2019 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 2.04 ARCTIC BLAST vs. DAVIS ROCKS GOLIATH!

[Benjamin Grimm]

From Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam:



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Please vote for the cover that you prefer. Voting will run for seven days.



ARCTIC BLAST

Newsday, July 9, 2019.

Winner of http://thecranepool.net/phpBB32/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28942Round 1.15

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DAVIS ROCKS GOLIATH!

New York Daily News, September 15, 2019.

Winner of http://thecranepool.net/phpBB32/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28972Round 1.23

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[Johnny Lunchbucket]

They are bith good covers but please keep in mind the Davis Game was much more important to the arc of the season than a silly batting-practice exhibition.

[Edgy MD]

Indeed, and Rajai gets my vote. But DAVIS ROCKS GOLIATH is weak sauce as far as punning goes, and I don't see that one advancing much further.



Is GARDY PARTY! a reference to Ron Gardenhire?

[seawolf17]

Right, but we're not voting for the cover that meant the most to the season - we're voting for the best cover. And I agree with Edgy's point about DAVIS.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Just saying newsworthiness should be a consideration. It is news after all. And as back pages during baseball season go, the 1st day of the All-Star Break is about as slow a "news day" as can be imagined, and the "event" getting the coverage is fake news as far as baseball goes.

[G-Fafif]

Pete's national coming out party = real news.

[Edgy MD]

Newsday has upped their game, but the lack of outlines, both on the text and the frames of the image, remains an unforced error.



Their shit don't pop.

[bmfc1]

Good analysis by Edgy as to what makes the Newsday cover, which should have been iconic, the 2d choice in this round.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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[Edgy MD]

Boo!

[G-Fafif]

Yay!