Magazine Cover Derby Round 4.02 "The Amaysing Mets" vs. "Dwight the Great"

[Benjamin Grimm]

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



The Amaysing Mets

Sports Illustrated, May 22, 1972.

Winner of http://thecranepool.net/phpBB32/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28281Round 1.25

Winner of http://thecranepool.net/phpBB32/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28389Round 2.04

Winner of http://thecranepool.net/phpBB32/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28510Round 3.02

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Dwight the Great

Sports Illustrated, September 2, 1985.

Winner of http://thecranepool.net/phpBB32/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28237Round 1.20

Winner of http://thecranepool.net/phpBB32/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28457Round 2.14

Winner of http://thecranepool.net/phpBB32/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28548Round 3.07

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[Centerfield]

Old man scratches head versus young man wins 20.

[Benjamin Grimm]

That Willie Mays cover is hands down my favorite, but based on the results we're seeing, it looks like he's not advancing to the Final Four.

[Guest 41Forever]

Willie Mays, the best all-around player in the history of the sport, coming back to New York to finish his career in Mets uniform. Say hey, that's a winner to me.

[G-Fafif]

Truly Amazin' (or Amaysing) moments in Mets lore reflected in each entrant. A year later, both players would be part of teams that would go far.

[Edgy MD]

I went for Doc because of composition. That grey sky blur works against Willie.



But I love that cover and I love Mays and I love him coming home.

[Lefty Specialist]

Peak Gooden is always a winner to me.

[whippoorwill]

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Old man scratches head versus young man wins 20.

[Centerfield]

Yeah, he's only 41 in that picture. But looks to be in his fifties. Really challenges the idea that "Black don't Crack".



Meanwhile, here's 41 year old Rickey Henderson, looking to be in his early 30's.


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[Edgy MD]

He played a lot more games in the sun, I imagine, and between growing up in Alabama and serving in the Army, probably spent a lot more outdoor time off the field.



You look at a picture of a baseball team from the 1920s or thirties, and they all look like fifty-year-olds. A good portion of the players were either coming out of the mines in the north or off the sharecroppers' fields in south. And every game they were allowed to stay in baseball was a day they didn't have to go back to that lifestyle.



Hard-living times.

[Guest 41Forever]

Let's go easy on calling people who are 40 or even in their 50s "old men."

[whippoorwill]

Lol yeah

I do remember my dad though, who was 45 in 1973, saying Willie moved like he was really aching

[Benjamin Grimm]

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