Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.32

[Benjamin Grimm]

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



Mets' Mr. Clutch: Jon Matlack

The Sporting News, October 27, 1973.

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Sid Fernandez: The Mets' Unsung Hero

Baseball Digest, February 1987.

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Pure Joy

ESPN, October 9, 2006.

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Darryl Strawberry: Better Than You Think

Sport Magazine, April 1987.

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[Lefty Specialist]

That Strawberry cover looks like a repeat (I'm sure it isn't, but it's like the same pose)



Matlack needs better posture. And I wonder if Jose Reyes still makes his Mama crazy.

[G-Fafif]

Jose pulls off the capless look with aplomb. He grabs the final vote here.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Strawberry had such a photographable stance and swing, art directors couldn;t resist it.



I also like Jose here.



The funny thing about the Matlack cover is that the assumption is that TSN isn't really trying but then you look at the 3D banner logo and you think, maybe they ARE trying, but they just suck.

[HahnSolo]

I like Jose here.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

who the hell voted for the Matlack cover and why?

[Edgy MD]

Fred Gwynne voted for it, I think.



The word balloon detracts seriously from the ESPN cover, but there are no strong rivals here. Whatever the flaws, ESPN The Magazine generally knows layout.

[kcmets]

Went with Matlack. I remember being a right-handed goof ball putting

on my friends lefty glove and trying emulate Jon's windup and delivery.

[Edgy MD]

That's one hazy-assed background.



Did they shoot him in a steam room?

[Guest 41Forever]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: who the hell voted for the Matlack cover and why?

I the hell did. I'm assuming the color wasn't as washed out when it first came out. I like the batter's perspective, with Matlack pretending to stare in to the catcher. I'm a sucker for the 1973 team. I like a cover that's crisp and clean. "Mr. Clutch" is a nice, positive title. Not that the others aren't. It just adds a little to an already good cover.



I agree it looks like we've seen that Darryl photo a million times, and probably so because it's a classic pose for him. He does look like he's about to uncoil. I like the Sid cover, too. I remember buyng that one right after I graduated and moved to Connecticut. I like the Jose photo and especially "Pure Joy." But the balloon is not necessary and it's kind of cluttered.



This an above-average grouping.

[kcmets]

=41Forever post_id=9589 time=1557417168 user_id=69]I the hell did.

[G-Fafif]

Matlack cover date indicates issue hit newsstands just as Mets were landing back in NY after losing Game Seven in Oakland.

[dgwphotography]

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=41Forever post_id=9589 time=1557417168 user_id=69]I the hell did.

[MFS62]

I would have voted for Matlack, but I voted El Sid.

I'm trying to keep the memory of the old style Baseball Digest format alive.

And I think it looks like Seaver and Strawberry are the favorites here, no matter whether the pose is ordinary and oft seen.

So I'll be the contrarian here.



Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

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Final Rankings:

1. Casey of the Mets (Sports Illustrated)

2. The Amaysing Mets (Sports Illustrated)

3. Mets in the Stretch (Life)

4. Dr. K: Baseball's Hottest Pitcher (Time)

5. Best Infield Ever? (Sports Illustrated)

6. Struggle at the Top (Sports Illustrated)

7. Dwight the Great (Sports Illustrated)

8. The Movin' Mets (Sports Illustrated)

9. Late Innings (The New Yorker)

10. Pennant Pressure (Sports Illustrated)

11. Jay Hook of the N.Y. Mets (SarcoScope)

12. You Can Go Home Again (Sports Illustrated)

13. Doctor K (Sports Illustrated)

14. Tom & Nancy Seaver (McCall's)

15. Casey Stengel (New York Sunday News Magazine)

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

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

18. The Real Tom Seaver by Bud Harrelson (Sport Magazine)

19. Iwo Jima (Jock Magazine)

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

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

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

23. Mona Lisa (The New Yorker)

24. Pure Joy (ESPN)

25. Armed Force (Sports Illustrated)

26. The Man Who Built the Mets (New York Times Magazine)

27. Mays Talks About His Future Career As He Quits Mets (Jet)

28. Mr. Long Ball (Sports Illustrated)

29. The Straw Man! (New York Sports)

30. Let's Go Mets! (New York)

31. Knight Cap (Sports Illustrated)

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