looking pretty good right now, huh?
Uh…George HW Bush, you say that appearing on the SI cover in 1991 didn’t jinx you in the 1992 election? You wanted to lose?
I think if you replace the adult male voice in this clip with the question "How do you feel about the Cubs chances to make the World Series with Prior being out for about 40 games?" the little boys answer is priceless.
Regardless, it the most funny 10 seconds you’ll see.
President Clinton is high on his Hogs? I guess SI should be given the official credit for breaking the Lewinsky story.
Bill, you moron! I think George was just saying that with his loss in 1992 things turned out almost as peachy as they did for John Daly, who has had a total of like 3 PGA wins, a string of visits to Hazelden and Betty Ford, gambling junkets that cause casinos to want to add another 3 wings and 5 failed marriages.
Speaking of covers… I think I solved your MVP 2004 dilema…
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Looks like Rudi Huxtable running home to show Theo her new jersey and hairdo.
Gives you the same feeling as the Cubs cover back in the 2003 pennant race, doesn’t it?
We’re pretty sure the “jinx” only gets you if you suck. It never did much to us.
Go Illini.
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Look at the sidebar! Baseball’s a dangerous game in Venezuela! I must keel you if you play me in Venezuela.
That’s why, when Big Z got his raise, he hired a second body guard for his family. He has one himself already.
And that bastard nearly ran me over on Addison and Southport an hour before gametime. I was waiting for the bus, and a big black Escalade with plates that said, “Big Z” nearly took my leg off.
true story.
All the curses end sometimes. I am not saying, but i am just saying since Rashad McCants is out.
Well, the Illini beat the Wisconsin home winning streak. They beat Michigan State at home easily. And they have won 3 out of the last 4 Super Bowls.
Oh, wait, the last one applies to the Patriots. And how many times were they on SI this season? Nine?
If Illinois is as good as everyone excluding Jake here hopes they are, they’ll win no matter what SI puts on the cover.
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That being said, I could have done without this. It just builds my tension more.
If Illinois is as good as everyone excluding Jake here hopes they are, they’ll win no matter what SI puts on the cover.
I love it when BC speaks for the masses.
Hey lets talk about me. I got hosed today. How many limbs do I have to lose before I get some recognition with the Veteran’s Committee.
Between all the crying that Santo does in the media about how he’s not lobbying to get in, but it would really mean a lot, and how he’s just happy his number is retired on the pole, but gee, the HOF is great too, and who knows how good his stats WOULD HAVE BEEN if only his blood sugar wasn’t going crazy during games, the fact remains that maybe his stats aren’t of the quality of a shoe-in HOF’er. Ronnie still wears shoes, right?
Fact is, he was on the ballot for 15 YEARS, and we here at the Vet’s committee like to keep our little club exclusive. We prefer voting NOONE in to voting in a marginal Cub that never won anything like #10.
And now we’ve got a certain S.P. Sosa too! You guys want Jim Palmer? We’re kind of sick of his underwear model ass.
Brooks…
Aren’t you the guy that only hit .267 and barely slugged .400 at a corner infield position?
And, got into the HOF by virtue of intellectually challenged sportswriters being impressed with one or two flashes of leather in a World Series?
I thought so.
Next time I want your opinion, I’ll beat it out of you with Ronnie’s right leg.
As a Duke alum, I’d prefer not playing the Illini until the Final Four. Unfortunately, due to Wake and UNC, I think there’s a 50/50 shot we’ll end up in Illinois’ bracket. CBS will see to it in all likelihood.
IMO, we really don’t match up very well with Illinois at all, especially with Dockery out of the lineup. The way their perimeter gets after it on D, I’d be surprised if Duke coughed up the ball less than 20 times against them, and that’s just a fact of life when you’re operating without a true point guard. You will turn the ball over against a great perimeter.
Illinois appears to be the juggernaut that every team (or at least their fanbase) believes they can give a good game to or match up well against, and obviously, it’s because in basketball, what makes you scary is a dominant big man that scores at will and changes shots on D. Illinois isn’t scary because they don’t have one. But, to me, they seem to have everything else in order, especially the ability to pass the ball that is several notches above the passing ability of almost every other team in the nation. Very well-balanced team.
Feel my wrath, bitches.
That’s a shame.
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