Dont forget to come back at 11 a.m. Central Time on Tuesday to see what is an extremely cool looking and rather unusual cover of Zack Greinke.
Arizona Diamondbacks: December 17, 2001, Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson as Sportsmen of the Year.
Atlanta Braves: August 29, 2005, Jeff Francoeur is ?The Natural.*
*Technically, the last Braves cover was a vintage photo of Hank Aaron on July 23, 2007.
Baltimore Orioles: Oct. 14, 1996, Roberto Alomar, ?In Your Face.
*The previous four covers are all Cal Ripken covers. And the last non-Cal Ripken SI Cover before that was on July 18, 1994, with Mike Mussina and Ben McDonald as ?Rare Birds.
Boston Red Sox : Nov. 5, 2007, Jonathan Papelbon, ?Twice is Nice.
Chicago White Sox : October 31, 2005, Scott Podsednik swinging the bat in World Series.
Chicago Cubs: September 29, 2008, Aramis Ramireez, ?Welcome to the Party.
Cincinnati Reds: February 21, 2000, Ken Griffey, ?How the Reds Got Junior.*
*Unless you want to count the Pete Rose ?Confession cover in 2004. Part of the series ?
Cleveland Indians: May 14, 2007, Grady Sizemore, ?Why Sizemore Matters.
Colorado Rockies: October 15, 2007, Jeff Francis, ?Out of Thin Air.
Detroit Tigers: August 28, 2006, Justin Verlander, ?Bring It.
Florida Marlins: February 12, 2007, Dontrelle Willis, ?Sports and Global Warming.
Houston Astros: May 24, 2004, Roger Clemens, ?Bringing It Home.
California Angels: February 24, 2004, Mike Scoscia, ?Baseball Sweet Baseball.
Los Angeles Dodgers: October 13, 2008, MannyBManny, ?See Manny Run.
Milwaukee Brewers: April 27, 1987, Rob Deer, ?Brewing Up A Storm.*
*Technically speaking, Ryan Braun was on the Baseball preview cover in Marcy 2008 with Justin Upton and Troy Tulowitzki. But thats a lot like those ?League Leader Baseball cards that would have three player son them. Do those really count? Probably not.
Minnesota Twins: August 7, 2006, Joe Mauer, ?American Idol.*
*I am told this is one of the best-selling SI covers of recent years.
New York Mets: February 25, 2008, Johan Santana, ?Happy Days.
New York Yankees: April 29, 2009, C.C Sabathia, ?New Hoss, New House.
Oakland Athletics: July 17, 2000, Jason Giambi, ?The New Face of Baseball.
Philadelphia Phillies: February 23, 2009, Cole Hamels, ?The Fabulous New Life of Cole.
Pittsburgh Pirates: May 4, 1992, Barry Bonds, ?Bonds Away.*
*I think this is the last Pirates cover ? for some reason the magical SI Vault, which is one of the greatest things ever, is not giving me Pirates covers.
San Diego Padres: May 13, 2002, Trevor Hoffman, ?The Secret of San Diego.
San Francisco Giants: July 7, 2008, Tim Lincecum, ?The Freak.
Seattle Mariners: July 8, 2002, Ichiro Suzuki, ?The Improbably Impact of Ichiro.
St. Louis Cardinals: March 16, 2009, Albert Pujols, ?Albert Pujols Has A Message.
Tampa Bay Rays: Nov. 3, 2008: Rocco Baldelli, ?The World Series.*
*Interesting, but best I can tell the Rays did not get their own cover in 2008. In the above cover, Baldelli was crashing into Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz. In May, there was a cartoon Rays player holding up Derek Jeter in a comic-book cover called ?Bizarro Baseball.
Texas Rangers: June 2, 2008, Josh Hamilton, ?The Unbelievable Josh Hamilton.
Toronto Blue Jays: March 14, 2005, Three Blue Jays and writer Tom Verducci, ?I was a Toronto Blue Jay.*
*Before that you have to go to July 2000 when David Wells was on the cover with the title, ?The David Wells Diet.
Washington Nationals: May 1, 2000, Vlad Guerrero, ?Exposed!*
*Of course, this was when the Nationals were still in in Montreal. The Nationals have not been on the cover since arriving in Washington, but I would say they have a chance this year with one of those ?Can Anyone Here Play This Game, stories.
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