Magazine Cover Derby Round 6.01 "Casey of the Mets" vs. "Dwight the Great" (FINAL ROUND)

[Benjamin Grimm]

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



Casey of the Mets

Sports Illustrated, March 5, 1962.

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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

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[Centerfield]

Can't go wrong here. Two amazing covers.

[Benjamin Grimm]

As iconic as Casey is, I had to go with the action shot of Dwight Gooden.

[Edgy MD]

It feels like 49 degrees vs. 105.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I guess I'm a little disappointed its come down to these 2. I thought the whacky paperclip arm Gooden that got trampled in an earlier showdown was a better shot. He doesn't look as electric in this pic as he actually looked irl.

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The craziest thing about the Stengel shot is that in the full length centerfold, you discover he's wearing ROOS

[G-Fafif]

It comes down to the Mets at their birth and a Met at the best any Met has ever been in life.



Nobody better to deliver the Mets into existence, though Dr. Stengel looks like he wants us to step outside into the hallway and discuss how difficult a procedure this is gonna be.



Dr. K, on the other hand, is operating free of stress. His action shot is ideal. Dwight Gooden is a Met on the cover of Sports Illustrated doing great things in a great Met era. You want to watch him throw that pitch and all the pitches to follow.



It can be argued that individual performances never got better than Doc Gooden in 1985. It can also be argued that the Mets never got better at fronting magazines than the first time one of them tried it.



The 1962 Mets achieving immediate perfection — who'da thunk it? Casey doesn't need action to create excitement. Nor did he require much of a baseball team. God knows they needed him.

[Double Switch]

For me it's more that from childhood, Casey Stengel meant baseball to me. It's a sort of DNA thing.

[A Boy Named Seo]

I'm bummed and a little surprised it came down to two SI covers. I give Dwight the slight edge despite the McDonald's colors on DWIGHT THE GREAT.

[dgwphotography]

This isn't even the best Doc cover

[Benjamin Grimm]

I really thought the Time cover would knock Casey out of the competition. It came fairly close.

[dgwphotography]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I really thought the Time cover would knock Casey out of the competition. It came fairly close.

Agreed. That time cover is iconic

[Benjamin Grimm]

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