Sometimes the SI cover jinx can be delayed-action - Strasburg had to go in for Tommy John surgery later in the season when he was on the cover (I still have that issue).
And Cal Ripken Jr is an enemy of DC baseball - he works for Peter Angelos (owner of minor-league affiliate club in Aberdeen). He deserves everything bad that happens to him.
He's a spy in the enemy camp. He's tried several times to buy the team away from Angelos
