Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.11 1987 orig vs 1992 Española

[Benjamin Grimm]

1987 Original Edition



1992 Edición Española

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm not sure that this 1992 cover is actually a yearbook. It looks more like a magazine cover. It's also not clear that it was published by the Mets. But we needed a 64th cover to round out the field, and this is the one we have.

The 1987 cover is a totally inadequate way to celebrate something as rare and precious as a World Championship, but it gets my vote because of the weakness of its competition.

[stevejrogers]

It is pre-deferred for decades contract Bonilla though.

[Guest 41Forever]

This might be the first shutout!

[A Boy Named Seo]

Whatever the Bonilla cover is, it didn't stand a chance against that nearly perfect 87.

[Benjamin Grimm]

41Forever wrote: This might be the first shutout!

Or perhaps the second. Don't forget yesterday's poll!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Went with '87, not crazy about it at all though. 1987 Revised is 10X better.

[Lefty Specialist]

World Champs vs. Bobby Bonilla.

Decisions, decisions.....

[batmagadanleadoff]

Bobby Bonilla was such an unlikeable and humorless douchebag, I might've voted against that cover even if it was nicer than the '87, just on principle.

[G-Fafif]

A gimme in the best tradition of most 16s vs. 1s. Bilingual Mets '92 seems to be our University of Maryland-Baltimore County, except for the shocking the world and upsetting an overwhelming favorite part. The $3.95 cover price gives it away as a newsstand product published by somebody else. I can't recall the Mets ever pricing their publications as such. The cover isn't inspiring (even if we allow ourselves to return to the innocence of December 1991 and the idea that signing Bobby Bo was a win), but I like that somebody thought multiple demographics required additional Met reading.

I'm reminded of this sort-of renegade 1989 Mets yearbook, published by Inside Pitch:



Decent cover.

I liked the 1987 cover in its day. Classy, understated, no mistaking what the Mets were defending. I like it better than 1970 for making clear what the Mets' most recent accomplishment was. Perhaps they could've done more (I guess we'll see the revised edition down the line), but I have no complaints. And like the World Champion 1986 Mets for the balance of six months, this yearbook in this round has no competition.

[Zvon]

I'm not sure that this 1992 cover is actually a yearbook. It looks more like a magazine cover. It's also not clear that it was published by the Mets. But we needed a 64th cover to round out the field, and this is the one we have.

The Mets yearbook I have for 1992 looks exactly like this:


And this don't suck. Still wouldn't get my vote though.

That 1987 YB logo was boss and fueled my love of logos. To me it was inspirational and fueled my love of making logos. It has all the essentials and perfect composition.

[Benjamin Grimm]

That Jeff Torborg and friends cover is in this competition, of course, and we'll get a chance to vote on it eventually.

[Zvon]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: That Jeff Torborg and friends cover is in this competition, of course, and we'll get a chance to vote on it eventually.

So you're doing both versions when revised? That's awesome. I didn't notice. Is it possible for a first print cover to go up against a revised cover of the same year? That would be interesting.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Zvon wrote: So you're doing both versions when revised?

Of course. In the past week, we've seen both versions of 1977, for example.

Zvon wrote: Is it possible for a first print cover to go up against a revised cover of the same year? That would be interesting.

Though we'll only see 63 matchups, all 2,016 are possible. Some are only possible in the first round, some only in the second, etc. But every matchup is possible. That's no longer true, of course, now that some covers have been eliminated and others are on the brink.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Also, if you want to see the full bracket, check out page three of the Introduction thread. I'll post an updated version in that thread at the end of next week, when half of round one has been completed.