Jinxed or just paranoid? Indians fans lose their minds over SI cover
The Cleveland Indians are featured as one of four teams on the regional cover for Sports Illustrated's baseball preview. And some fans aren't very happy about it.
The cover features a smiling American League Cy Young winner Corey Kluber and laughing Michael Brantley, along with the words "Wait till this year."
"Why Cleveland? Why not Cleveland? Why the Tribe will win its first series since 1948," the cover reads.
Most fans would be happy to see their favorite team grace the cover of such a prominent publication -- unless of course, they believe in curses.
It's hard for Tribe fans to forget the 1987 spring training SI cover, which featured Indians' Joe Carter and Cory Snyder. The team was predicted to have a stellar season, but instead went on to lose 101 games.
So you can't blame Indians fans for being somewhat concerned about this year's cover, right?
Well these fans are downright paranoid about the supposed "SI cover jinx"
Oh good. SI predicting the Indians could win the World Series. What could possibly go wrong? pic.twitter.com/GokKTnUju6
— Al Ciammaichella (@Gotribe31) March 24, 2015
@ZackMeisel I had a Vietnam flashback to that cover.
— Christopher Swartout (@chrisswartout) March 24, 2015
Sports Illustrated picked the Indians to win it all this year. Does combining the SI jinx with Cleveland curse offset each other? #RollTribe
— Danny Karliak (@DanK_18) March 24, 2015
Ok, so thanks to the @SInow Cover Jinx, the @Indians are out of contention. Let's Go @BlueJays!
— Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) March 24, 2015
@SSika72 @neilsika @SportsBoyTony @bucksmgr @stevesirk The Indians being on the cover of SI pretty much ruined my day
— Jeff Svoboda (@JeffSvoboda) March 24, 2015
Indians on the cover of SI means that they automatically will finish last in the division #Clevelanding
— Jon Flitt (@flittski9) March 24, 2015
Don't jinx us! RT @SInow: MLB Preview: Why the @Indians will win their first series since 1948 http://t.co/8lY4WpyPGP pic.twitter.com/rXVrDDp0Gj
— Dustin Fox (@DustinFox37) March 24, 2015
Does the SI cover curse apply to regional covers too or just the national ones? Asking for a friend #Indians
— Daryl Ruiter (@RuiterWrongFAN) March 24, 2015
Oh no #SI put the @Indians on the cover #Doomed #sicoverjinx #GoTribe
— Tom Cooperider (@tomcooperider) March 24, 2015
Thanks SI. There goes the 2015 season. http://t.co/rubWR0sRuC via @SInow
— Brock Spence (@brockspence) March 25, 2015
WHY DID YOU DO THIS? MT @SInow: Why the @Indians will win their first series since 1948 http://t.co/WjRmtxJhRN pic.twitter.com/JI08xHfnEZ
— Matt Brown (@MattSBN) March 24, 2015
Manager Terry Francona and his players, on the other hand, see the cover as a huge compliment and not a curse.
