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Cubs shortstop makes SI cover

Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro has cracked the cover of Sports Illustrated, which features the young phenom on the issue that hits newsstands on Wednesday.

It marks the 22nd cover featuring a member of the Cubs, who hadn't made SI's cover since Arama Ramirez and Kosuke Fukudome did it in separate issues during the 2008 season.

For the record, the White Sox have been featured on SI covers 13 times, the last being Mark Buehrle's perfect game.

Here is a complete list of SI covers with members of the Cubs:

9/29/08 – Aramis Ramirez.

5/5/08 – Kosuke Fukudome.

2/26/07 – Lou Pinella and Alfonso Soriano.

4/5/04 – Kerry Wood.

10/13/03 – Kerry Wood.

4/25/03 – Sammy Sosa.

7/7/03 – Kerry Wood & Mark Prior.

3/6/00 – Sammy Sosa.

12/21/98 – Sportsman of the Year Award (Sammy Sosa & Mark McGwire).

10/7/98 – Sammy Sosa.

09/21/98 – Sammy Sosa.

06/29/98 – Sammy Sosa.

3/16/92 – Ryan Sandberg.

07/27/87 – Andre Dawson.

09/24/84 – Rick Sutcliffe.

06/11/84 – Leon Durham.

8/30/71 – Ferguson Jenkins.

9/28/70 – Leo Durocher;.

9/8/69 – Ernie Banks.

6/30/69 – Ron Santo.

2/28/66 – Leo Durocher.