Man or God
They say being on the cover of Sports Illustrated is a jinx, that one is doomed for failure as soon as their image is displayed on the nation’s most popular sports magazine. It has previously happened to many athletes, and even entire teams have unreasonably dropped off the face of the earth after appearing on SI’s cover. In 1987, Sports Illustrated's baseball preview touted an "Indian Rising," featuring Joe Carter and Cory Snyder of the Cleveland Indians. It said this was the year the Indians would stop being laughed at. The Indians finished with over 100 losses and dead last in the American League. Six months later SI ran the headline: "Toronto takes off" when the Blue Jays took a three-game lead over the Detroit Tigers with the regular season running out. But after that cover, the Blue Jays and company collapsed and Detroit went to the playoffs. The SI jinx is widely known. Lee Smith, the bullpen star of the St. Louis Cardinals once refused to be photographed for the cover out of fear of the jinx. It's hard to argue with him. He retired as the all-time leader in saves.One man, maybe not even a man, but a sort of immortal, has been on the cover numerous times. Never o
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