tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post4206781441720167424..comments2023-10-28T08:31:25.462-04:00Comments on Subway Squawkers - A Yankees-Mets Rivalry Blog: Sports Illustrated picks Mets, jinxes YankeesSubway Squawkershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156896665605326549noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-92054988399113112802009-04-02T17:13:00.000-04:002009-04-02T17:13:00.000-04:00Sports Illustrated? In 1987, they put Joe Carter a...Sports Illustrated? In 1987, they put Joe Carter and Cory Snyder on the cover, with the words: "INDIAN UPRISING -- Believe it! Cleveland is the best team in the American League!" They'd won 86 games the year before. In June, just before being fired, manager Pat Corrales told reporters, "Sports Illustrated isn't getting my hitters out. Sports Illustrated isn't hitting my pitchers." The Indians lost 101 games.<BR/><BR/>In 2000, SI picked the Red Sox to win the Series, and put Pedro Martinez on the cover. They also printed Leigh Montville's hilarious version of what would happen if the Sox ever did win the Series: People would stop caring. He's a terrific writer, but boy was he off!<BR/><BR/>The last few years, SI has been copping out, putting each team in a major-league sport's final on "regional covers," thus "covering" their rear ends. Nice try.<BR/><BR/>Let SI pick whoever they want. Just remember, baseball games aren't played on paper, they're played on grass. (Or on plastic, if you're a philistine.)Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-47603835151838644122009-04-02T02:12:00.000-04:002009-04-02T02:12:00.000-04:00I mean, a Mets/Angels World Series isn't a complet...I mean, a Mets/Angels World Series isn't a complete impossibility, but I have to think either the Yankees or Red Sox will represent the American League in the Fall Classic.<BR/><BR/>The National League is anybody's game, but I still think the Phillies are the team to beat -- IF Cole Hamels can remain healthy and effective.<BR/><BR/>Red Sox, Yankees, Angels, White Sox in the AL; Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers, Mets in the NL.<BR/><BR/>Red Sox over Phillies in the World Series. But watch out for those Dodgers...John Frascellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925968787781657022noreply@blogger.com