2020 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.01 Nov 20, 2019 through Dec 21, 2019

By Benjamin Grimm
October 30, 2020 in New York Mets Talk

2020 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.01 Nov 20, 2019 through Dec 21, 2019
36 members have voted

1. 2020 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.01 Nov 20, 2019 through Dec 21, 2019
- HERE WE YO AGAIN (New York Post)
  
  2
- GOING… GOING… (Newsday)
  
  2
- MUTTS TO SELL METS (New York Daily News)
  
  8
- IS IT 2025 YET? (New York Daily News)
  
  2
- JOY IN METVILLE! (New York Post)
  
  7
- MAKE IT RAIN (New York Post)
  
  6
- THE FAMILY GUYS (New York Daily News)
  
  1
- C'MON BRO! (New York Daily News)
  
  2
- YO! NOW FIX THE PEN! (New York Daily News)
  
  4
- THE ACE RACE! (New York Daily News)
  
  1
- MR. PERFECT (New York Post)
  
  1

Please sign in or register to vote in this poll.

Recommended Posts

Benjamin Grimm

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/TCD.png>

Vote for the tabloid covers that you like the best. You may select up to three choices. Voting will run for seven days.

HERE WE YO AGAIN

New York Post, November 20, 2019.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2019/20191120_NYP_02.jpg>

GOING… GOING…

Newsday, December 5, 2019.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2019/20191205_NSD_02.jpg>

MUTTS TO SELL METS

New York Daily News, December 5, 2019.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2019/20191205_NYDN_01.jpg>

IS IT 2025 YET?

New York Daily News, December 5, 2019.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2019/20191205_NYDN_02.jpg>

JOY IN METVILLE!

New York Post, December 5, 2019.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2019/20191205_NYP_01.jpg>

MAKE IT RAIN

New York Post, December 5, 2019.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2019/20191205_NYP_02.jpg>

THE FAMILY GUYS

New York Daily News, December 6, 2019.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2019/20191206_NYDN_02.jpg>

C'MON BRO!

New York Daily News, December 11, 2019.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2019/20191211_NYDN_02.jpg>

YO! NOW FIX THE PEN!

New York Daily News, December 14, 2019.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2019/20191214_NYDN_02.jpg>

THE ACE RACE!

New York Daily News, December 21, 2019.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2019/20191221_NYDN_02.jpg>

MR. PERFECT

New York Post, December 21, 2019.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2019/20191221_NYP_02.jpg>

bmfc1

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Can we change our votes?

Benjamin Grimm

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Author

Posted October 30, 2020

Yes! I'm a little out of practice and forgot to check the box that allows for vote changing. It's now been checked.

We DO apologize for any inconvenience.

kcmets

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Mutts to Sell Mets is pretty funny.

Johnny Lunchbucket

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

I literally LOLed at the MUTTS headline

batmagadanleadoff

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Mutts to Sell Mets is pretty funny.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

I literally LOLed at the MUTTS headline

That's my favorite headline. I may have to put aside aesthetics for that cover.

OE -- I see that that cover lost a vote. Someone voted for it and then took it back.

batmagadanleadoff

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Mutts to Sell Mets is pretty funny.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

I literally LOLed at the MUTTS headline

That's my favorite headline. I may have to put aside aesthetics for that cover.

OE -- I see that that cover lost a vote. Someone voted for it and then took it back.

batmagadanleadoff

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

How many of these covers advance to the next round?

Benjamin Grimm

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Author

Posted October 30, 2020

Just one.

batmagadanleadoff

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

And how many covers will have eventually advanced to the next round?

Benjamin Grimm

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Author

Posted October 30, 2020

This year there are only 16 first-round polls, matching the low set in 2017. This means that the first-round winners will immediately comprise our Sweet Sixteen.

Last year, on the other hand, we had 26 polls in the first round. The seven covers with the highest vote percentage got a second-round bye, and the remaining 16 faced off against each other to narrow the field to 16.

You can see the brackets from each of the last five years in http://thecranepool.net/phpBB32/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=29766 this thread.

Johnny Lunchbucket

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Mutts to Sell Mets is pretty funny.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

I literally LOLed at the MUTTS headline

That's my favorite headline. I may have to put aside aesthetics for that cover.

OE -- I see that that cover lost a vote. Someone voted for it and then took it back.

It looked like my votes all disappeared, but I put em back

Benjamin Grimm

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Author

Posted October 30, 2020

I've found that if you comment as you vote, the votes don't count. You need to post your votes, then come back and add whatever comments you may have. That may be what happened here.

Johnny Lunchbucket

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

I also was't aware that only 1 advances. So if you have a clear favorite, it might be in your best interest not to vote for more than one?

whippoorwill

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

I haven't been paying much attention but really? They still have control for five years???????

Benjamin Grimm

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Author

Posted October 30, 2020

Remember, these covers are almost a year old. The five-year thing was the deal back then. (Or so it was rumored, anyway.) That's not the case this time around.

whippoorwill

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Good. That would

Be terrible

kcmets

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

I took Mutts and Joy, the rest are kinda meh...

whippoorwill

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Btw my kitten helped me type that

Benjamin Grimm

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Author

Posted October 30, 2020

=kcmets post_id=49345 time=1604081416 user_id=53]
I took Mutts and Joy, the rest are kinda meh...

bmfc1

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Benjamin Grimm wrote:

Yes! I'm a little out of practice and forgot to check the box that allows for vote changing. It's now been checked.

We DO apologize for any inconvenience.

But do you also say "we thank you for your patience"?

kcmets

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 30, 2020

Benjamin Grimm wrote:
=kcmets post_id=49345 time=1604081416 user_id=53]I took Mutts and Joy, the rest are kinda meh...

Yeah, I think there will probably be very few standout covers this time, since we're covering twelve months of covers but only two months in which games were played.

Lefty Specialist

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 31, 2020

These are before the deal fell apart, too. I was always "He's going to give them billions and they'll STILL control the team for 5 years? How is that possible?"

Benjamin Grimm

Old-Timey Member

Posted October 31, 2020

Author

Posted October 31, 2020

I'm still wondering about that! Could it have been a misunderstanding? That the Wilpons thought that was part of the deal but Cohen never agreed to it?