Interesting, SI didn't print a cover featuring the Giants until they made it to the WS and had already won it all, but had a cover featuring Kershaw & the Dodgers, Wainwright and the Cards, McCutchen & the Pirates, Adam Jones & the Orioles and 3 on the Royals featuring Holland, Hosmer & Butler on the covers.
See:
http://www.si.com/more-sports/photos...-covers-2014#1
Just goes to show how the media ALWAYS underestimates the Giants.