SI.com -- Sports Illustrated Covers -- May 26, 2008 -- Bottom-feeders are powerhouses, powerhouses are bottom-feeders and obscure players have cartoonish stats.

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Smells Like Padres in Here - Thursday Edition
Published 5/22/2008 by Winfield's Ghost at Gaslamp Ball: Front Page Posts
... After last night's carnage, I'd say we're ready for Dex and jbox's annual Dark Days of GLB post. Lots of stuff here - Pujols' reaction, why there was no replay and why Headley played third base yesterday.  (Re: Headly - Fuson's statement makes no sense to me.) Maybe Adrian should just be our hitting coach. Best SI cover in years.  Also contains a great story on how the  Rays have built their organization. The Reds are in town.  Wolf goes against Aaron Harang tonight ...

Top 7 - 2008 MLB Comeback Stories
Published 5/23/2008 at JoeSportsFan.com
... two or three years.  Probably only about two percent of baseball fans could even tell you who won the Comeback Player of the Year award last year (Carlos Pena and Dmitri Young), but there is surely some early competition for it this year.  Did you know that Bret Saberhagen, Andres Galarraga, and Rick Sutcliffe won that award two times apiece?  That has to be about as bittersweet of a double-award as you can get. [Note: we swear we came up with this list before seeing the latest edition of SI.] 7. Nate McLouth - Pirates ...

Comic Book Superheroes play Baseball too
Published 5/23/2008 by Richie Rich at Home Run Derby
... So Sports Illustrated went out put the Tampa Bay Rays on the cover … a cover which looks a lot like the front of a Comic Book.  There’s even a cameo by Bizarro Superman. That’s just awesome cool … but it’s not the first time Baseball and Superheroes have crossed paths.  As much as Superheroes are the legends and myths of American Folklore, it makes sense that they’ve done crossovers with America’s Pasttime.  Superman, Batman, The Hulk, the X-Men, and Spider-Man have all played a little baseball in their day … Let’s take a look … ...