March 27, 2017 Table Of Contents
SI NOW
By WITH HOST Maggie Gray
EDITORS' LETTER
By The Editors OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
INBOX
NCAA Tournament (2017)
ONCE THE MADNESS STARTS, NO ONE CAN PREDICT WHAT (A NEAR PLANE CRASH?) OR WHO (A SOUL-SEARCHING SENIOR?) WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
By Pete Thamel
By Seth Davis
By Luke Winn
By Dan Greene
2017 MLB PREVIEW
O.K., IT HAPPENED. BASEBALL FINALLY REACHED THE CRESCENDO IT HAD BEEN BUILDING TOWARD FOR 108 YEARS—SO NOW WHAT? IT'S YEAR ONE A.C. (AFTER CUBS), AND TIME TO RESET THE STORY LINES, STARS AND STYLES THAT WILL KICK OFF THE GAME'S NEW ERA. HERE ARE 17 REASONS BASEBALL WILL STAY GREAT IN 2017 (AND BEYOND). NO, THE CUBS AREN'T GOING AWAY—CAN SOMEONE PLEASE FIND A FLAW IN KRIS BRYANT?—BUT THE PLACE TO START IS THE LIVING, BREATHING BLEND OF MANTLE AND MAYS IN OUR MIDST. THOSE WHO KNOW MIKE TROUT BEST CAN TAKE IT FROM HERE....
By Ben Reiter
By Kenny Ducey
AFTER FALLING ONE WIN SHORT, THE INDIANS ADDED ONE BIG BAT. NOW THEY LIKE THEIR CHANCES—A LOT
By Jack Dickey
THESE HIGH-IMPACT BULLPEN ARMS ARE READY TO TAKE ON BIGGER, MORE FLEXIBLE ROLES
GARY SÁNCHEZ'S HOMER BINGE WAS A BLAST—AND A SIGN THAT THE YANKEES ARE BACK TO BUILDING THE RIGHT WAY
By Ben Reiter
7 AFTER BIG PAPI, THE LITTLE THINGS
FOR THE RED SOX, WINNING—AND JOY—ARE IN THE DETAILS
By Tom Verducci
ATLANTA IS REBOOTING ITS FARM SYSTEM—WITHOUT PUNTING ON THE PRESENT
By Tom Verducci
PLAYERS TOLD SI ABOUT THEIR MOST MEMORABLE INTERACTIONS WITH FANS
By JON TAYLER
HISTORY IS HAPPENING IN CINCY: JOEY VOTTO IS A HALL-LEVEL HITTER—AND GETTING BETTER. DON'T MISS IT
By Jack Dickey
VERSATILE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS ARE HAVING A MOMENT—AND THEY'RE NOT ALL GLOVE
AFTER ROCKETING TO STARDOM IN KOREAN BASEBALL, ERIC THAMES IS TAKING ONE MORE SHOT AT BIG LEAGUE FAME
By Tom Verducci
HOW TO PUT BASEBALL'S FLOOD OF NEW STATS AND INFO TO USE? IT TAKES A TRANSLATOR WHO'S BEEN THERE
By Tom Verducci
PSYCHOLOGIST, STRATEGIST, COUNSELOR, COMEDIAN, FACE OF THE FRANCHISE: THE MODERN BASEBALL MANAGER FILLS AN ABSURD ARRAY OF ROLES, AS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE DODGERS' DAVE ROBERTS REVEALS
By Tom Verducci
POINT AFTER
Departments
His book about the 1997 Masters reminds us that Tiger Woods has a lot to offer—but that we wish he would give us more
Tourney rewind
By Andy Gray
There's a basketball team of doubters forming, and it's looking for one more player
Edited by JEREMY FUCHS
By JEREMY FUCHS
The Case for ... Christian in The Middle
By Grant Wahl