There's a jinx, a Jinx, A JINX...and then there's this thermonuclear idiocy right here...

[WilliamPitt]

Wow. This is up on Amazon...NOW, at 2:20am on Thursday January 31st, three days and 15+ hours away from the beginning of the Sunday game.

I'm...horrified. Just threw up into my soul a little bit. Flabbergasted.

Hey, Boston Globe asshat writers: NO, that little yellow "Only if" banner across the book cover doesn't salvage the situation here. This could easily become The Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion Jinx, The Greatest Of All Time, an All-Universe Jinx, The Perfect Jinx...

Un. Real.

...so, yeah, um, if the Pats do lose on Sunday, delivery of the Monday morning Globe might be delayed just a tad...after all, it's hard to print a city-wide edition if the newspaper's offices are burned to their smoldering foundations under mysterious kerosene-reeking circumstances in the wee-hour darkness of a post-defeat Monday morning...

No jury in New England would convict...whomever...under such circumstances.

Just sayin'.

:banghead:

The link:

http://www.amazon.com/19-0-Historic-Championship-Englands-Unbeatable/dp/1600781500/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201611908&sr=1-1

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[sniffa]

1. Strahan's already commented on it.

I told everyone to buy, so if they lose you'll have a collector's item. :rofl:

[Auggie]

2. GOOD -- I hope the Giants are nice and agitated.

[LiberalFighter]

4. I want to see Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning and his mother all cry in defeat.

[LiberalFighter]

5. How can anyone buy something that won't be published unless they do win SB XLII?

They can place their order but it doesn't guarantee they will receive delivery. Therefore, nobody will be able to buy it as a collector item that went bust.

The Globe isn't the only publisher jumping the gun. "New York Giants: 2008 Super Bowl Champions" is also available for pre-sale on Amazon.com. The book, published by Sports Publishing Inc., goes for $10.17.

[northzax]

8. it's michael strayhan

great at rushing the passer, just as good at trash talking.

[bluescribbler]

6. "To be published only in the event of a win"

What part of that do you not understand? If they lose, it will not be published, and there will be no collector's edition.

[LiberalFighter]

7. Those (meaning Strahan and some others) Giant's fans are nimrods

[trumad]

3. A Jinx??? A Jinx??? You want a Jinx,?

The Pat's are going to annihilate the Giants!!!!

[hughee99]

9. The Globe is owned by the New York Times, right?

Either it's complete idiocy, like when the Red Sox field crew painted the World Series logo behind home plate before game 7 of the 2003 ALCS, or maybe this was the result of a little ownership intervention. :tinfoilhat:

If the Pats win, they'll print the cover, if they lose, is there ANY chance a certain NY newspaper won't reprint this mockup?

[Blaukraut]

10. Giants have one ready to go, too - it's a wash

http://www.amazon.com/New-York-Giants-Super-Champions/dp/1596703083/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201706091&sr=1-2

[CatholicEdHead]

11. Well, SI had Eli on the cover last week I think

So I think that jinx beats all the local jinxes.

[trotsky]

12. Pull yer underwear outta yer crack, Pitt.

People talked about "undefeated" and "Patriots" all season long. Didn't keep 'em from going 16-0, and now 18-0. This is no more of a "jinx" than the NFL printing up T-shirts and caps for BOTH teams with "Super Bowl Champs" on them, so that they'll be ready to go for whoever wins the game and stands on the stage to get the trophy.

[fishnfla]

13. turn it upside down and pretend its about the dolphins

eom

[WilliamPitt]

14. I'm gonna tell trumad you said that.

Gonna laugh when I do it, too.

*snerk*

Oooooo....a stingah.