If you have been by a newsstand this week, or you are a subscriber, by now you know the St. Louis Cardinals are on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine.
Finding yourself on the front cover of a magazine or newspaper can be good or bad, depending on the circumstances.
Where does this rank?
For starters, when you saw the words Sports Illustrated you probably cringed. If so, you may know about the infamous Sports Illustrated cover jinx.
The jinx refers to having something bad happen to the subject of the cover, either immediately or during the season.