2020 Yearbook Cover Derby Challenge

[Benjamin Grimm]

THE CHAMPION

New York Mets 1967 Yearbook



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THE CHALLENGER

New York Mets 2020 Yearbook



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[Edgy MD]

Good God, where did Alfonso just hit deGrom?

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: Good God, where did Alfonso just hit deGrom?

Don't worry. It was on the left shoulder.

Yuchie over yuk! I voted 1967

Later

[G-Fafif]

The 2020 publication is not bad for a modern yearbook. If I saw this on sale in the Rotunda, I'd buy it out of excitement more than obligation. They got six of the seven youthful players who personified the 2019 exciteMets (all but Nimmo), and Davis and Conforto in all their expressiveness beats more random action shots. Clever touch with Rosario sliding.



You can't possibly omit deGrom unless your theme is Young Guns or what have you. The hierarchy of Jake and Pete above all others works here, though the Polar bat is indeed a little close for comfort.



A healthy step up, in the Willard Mullin sense, from the past couple of years. The champ remains unbeatable, but 2020 sets a nice standard for the design of the next decade. Stylistically, it evokes, a little, the 1987 revised edition.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Good God, where did Alfonso just hit deGrom? Don't worry. It was on the left shoulder. Yuchie over yuk! I voted 1967 Later

Yuchie was Bill Gallo's mascot. This one is Willard Mullin. I think Gallo's only Mets yearbook cover was an indifferent 1981 execution.



Beyond that, I agree with Greg. This year's cover is mostly pretty sharp. I like it more than this year's media guide cover.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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I think it was A Boy Named Seo who, unfamiliar with Basement Bertha, gave a very funny take on this cover.

[bmfc1]

Davis exulting one way, Conforto the other way, the whole thing looks great. Not #1 of All-Time great but it's a nice cover.

Edited August 27, 2020 by Guest

[whippoorwill]

Ha! Remember that giant poster? It was the original thumbnail photos

[Lefty Specialist]

Lotta yelling going on in that 2020 cover.

[ashie62]

They all look good



Voted for 1967 as Tom Seaver makes an appearance

[Benjamin Grimm]

Willard Mullin's 1967 cover retains the title.