Magazine Cover Derby Round 2.01

[Benjamin Grimm]

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



The Straw That Stirs The Mets

Sports Illustrated, April 23, 1984.

Winner of http://thecranepool.net/phpBB32/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28171Round 1.12

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Darryl Strawberry: The Mets' Super Sophomore is the Apple of New York's Eye

The Sporting News, May 21, 1984.

Winner of http://thecranepool.net/phpBB32/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28187Round 1.13

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[Guest 41Forever]

Have to go with the SI cover. I like the focus, and the reflection in the batting helmet.

[Edgy MD]

Man, though, it's tough recalling his attempts at little pubic mustaches that never really worked.



He should have gone for some cheek-slashing, Eddie Murray-type, pointed biker sideburns.

[batmagadanleadoff]

These covers hit the newstands within a coupl'a weeks of each other. More than anything else, this derby is reminding me of just what a humongous big deal Darryl Strawberry was from about the end of his minor league stint through his sophomore season. No. Actually, since his High School senior year.

[batmagadanleadoff]

And speaking of covers, this is the magazine and article that put Darryl Strawberry on the National map.



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[G-Fafif]

Both felt too soon (though he was the reigning NL Rookie of the Year, if one can be said to reign as the winner of something you can't win again), but it was a thrill having a guy rushed onto national periodical covers. The SI one is classier. The TSN one suggests eastbound and westbound traffic coming in and out of Darryl's nostrils.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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