Well, there goes that. As if the Cubs don’t have enough curses to deal with in their 106-year World Series championship drought, now comes the Sports Illustrated cover jinx.
The national sports magazine put the Cubbies on one of their regional covers this week with an amazing down-the-third-base-line photo of the team celebrating Kris Bryant’s walk-off home run on Monday.
This week's regional cover: The @Cubs are bringing confidence, optimism & joy to Wrigleyville http://t.co/7cduw4OP2N pic.twitter.com/19ZG0N3s8W
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) August 25, 2015
Probably more than any other team, the Cubs have helped feed the SI cover-jinx myth.
Remember this party? As Lou Piniella would say, SI likes to get all giggly about the Cubs. pic.twitter.com/9oOviqD3Q2
— jon greenberg (@jon_greenberg) August 25, 2015
No explanation given for the other 103 years… http://t.co/BFyRy3YStx pic.twitter.com/YXxUcgPjgq
— Brent Jones (@brentajones) August 19, 2015
The #Cubs are on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Yay? #WeAreGood #WeAreNotCursed #LetsKeepItThatWay pic.twitter.com/AXaglo1y0b
— Chicago Cubs Memes🐻 (@CubMemes) August 25, 2015
The one that probably hurt most, was this one:
For those Cubs fans who are still worried about the jinx, consider this cover from a week ago:
This week's SI cover: Why the Cardinals are an unkillable, unstoppable force http://t.co/DIJMb4deoe pic.twitter.com/16N3EUV2aZ
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) August 19, 2015
