Back in March Sports Illustrated picked Cleveland to win the World Series. Oops. As of Monday Cleveland owns the fewest wins in the American League (11) and second-worst winning percentage. If Twitter is to be believed, the team canceled its subscription to the magazine, too.
However the social media banter doesn’t have anything to do with the initial preseason proclamation, but rather a post about Cleveland’s porous team defense. The SI account teased this article with the wording, “Are the Indians the worst defensive team in modern Major League history.”
It led to this:
Print media loses again, apparently.
[via Cleveland.com]
