Yearbook Cover Derby Round 2.01 1962 vs 1990 orig

[Benjamin Grimm]

1962
Defeated the 2018 cover in Round 1.19



1990 Original Edition
Defeated the 1989 Edición Española cover in Round 1.21

[Benjamin Grimm]

This is the first poll of our second round, in which our Sweet Sixteen will be determined.

In case you missed it in the YCD parent thread, here's the bracket as of the end of Round One. Second-round voting will proceed in normal order, so tomorrow will be 1977 vs. 2002, then 2011 vs. 1985, then 1970 vs. 1984, and so on.

[Guest 41Forever]

As much as I love the lettering on that 1962 cover, the baby makes the Creepy Sun Baby look cuddly.

[A Boy Named Seo]

I was gonna comment that 62 was gonna be tough to beat, but we got a match here!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Went with spikes and diapers.

[Edgy MD]

Spikes and Diapers, coming this fall on TLC.

[G-Fafif]

Birth dates of those pictured in this round:

Bobby Ojeda: 12/17/1957
Frank Viola: 4/19/1960
Ron Darling: 8/19/1960
Baby Met: 4/11/1962
Sid Fernandez: 10/12/1962
David Cone: 1/2/1963
Dwight Gooden: 11/16/1964

So they're all practically contemporaries. Depending on the vagaries of the school district and the parents, it's possible Baby Met, Fernandez and Cone started kindergarten together. They probably ran into each other around the playground on sunny afternoons as they got older.

The six pitchers showed proper pitching form as they entered their age somewhere between 25 and 33 seasons.
Baby Met's supreme challenge was standing up. And he did it!

In 1990, Ojeda, Viola, Darling, Fernandez, Cone and Gooden combined to post 76 of the Mets' 91 wins.
In 1962, Baby Met won 40 games all by himself. He must have had no help.

The 1990 Mets finished four games out of first place after a rough start that got Davey Johnson fired.
Baby Met finished 60 1/2 games out of first place, but Casey Stengel was trusted to keep raising him for a few more years.

Six pitchers for six dollars.
One scamp for a half-buck.

Excellent use of white space twenty-eight years apart.
Nice logo twenty-eight years apart.

I'm going with the kid. He appears to have greater upside.

[Benjamin Grimm]

G-Fafif wrote: Baby Met finished 60 1/2 games out of first place

That extra half game in the standings always seemed particularly gratuitous to me.

Baby Met romped to a 21-0 victory in the first round, but is facing a little bit of opposition this time.

[G-Fafif]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Baby Met finished 60 1/2 games out of first place That extra half game in the standings always seemed particularly gratuitous to me.

The half-game was a function of the three-game pennant playoff between the Dodgers and Giants, those entities whose departure from New York made the Mets necessary. The 1962 Mets ceased to exist and kept losing ground.

Baby Met romped to a 21-0 victory in the first round, but is facing a little bit of opposition this time.

The Post speculates the "SUPERBABY" hype is getting to 1962, especially since it was seen stumbling around at the Polo Grounds opening.

[RealityChuck]

1990 is objectively the better cover, but you have to give points for 1962 for being the first.