SI Cover Quiz

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Sonny Jackson. Not a lot of guys going by 'Sonny' these days.

[Edgy MD]

Good point. Yon't even find the odd "Chico' out there anymore.

Great shot, though, huh?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Check out Joe Morgan: And this fantastic shot of him as a hotshot young Astro:

I've been an SI obsessed freak for most of my life and that Astro cover was always one of my favorites. It's easy to miss second base - the lone visual reminder that the infielders are on a baseball diamond. Otherwise, Morgan and Jackson appear to be floating in space, like astronauts. That cover is from the period that I consider to be SI's golden age of covers, spanning the mid to late sixties, when SI combined their trend setting talents for sports photography with a newfound sense of creativity.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

[G-Fafif]

Love the recent historical callback here:

[seawolf17]

Edgy MD wrote: Good point. Yon't even find the odd "Chico' out there anymore.

I was curious.

Last MLB Chico: Walker, 1993. (Unless you count Jose Lind, who lasted until 1995.) Before that: Chico Ruiz, 1980.
Last MILB Chico: Cortez, PHI, 2005. Before that: three guys in the mid-90s.

That's it.

[MFS62]

I'm not a cover keeper.
But the one SI cover I have (somewhere in my house) is a picture of Gary Carter in Montreal catcher's gear. And the cover article is "Why The National League is Better".

Later

[batmagadanleadoff]

Good point. Yon't even find the odd "Chico' out there anymore. I was curious. Last MLB Chico: Walker, 1993. (Unless you count Jose Lind, who lasted until 1995.) Before that: Chico Ruiz, 1980. Last MILB Chico: Cortez, PHI, 2005. Before that: three guys in the mid-90s. That's it.

I had so many of these as a kid:

[batmagadanleadoff]

MFS62 wrote: I'm not a cover keeper. But the one SI cover I have (somewhere in my house) is a picture of Gary Carter in Montreal catcher's gear. And the cover article is "Why The National League is Better". Later

[MFS62]

Thanks,
Later

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Wilfred (Sonny) Siebert (1975) finished up one year after Roland (Sonny) Jackson. None since in the majors, but Oakland has a pitching prospect at AAA whose real name is Sonny Gray.