Saturday, November 04, 2017

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED COVER JINX

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If I was a gambling man, I could have made some serious scratch betting on my analysis of the outcome of the World Series.  Some of you may know about the legendary jinx associated with being on the cover of Sports Illustrated - read about it here.  After the Astros won the series, there has been much hullabaloo about how Houston has forever ended the SI Cover Jinx, like here and here.

But these folks are completely missing the mark.  They are basing their claims on this cover from 2014:

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However, this is a faulty analysis.  Yes, the Astros certainly overcame the 2014 Cover Jinx, but there was a much more damning cover for the Dodgers this year - this one:


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It seems pretty clear to me that being proclaimed the Best Team Ever is much more of a jinx that simply predicting who might win the World Series [although it was quite prescient].  The two fellows on the cover would probably agree that they under-performed in the Series. 
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7 comments:

  1. Hugh G.7:58 AM

    The only Sports Illustrated cover I ever paid attention to was the swimsuit issue, but I suppose it won't be long before they put some fag in a bikini on the cover.

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  2. Douglas E12:35 PM

    You pervert!!!! And I know some of the pejorative that you use who are a whole lot better looking than many women!! :-)

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  3. Jack Hoff3:44 PM

    Better turn your 'I am not a robot' feature back on, Dr. S.

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  4. DES3:10 PM

    Right on Jack - I did a google translate on a couple and they were spam adverts. I thought the I am not a robot function was on - am I wrong?

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  5. Jack Hoff5:51 PM

    It was off when I posted earlier and is off now.

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  6. DES6:01 PM

    I will see if I can fix that.

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  7. Hugh G.1:30 PM

    I think Jack is the prevert.

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