The SI Vault Twitter account, curated by Sports Illustrated‘s Andy Gray, is a great source for old sports photos, but as with all media outlets, it sometimes includes errors. Tuesday’s was especially notable, though, given the previous mistakes ESPN and CBS have made in overlooking the White Sox in coverage of the Cubs’ championship drought. Gray went on a quest for “the best Cubs photo I could find,” and came up with one of legendary broadcaster Harry Caray. The only problem? It was from Caray’s days as a broadcaster for the White Sox (where he spent 11 years before moving to the Cubs), as many Twitter respondents soon pointed out (the “Sox” hats in the background help give it away):
Searched for the best Cubs photo I could find. This is the clear winner. pic.twitter.com/1OPKbPD2N1
— SI Vault (@si_vault) October 25, 2016
To Gray and SI’s credit, though, they didn’t delete the tweet, and Gray instead cleverly apologized and then retweeted some of the funniest criticisms he received:
Dear Twitter. Apologies for the Harry Caray pic, as its obviously from his White Sox days. Bad mistake. This vendor & I apologize profusely. pic.twitter.com/HaWQmauOe7
— SI Vault (@si_vault) October 25, 2016
Here are some of the tweets Gray then retweeted from the @SI_Vault account:
https://twitter.com/alapinski3/status/791014320385757184
https://twitter.com/Word_Void/status/791011874200489984
And he then came up with an actual Cubs’ photo that’s pretty great:
Trying this again. Looked through all my Cubs photos and this is my favorite. pic.twitter.com/Js3Nq9JgSK
— SI Vault (@si_vault) October 25, 2016
Everyone makes mistakes, but not everyone handles them well. We’ve now seen a good apology from ESPN and one that’s both sincere and clever from SI, though, and both of those should make White Sox fans feel a little better about being overlooked. Warning to the rest of the media, though; please don’t forget about the White Sox.
[SI Vault on Twitter]
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