This Week on the Sports Illustrated Tablets: How Long Will the Strange Brew Work in Milwaukee?
Posted: August 25, 2011 Filed under: Tablet Extras, Weekly Issue | Tags: art of fielding, miami scandal, mlb free agents, nevin shapiro, Sports Illustrated on Tablet, tony plush video, u.s. open preview Comments Off
The Brewers are the hottest team in the majors right now, with a power-throwing starting rotation and bullpen that finally matches up to its wallbanging lineup. But the future of one of their stars (and one of the players featured on this week’s cover), Prince Fielder, is in doubt. Will the slugging rightfielder move on to another team after the 2011 season or remain in Milwaukee?
Fielder isn’t the only star headed for free agency this winter. This week on the tablets, Sports Illustrated takes a closer look at how five other players in their walk years—CJ Wilson, David Ortiz, Jose Reyes, Heath Bell and Albert Pujols—have enhanced their market value. Milwaukee fans who don’t want to fret about Fielder and instead focus on the joy of the present are in luck. SI has video of a classic moment from Nyjer Morgan, aka Tony Plush. We won’t give it away; download this week’s issue to find out what it is.
Another Letter to Miami Asking Them to Drop Football, Why a 154-Game Season Would be Good for Baseball, Jim Harbaugh Channels the Spirit of Bill Walsh, The Day That Damned the Dodgers and More from the Aug. 29 Issue
Posted: August 24, 2011 Filed under: Alex Wolff, Joe Posnanski, Jon Werthiem, Lee Jenkins, Phil Taylor, Weekly Issue, Weekly Press Release | Tags: bryan stow, dodger stadium beating, donna shalala, jim harbaugh, miami scandal, most popular baseball managers, nevin shapiro, shorter baseball season, us open Comments Off
You’ve seen the Brewers “living the high life” on this week’s cover. This week’s Aug. 29 issue also includes the following:
1. Time for Miami to Get Real: Sixteen years ago, senior writer Alexander Wolff asked then University of Miami president Tad Foote to dismantle a Hurricanes football program that had run amok and then some. Now, history has repeated itself. Read Wolff’s updated letter – this time addressed to Donna Shalala – addressing the Nevin Shapiro scandal by visiting Sports Illustrated’s official Facebook page. Click “Like” at the top of the page if you are not already a fan, then click “Fan’s Only” on the left-hand side of the page to read Wolff’s letter.
2. The 154-Game Solution: Senior writer Joe Posnanski argues that shortening the MLB season by eight games would not only shorten a season that seems endless as it is, it would also lend proper context to the home run records warped by the steroid era.
3. Jim Harbaugh: The new Niners coach is looking to the past and embracing the teachings of Bill Walsh – who, like Harbaugh, also made the jump from Palo Alto to the pros – hoping to achieve the same level of success as San Fran fans hope they’ve finally found a worthy successor.
4. The Day That Damned the Dodgers: When Giants fan Bryan Stow was beaten into a coma in the Dodger Stadium parking lot on Opening Day, it marked the latest black eye for a once-proud franchise. Senior writer Lee Jenkins finds out more about what the team – and the city of L.A. – have done in response.
5. 2011 U.S. Open Preview: Senior writer L. Jon Wertheim lists seven players to keep an eye on and takes a closer look at what makes the last tennis major of the year so profitable – and why U.S. tennis is in the dark ages in spite of that.
6. Which manager would major league players most like to play for? 291 players weighed in for this week’s MLB Players Poll.
Read on for more.
