Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.12

[Benjamin Grimm]

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Vote for the cover that you like the best. Voting will run for seven days.



Sportsman of the Year

Sports Illustrated, December 22, 1969.

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The Straw That Stirs The Mets

Sports Illustrated, April 23, 1984.

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The Dead End Kids

Sports Illustrated, February 27, 1995.

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The Dark Knight Rises

Alexa, March 23, 2016.

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[Edgy MD]

How about that Ben Crenshaw?

[Guest 41Forever]

I think the Sportsman of the Year cover can go all the way! A Met being named the athlete of the year -- of all sports, not just baseball! Great portrait, nice home plate design. Uplifting story! It's a work of art!



The stirring Straw is a great cover, and would win against most others. The Dead End Kids is heartbreaking, and the silly cap pose doesn't help.

[Lefty Specialist]

I'm guessing Tom will run away with this one.



lol at Alexa.

[Benjamin Grimm]

This is two polls in a row where the sequence of covers includes Seaver, Strawberry, Gooden, Harvey.

[G-Fafif]

Perhaps it's coming up in a later round, but that Dead End Kids photo appeared to have been culled from a shoot for New York magazine in 1988 when Doc and Darryl appeared on the cover in that pose in advance of the NLCS.



I think it's fair to ask WTF is Alexa?



Tom is the Sportsman of any epoch, but I'm fondest of that premature Darryl treatment.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Why is Straw wearing a McDonalds wristband?

[kcmets]

Lone vote so far for The Dead End Kids. It's still sad.

[HahnSolo]

I went with Straw. Nice close up.



I mean , it's awesome Seaver won Sportsman of the Year, but that's not a very attractive cover. Poorly shaped home plate; dark green; Seaver's hat looks like it just came out from being tumble-dried.

[batmagadanleadoff]

=41Forever post_id=6325 time=1554379166 user_id=69]
The Dead End Kids is heartbreaking, and the silly cap pose doesn't help.

[batmagadanleadoff]

=G-Fafif post_id=6331 time=1554380804 user_id=55]
Perhaps it's coming up in a later round, but that Dead End Kids photo appeared to have been culled from a shoot for New York magazine in 1988 when Doc and Darryl appeared on the cover in that pose in advance of the NLCS.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

The Seaver cover is terribly boring, especially for a photography forward title like SI. Young Strawberry and another nickname that didn't stick, wins this round easily

[Edgy MD]

=G-Fafif post_id=6331 time=1554380804 user_id=55]I think it's fair to ask WTF is Alexa?

[Edgy MD]

=G-Fafif post_id=6331 time=1554380804 user_id=55]Perhaps it's coming up in a later round, but that Dead End Kids photo appeared to have been culled from a shoot for New York magazine in 1988 when Doc and Darryl appeared on the cover in that pose in advance of the NLCS.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Why is Straw wearing a McDonalds wristband?

That is a good question.

[HahnSolo]

https://www.scoopnest.com/user/darrenrovell/573502217493344257-in-mid-80s-steve-garvey-amp-darryl-strawberry-used-wristbands-to-pitch-mcdonald-s-players-can-t-sell-space-todayhttps://www.scoopnest.com/user/darrenrovell/573502217493344257-in-mid-80s-steve-garvey-amp-darryl-strawberry-used-wristbands-to-pitch-mcdonald-s-players-can-t-sell-space-today



It's Rovell, so who knows if it's true. But a semi-explanation of the wristband.

[G-Fafif]

Edgy MD wrote: =G-Fafif post_id=6331 time=1554380804 user_id=55]Perhaps it's coming up in a later round, but that Dead End Kids photo appeared to have been culled from a shoot for New York magazine in 1988 when Doc and Darryl appeared on the cover in that pose in advance of the NLCS.

I was going to guess 1985, based on the wrap around Straw's hand stretching up to his thumb.

[dgwphotography]

https://www.scoopnest.com/user/darrenrovell/573502217493344257-in-mid-80s-steve-garvey-amp-darryl-strawberry-used-wristbands-to-pitch-mcdonald-s-players-can-t-sell-space-todayhttps://www.scoopnest.com/user/darrenrovell/573502217493344257-in-mid-80s-steve-garvey-amp-darryl-strawberry-used-wristbands-to-pitch-mcdonald-s-players-can-t-sell-space-today It's Rovell, so who knows if it's true. But a semi-explanation of the wristband.

I seem to remember that it was for McDonalds House - that a certain amount of $$ was being donated every time he hit a home run.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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Rankings so far:

1. Casey of the Mets (Sports Illustrated)

2. Mets in the Stretch (Life)

3. The Movin' Mets (Sports Illustrated)

4. You Can Go Home Again (Sports Illustrated)

5. The Straw That Stirs The Mets (Sports Illustrated)

6. Iwo Jima (Jock Magazine)

7. Darryl Strawberry: No Big Apple Hype (Inside Sports)

8. Tom Seaver & The Art Of Pitching (Sport Magazine)

9. Big Gun: Dave Kingman (The Sporting News)

10. Mona Lisa (The New Yorker)

11. Mr. Long Ball (Sports Illustrated)

12. The Baseball Battle for New York (Sports Illustrated)