Magazine Tip

March 27 Major League Baseball issue

Sports Illustrated

It's been long months since the Cubs broke their streak of infamy and baseball's back. SI gets you ready with their annual preview issue. I'll tell you up front the prognosticators don't have the Red Sox winning the World Series, but there's still a huge amount of beautiful writing and clever ideas: An oral history of Mike Trout is delightful; a long piece on "17 Reasons Baseball will be Great Again in '17" is joyful and infectious; the profile of Dodgers manager Dave Roberts — who stole the most important base in Sox history — is a fine portrait of not just the man but also the modern skipper. And, yes, Kris Bryant is just as cool as you suspected he is.