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2022 TABLOID COVER DERBY: YEAR EIGHT

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The eighth year of the Tabloid Cover Derby is tentatively scheduled to begin on Tuesday, November 1.



There will be at least 26 first-round polls this year. Maybe one or two more if the Mets make enough back pages over the next six weeks or so. (Last year there were 24 polls in the first round.)



Format will remain the same. The winning cover, as always, will go to Stockholm. The player featured on the winning cover will get a gigantic box of Rice-A-Roni.



The stakes, obviously, could not be any higher. You won't want to miss it!


MFS62 First Round Pick

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It's the most wonderful time of the year

With ol' Ben Grimm qvelling

Back page headlines he's telling

It's the most wonderful time of the year



It's the hap-happiest season of all

With those strikeouts and mound meetings

When teams rise and fall

It's the hap-happiest season of all



There'll be manager roasting

Key errors for toasting

And rooks in the big show.

There'll be game winning stories

Compared to the glories of the

Pennant races long, long ago.



It's the most wonderful time of the year

There'll be much pennant blowing

And votes will be glowing

When selections we fear

Might be the cover of the year



It's the most wonderful time of the year

With ol' Ben Grimm qvelling

Back page headlines he's telling

It's the most wonderful time of the year

It's the most wonderful time

Yes the most wonderful time

Oh the most wonderful time

Of the year



Later


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Now that song is stuck in my head!



I'm wondering which we're more likely to see in the next few weeks? Photoshopped images of deGrom in a Yankee uniform or of Judge in a Mets uniform? Place your bets!


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I'm starting to get schpilkes. (A tingling feeling)

Or, maybe its just gas.

Later


MFS62 First Round Pick

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Kase, you can play on my lawn any time.

Just please don't leave any candy wrappers or divots.

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kcmets Draft Eligible

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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
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PREVIOUSLY, ON THE TABLOID COVER DERBY...



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The Mets have not been generating many off-season covers so far this time around, so it's looking likely that we'll end up with 26 first-round polls. That will mean that the top six covers (based on percentage of votes received) will get a second-round bye, while the remaining twenty covers will compete for the final ten slots in the Sweet Sixteen.



At this point, voting has closed for the first ten polls of Round One. Four covers have therefore been eliminated from any chance of finishing in the top six.



Here are the current standings:



1 IT'S A MIRACLE! (New York Daily News)

2 BLAST FROM THE PAST! (New York Daily News)

3 PETE TAKES 'EM HOME (New York Daily News)

4 ACE BANDAGE (New York Daily News)

5 GLAD MAX (Newsday)

6 STAR POWERED (New York Post)

7 A NINTH TO REMEMBER (Newsday)

8 MOOD SWING (Newsday)

9 THIS MAY HURT A BIT (New York Daily News)

10 MAXWELL'S SMART (New York Daily News)



Covers listed in italics have been eliminated from the competition for a second-round bye.


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In order to get the first round finished before Thanksgiving, we'll be doubling up this week, with two polls released each day, from Monday through Wednesday. Polls will remain "sticky" a little longer than usual in order to allow more opportunities to vote during a time when forum visits may be less frequent.


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Today polls 1.25 and 1.26 were posted. These are the final polls for the first round. We've now seen all of the covers, a total of 275 this year, with 103 from the Daily News, 95 from Newsday, and 77 from the New York Post. There are ten polls still open for voting. Barring any need for tiebreaker polls, we should have all 26 winners established by November 30, and the second round would likely begin on December 1.



Winning covers are ranked by the percentage of votes that they receive. The top six covers will receive a second-round bye.



Here are the current standings:



1. IT'S A MIRACLE! (New York Daily News)

2. BLAST FROM THE PAST! (New York Daily News)

3. PETE TAKES 'EM HOME (New York Daily News)

4. ACE BANDAGE (New York Daily News)

5. LATE SHOW (New York Post)

6. LET'S DO LAUNCH! (New York Daily News)



7. GLAD MAX (Newsday)

8. STAR POWERED (New York Post)

9. NICK AT NIGHT (Newsday)

10. RALLY RAT! (New York Daily News)

11. BABY HOLD ON! (New York Daily News)

12. A NINTH TO REMEMBER (Newsday)

13. MOOD SWING (Newsday)

14. COLD SNAP! (Newsday)

15. THIS MAY HURT A BIT (New York Daily News)

16. MAXWELL'S SMART (New York Daily News)





Covers listed in italics have been eliminated from the competition for a second-round bye.





Number of covers, by year:




[TABLE]









[th]Year[/th][th]Daily

News[/th]		[th]New York

Post[/th]		[th]Newsday[/th][th]Total Number

of Covers[/th]
2015135124110369
2016150117114381
2017835867208
20181148481279
201911411193318
2020728349204
20211047092266
20221037795275
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