Yearbook Cover Derby Round 3.08 1966 vs 1981

[Benjamin Grimm]

1966
Defeated the 2014 cover in Round 1.24
Defeated the 1987 Revised Edition cover in Round 2.15



1981
Defeated the 1998 cover in Round 1.13
Defeated the 2007 cover in Round 2.16

[Guest 41Forever]

This battle of the cartoonists is tougher than I thought it would be. Love them both.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

yeah I'm stumped

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

make a case someone

[Benjamin Grimm]

I went with 1966 because the drawing is more skillfully done and because it's less weird. (Although the two guys holding the bamboo poles are kinda hinky.)

[Edgy MD]

Did Gallo actually have a source photo of Rusty in long sleeves?

[Guest d'Kong76]

This is probably the end of '66 run, and I voted for it.

[G-Fafif]

All right, Gallo. The cook is over. These enthusiastic gentlemen will be escorting to your seat so you can observe your mentor in the next round. C'mon, let's Go-Go-Go!

[Edgy MD]

Is Doug Flynn the weakest, least-productive player to ever grace the cover of a year book?

Both FanGraphs (0.4 WAR) and Baseball-Reference (1.0 WAR) list his 1980 as his only positive-WAR season since leaving Cincinnati, so if ever he was to make the cover, 1981 would be the year.

Which isn't to suggest that the guy wasn't a hero to me. He was!

[G-Fafif]

Edgy MD wrote: Is Doug Flynn the weakest, least-productive player to ever grace the cover of a year book?

I don't know about that. Yuchie barely passed arithmetic.