they say that if you get the cover of SI, your pretty much screwed. Just ask Donovan McNabb.
Well - Just a trip back through memory lane..
In 1987 the Cleveland Indians were on the rise, or so SI thought. Joe Carter, Mel Hall and (my favorite) Cory Snyder graced the cover of the baseball preview issue!
Unfourtunatly, the Indians finished dead last in ALL of baseball, at least 27 games back.
With a pitching staff that Included Tom Candiotti, Greg Swindell, Phil Niekro and closer Doug Jones. An Lineup that had Carter, Snyder, Pat Tabler, Julio Franco, Brook Jacoby and the great Willie Upshaw, how could SI not pick the tribe??
You can imagine how much a movie like Major League was so important to me back then (and still, one of the best), it was the ONLY time I saw the indians win!
With a line up featuring Willie Mays-Hayes, Roger Dorn, Whatever Tom Berenger's Name was and Ricky Vaughn...oh forget it...
I'd just like to point out that the Pack beat the SI Jinx in '96, making the cover along w/ KC. Even more so, SI picked KC to beat Green Bay in Super Bowl XXXI.
So naturally, New England makes it instead, and jobs to Cheesehead Nation. :-)
Star wipe, and...we're out. Thrillin' ain't easy.
THE THRILL ACW-NWA Wisconsin Home Video Technical Director...& A2NWO 4 Life! (Click the big G to hear the Packers Fight Song in RealAudio!)
I can see SBC because I thought I read someone got killed there last year. Busch shocks me I have never had a problem. The only robbery there is the price they charge for nachos (ZING!)