mocked si cover story from 2014 picked astros to win

[tabascojet]

How the Astros are building a championship contender

 

[redseat]

SI actually got something right

 

[ill]

even crazier that they had the World Series MVP Springer on the cover.

 

[The Q]

SI actually got something right

Got this right too: http://media.gettyimages.com/photos...r-college-basketball-ncaa-picture-id116447158

 

[redseat]

Got this right too: http://media.gettyimages.com/photos...r-college-basketball-ncaa-picture-id116447158

well yeah that one was a given

 

[The Q]

well yeah that one was a given

not with the way they tried to hand that national semifinal to duke with made up calls on Okafor.

 

[ill]

what do you mean by "mocked"?

like we mocked it when it first came out?

 

[The Q]

what do you mean by "mocked"?

like we mocked it when it first came out?

Yes. It was mocked when it came out back then.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

what do you mean by "mocked"?

like we mocked it when it first came out?

Yeah, we probably did...the SI cover curse has been well established. And MAN, was Houston bad 4-6 years ago. In 2014, they were coming off 3 straight seasons of losing more than 100 games. I can imagine quite a few readers scoffing at that

 

[tabascojet]

what do you mean by "mocked"?

like we mocked it when it first came out?

2014 Sports Illustrated cover predicted the 2017 World Series

 

[Eco]

not with the way they tried to hand that national semifinal to duke with made up calls on Okafor.

I think he means the UCONN women's team...

 

[tabascojet]

2014 Sports Illustrated cover predicted the 2017 World Series

asshole goes out on a limb and picks the yankees for 2020.......

 

[redseat]

not with the way they tried to hand that national semifinal to duke with made up calls on Okafor.

Didn't work though But yes after years later I can admit they did try

 

[The Q]

Didn't work though But yes after years later I can admit they did try

If it did work I'd be talking about it the way I talk about the laughably rigged Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals.

I will never watch an NBA game again after that traveshamockery.

 

[redseat]

If it did work I'd be talking about it the way I talk about the laughably rigged Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals.

I will never watch an NBA game again after that traveshamockery.

every NBA game is rigged no matter what game it is. That's why I don't watch it, UNLESS I get tickets to actually go

 

[JohnU]

All that narrative that went on and on about draft picks and they still needed Verlander to finish it off, and Gattis, and McCann.

 

[The Q]

All that narrative that went on and on about draft picks and they still needed Verlander to finish it off, and Gattis, and McCann.

every team needs a supporting cast.

But they added the core of the team via internal pieces (Keuchel, Correa, Altuve, Bregman, Springer).

No team is 100% homegrown.

In fact, what makes them so impressive is how they used basically every avenue available.

Draft (Correa, Keuchel, Springer, Bregman, McCullers)

INTNL FA: (Altuve)

Rule 5 Draft: (Marwin)

Trades: (McCann, Devensky, Verlander, Peacock, Giles and Gattis)

Waiver Claims: (McHugh and Will Harris)

Regular FA: (Reddick)

 

[JohnU]

every team needs a supporting cast.

But they added the core of the team via internal pieces (Keuchel, Correa, Altuve, Bregman, Springer).

No team is 100% homegrown.

In fact, what makes them so impressive is how they used basically every avenue available.

Draft (Correa, Keuchel, Springer, Bregman, McCullers)

INTNL FA: (Altuve)

Rule 5 Draft: (Marwin)

Trades: (McCann, Devensky, Verlander, Peacock, Giles and Gattis)

Waiver Claims: (McHugh and Will Harris)

Regular FA: (Reddick)

I honestly never completely bought into that 'ranking' of farm systems. You need one Altuve every two years, not 13 of them. The principle of winning is finding a mix of players, modifying, taking a chance on the draft, and on trading draft picks ...
But yeah, in order to complete the puzzle, a team needs to make smart decisions on which pieces they are, and which ones they can afford to give up to get them.

 

[The Q]

I honestly never completely bought into that 'ranking' of farm systems. You need one Altuve every two years, not 13 of them. The principle of winning is finding a mix of players, modifying, taking a chance on the draft, and on trading draft picks ...
But yeah, in order to complete the puzzle, a team needs to make smart decisions on which pieces they are, and which ones they can afford to give up to get them.

Yeah and they get those guys from international fa or draft picks. It’s the hardest job in Baseball to identify amateur talent. Way harder than in any other sport.

 

[Erie Warrior]

Wow, SI is 1 for 2,197!