Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.18

[Benjamin Grimm]

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



Tom Seaver: In Full Command

Sport Magazine, May 1970.

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Doctor K

Sports Illustrated, April 15, 1985.

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The Man

Sports Illustrated, August 21, 2000.

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Thor!

Gotham, Spring 2017.

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[Edgy MD]

"I know! Let's shoot Syndergaard from the fellatio perspective!"

[Guest 41Forever]

Tom Terrific in full command!!

[Lefty Specialist]

Hmm. Toughie. Hipster Thor loses, but I'm unsure about who wins.

[Centerfield]

Dwight's motion was pure art. There were very few angles from which his delivery could look ugly. The armpit angle is one of those few.

[Benjamin Grimm]

In this round, my vote is for Piazza.

[kcmets]

Doc K!

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

The Gooden cover should be rolling this field. What a crazy-ass angle!

[dgwphotography]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: The Gooden cover should be rolling this field. What a crazy-ass angle!

Yep, and it shows all of the torque on the shoulder and arm.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Doc all the way.

[G-Fafif]

Piazza stands as a generational complement to the Best Infield cover of a year earlier. Bought multiple copies of both to have and to share.



I was never crazy about that Doc angle, though the "dream" article within was a good concept -- create not only an All-Star team of today's best players, but give them the "best" franchise identity, put them in the "best" ballpark, have them play in front of the "best" fans, clear on to have peanuts sold by the "best" vendor (an Al Lang legend). Doc was their starting pitcher.



I prefer Seaver in a hat.



Syndergaard with a touch of Harvey there. I hope he at least got ham.

[Edgy MD]

There are two types of ham: the ham-u-got and the ham-u-lack.

[G-Fafif]

We had Tim Hamulack and Shingo Takatsu in the same month in the same bullpen. The September 2005 Mets surely led the league in Names Above Replacement.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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Rankings so far:

1. Casey of the Mets (Sports Illustrated)

2. Mets in the Stretch (Life)

3. Best Infield Ever? (Sports Illustrated)

4. The Movin' Mets (Sports Illustrated)

5. Late Innings (The New Yorker)

6. You Can Go Home Again (Sports Illustrated)

7. Doctor K (Sports Illustrated)

8. Tom & Nancy Seaver (McCall's)

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

10. Darryl Strawberry: The Mets' Super Sophomore is the Apple of New York's Eye (The Sporting News)

11. Iwo Jima (Jock Magazine)

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

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

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

15. Mona Lisa (The New Yorker)

16. Mr. Long Ball (Sports Illustrated)

17. The Straw Man! (New York Sports)

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