Post Sports Illustrated covers that advance the idea of "The SI Curse"

[bertha katzenengel]

and -- do you believe in it?

I do:


Anoyone else?

[democracyindanger]

1. .

Boy did that season take a nosedive.

[KitchenWitch]

2. I am sorry but the Ducks' uniforms are gawdawful.

[SeattleGirl]

9. Not all of them are, but those -- I agree with you.

I like the really dark green ones they wear. And the bright yellow ones? Yick!

They're still my team though, even when they look like dorks.

[democracyindanger]

10. Those aren't even the worst ones.

The worst were worn for the chokejob against Oklahoma last year. Fake diamondplate pattern on the shoulder and thigh pads.

Word is that players are consulted during the design process--which only goes to show that even college age kids can't necessarily dress themselves.

[Twillig]

25. A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever

n/t

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. I haven't seen SI in ages

but I haven't seen the jinx fail many times.

Was Cade McNown ever on the cover, or did he just get the centerfold? :rofl:

[reyd reid reed]

4. Yup...I do

'nuf said.

[WildEyedLiberal]

5. LOL

I hear Kerry Wood stubbed his toe again and will be out for a while. Must suck to be a Cubs fan...

:evilgrin:

[reyd reid reed]

8. Got his shoulder cleaned out in September

And then decided his knee needed work...right before spring training.

Prior got an owie and is on the DL, too.

And...when you're a Cubs fan, you get used to it.

[WildEyedLiberal]

11. It must suck to know that God hates your team

:evilgrin:


:P

[reyd reid reed]

13. Well...there are advantages to being a Cubs fan...

1. We're loyal.
2. We're eternal optimists.
3. We're steadfast.
4. We're resilient.
5. We face adversity with strength and grace (all that practice, y'know)
6. We're lovable.
and, probably the biggest advantage of all...
7. We're not Cards fans.

[WildEyedLiberal]

15. Q: What's the difference between a dynasty and a wannabe?

A: 300 miles on I-55.

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[reyd reid reed]

17. Awwwwww...

Now that's hardly fair. LaRussa and Pujols and Co. are doing the best they can...they can't help it...

[WildEyedLiberal]

21. Har har har

Rest assured I'll be popping a bottle of bubbly in 2008 to celebrate the Chicago Cubs 100-year dynasty of futility. :evilgrin:

[mconvente]

18. getting swept by the redsox in 2004 is hardly a dynasty!

=D

[WildEyedLiberal]

20. The pain is mitigated by our 9 World Series titles

And the fact that the greatest defensive shortstop of all time wore a Cardinals uniform.

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. Dog hates only the Jankees

She's not too fond of the American League as a whole, though.





Oh... and she's a cross-dresser.

[bertha katzenengel]

22. Yeah, look at that... even Sen. Kerry is laughing

:rofl: funny, your line seen right along w/ your sig image :hi:

[FunkyLeprechaun]

6. I kind of do...

whenever a sports star or team is featured on the cover of a certain magazine (a la Bode Miller on Entertainment Weekly) they get too cocky and lose.

That's what I feel.

[WildEyedLiberal]

7. At the beginning of college basketball season...

Michigan State was on the cover with a caption like "Going All the Way?" They were predicted to go to the Final Four and win the Big Ten. Neither happened - not even close.

[maveric]

12. Poor Donny Moore. 1986 Angels.

All season long he was automatic out of the bullpen, but couldnt hold that lead against my Sox in the ALCS.
Dewey Evans and Dave Henderson went long on him and that haunted him for the rest of his life when he shot himself.
The Ultimate baseball tragedy.

[bertha katzenengel]

23. Oh, mav, it hurts me to see that you might actually believe the '86

AL series had anything to do w/ Donnie Moore's suicide. :(

But I still love you.

Sure, it had to hurt. But haunt a man for the rest of his life -- and lead to suicide? I was so angry when that was suggested. I'm not angry anymore (nor am I mad at you, not at all) but I thought that was the most stupid thing any baseball writer could say. Fortunately a few of them stood up and said "bullshit."

Baseball happens, man. Henderson was a monster. It was his day that day, not Moore's. Baseball just happens, and everyone who plays it knows it. Donnie Moore didn't kill himself because of a home run.

Sigh.

How do you feel about the Pads this year? How do they look? Me? I'm just glad Tim Salmon's on the roster! He's my boy.

:pals:

[evlbstrd]

16. Yeah, the bastards.

[begin_within]

19. Sadly, this one beats them all...

Exactly two days after the date shown on this SI cover, Laurence Owen, along with 17 other members of the U.S. Figure Skating Team, were killed in a plane crash near Brussels, while en route to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships, which were to be held in Prague (they were canceled that year because of the crash).

[bertha katzenengel]

24. Holy crap. I'd never even heard of that.

How sad.