Fuku-mania reaches the cover of SI!

[JonnyRed]

Let's hope the SI cover jinx is not in effect...

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/covers/issues/2008/0505.html

[C.C.]

That's bad ass!

 

I hate that "its gonna happen" slogan!

[Mushimus]

Great cover!

[SouthSideRyan]

That's bad ass!

 

I hate that "its gonna happen" slogan!

 

I hate the tool that invented it.

[C.C.]

That's bad ass!

 

I hate that "its gonna happen" slogan!

 

I hate the tool that invented it.

 

 

So do I! I haven't seen him around or inside of Wrigley this year?

[Jehrico]

We have a new public enemy no 1. I hate SI and their jinx...

[Sweet Swinging Billy]

Man, I couldn't resist...I ordered me a copy.

[Omar]

Man, I couldn't resist...I ordered me a copy.

 

Yeah. I'll probably steal the local library's. >_>

[C.C.]

Man, I couldn't resist...I ordered me a copy.

 

 

It'll go along side my Kerry Wood\Mark Prior SI issue.

[Oscar Zamora]

Man, I couldn't resist...I ordered me a copy.

 

Yeah. I'll probably steal the local library's. >_>

 

Naughty, naughty.

[bcl412]

With Favre retiring and Fukudome on the cover I picked a good year to get a free subscription (Even better if the Cubs win the WS).

[Sammy Sofa]

Man, I couldn't resist...I ordered me a copy.

 

 

It'll go along side my Kerry Wood\Mark Prior SI issue.

 

The 2004 "this is the year" cover?

 

Burn it. And burn this one, too.

[illiniguy]

Man, I couldn't resist...I ordered me a copy.

 

 

It'll go along side my Kerry Wood\Mark Prior SI issue.

That one angers me to this day.

[erik316wttn]

I'll have to buy an extra copy and frame it. This will have to go near the 4 Brett Favre SI's I've framed and hung on the wall in my den.

[ctcf]

You all think its cool now but you're gonna be pretty sad when Fukudome internally combusts during the game tonight.

[AlwaysaCub]

Man, I couldn't resist...I ordered me a copy.

 

 

It'll go along side my Kerry Wood\Mark Prior SI issue.

 

The 2004 "this is the year" cover?

 

Burn it. And burn this one, too.

 

No. The Wood/Prior issue was from maybe June 2003. The 2004 cover was the Opening day issue and only had Wood I believe.

 

Suffice to say, both are still somewhere in my house.

[Coach C]

Oh noes.....

[Andy]

You all think its cool now but you're gonna be pretty sad when Fukudome internally combusts during the game tonight.

To be fair, the issue won't hit newsstands until Thursday. It will probably happen this weekend.

[OleMissCub]

Recall this doozy:

 

 

http://i.cnn.net/si/si_online/covers/images/2003/0707_large.jpg

[Roast]

Recall this doozy:

 

 

http://i.cnn.net/si/si_online/covers/images/2003/0707_large.jpg

Yeah, but that was AWESOME.

[bcl412]

You all think its cool now but you're gonna be pretty sad when Fukudome internally combusts during the game tonight.

 

Fukudome eats curses

[CubsGM]

http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/2004/0405_large.jpg

[CubsGM]

Sports Illustrated cover jinx to test Cubs, Fukudome

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/921638,sicover042908.article

This week’s sign of the apocalypse: Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome is featured on the cover of the new issue of Sports Illustrated with Japanese lettering proclaiming, ‘‘It’s Gonna Happen.’’

 

Meaning the Cubs will win the World Series for the first time since 1908.

 

Cubs fans can only hope nothing was lost in translation, SI’s cover jinx does not hit Fukdome, and SI’s cover jinx does not hit the team.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Recall this doozy:

 

 

http://i.cnn.net/si/si_online/covers/images/2003/0707_large.jpg

 

I have an autographed copy of that one.

[Sweet Swinging Billy]

Recall this doozy:

 

 

http://i.cnn.net/si/si_online/covers/images/2003/0707_large.jpg

 

I have an autographed copy of that one.

 

Good for you Vance. Regardless how the 2003 and 2004 Cubs fell short, I don't blame SI nor do I blame some goat for the Northsiders futility. The Cubs just didn't get it done. Although mangement made some changes to improve the ballclub back then...I just wish Hendry, and the Cub brass would have put forth a better commitment to winning. If we had a better bullpen back then, maybe 2003 and 2004 would have been different. Certainly a better shortstop in 2003 would have helped.