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

[Benjamin Grimm]

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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.

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GOING… GOING…

Newsday, December 5, 2019.

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MUTTS TO SELL METS

New York Daily News, December 5, 2019.

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IS IT 2025 YET?

New York Daily News, December 5, 2019.

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JOY IN METVILLE!

New York Post, December 5, 2019.

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MAKE IT RAIN

New York Post, December 5, 2019.

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THE FAMILY GUYS

New York Daily News, December 6, 2019.

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C'MON BRO!

New York Daily News, December 11, 2019.

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YO! NOW FIX THE PEN!

New York Daily News, December 14, 2019.

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THE ACE RACE!

New York Daily News, December 21, 2019.

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MR. PERFECT

New York Post, December 21, 2019.

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[bmfc1]

Can we change our votes?

[Benjamin Grimm]

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]

Mutts to Sell Mets is pretty funny.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I literally LOLed at the MUTTS headline

[batmagadanleadoff]

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]

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]

How many of these covers advance to the next round?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Just one.

[batmagadanleadoff]

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

[Benjamin Grimm]

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=29766this thread.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Benjamin Grimm]

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]

Good. That would

Be terrible

[kcmets]

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

[whippoorwill]

Btw my kitten helped me type that

[Benjamin Grimm]

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

[bmfc1]

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]

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]

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]

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?

[ashie62]

Joy in Metville is cute.

[Fman99]

Went with the two "Yo"s and Make it Rain. That's for strippers!

[Benjamin Grimm]

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