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HEY, YOU TRY TO GO 60 YEARS WITHOUT REPEATING YOURSELF
The anatomy of the most clichéd headline ever
"Rare Bird"
The Orioles
July 18, 1994
Dennis Rodman
May 29, 1995
Yadier Molina
March 31, 2014
"The Natural"
Ken Griffey Jr.
May 7, 1990
Tom Brady
April 15, 2002
Jeff Francoeur
Aug. 29, 2005
"A Rare Bird: The Natural"
Dave Stieb
May 16, 1983
PHOTO
GO FIGURE
11
Number of times "High and Mighty" has been used as an SI headline.
6
Prior times SI has put Mark Kauffman's iconic photo of Eddie Mathews on its cover, including four anniversary issues.
22
Text-dominant covers in SI's history, the longest of them adding up to 295 words (from a Gary Smith story on sexual abuse).
