2016 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.2.1 Apr 30 through May 11

[Benjamin Grimm]

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

DOZEN GET ANY BETTER!
Newsday, April 30, 2016.



FORT KNOCKS
New York Daily News, May 1, 2016.



EIGHTH WONDER
New York Post, May 1, 2016.



BIG BLASTS, BIG BART
Newsday, May 3, 2016.



JOKERS FOIL BATMAN
New York Daily News, May 4, 2016.



BART RUTH!
New York Daily News, May 8, 2016.



THE BARTBINO
New York Post, May 8, 2016.



TICKLED PINK!
New York Daily News, May 9, 2016.



GRITTY IN PINK
New York Post, May 9, 2016.



TOPPS OF THE HEAP
New York Daily News, May 10, 2016.



HANSEL'S REGRETEL
New York Daily News, May 11, 2016.



NOAH'S ART
New York Post, May 11, 2016.

[Guest cooby]

This is a tough one

[Frayed Knot]

It was impossible to know it at the time, but that FORT KNOX cover turned out to represent the high water mark of the season for Conforto.
It was later that night that the Mets would face Madison Bumgarner with Conforto, batting 3rd, going 0/4 w/3 Ks. That alone was no big deal of course, but foreseeing this past week's election results would have been more logical than thinking that night was the beginning of a season-long spiral for Conforto that would see him fall so fast that he'd wind up spending more than 1/3 of the remaining time in the minor leagues.

Conforto prior to May 1st: .365/.492/.676
Conforto (in ML) after May 1st: .174/.267/.330

[Centerfield]

Frayed Knot wrote: It was impossible to know it at the time, but that FORT KNOX cover turned out to represent the high water mark of the season for Conforto. It was later that night that the Mets would face Madison Bumgarner with Conforto, batting 3rd, going 0/4 w/3 Ks. That alone was no big deal of course, but foreseeing this past week's election results would have been more logical than thinking that night was the beginning of a season-long spiral for Conforto that would see him fall so fast that he'd wind up spending more than 1/3 of the remaining time in the minor leagues. Conforto prior to May 1st: .365/.492/.676 Conforto (in ML) after May 1st: .174/.267/.330

And he had to rally at the end just to even end up where he did.

He's got to find himself. He has the ability to transform a lineup. For good or bad.

[Benjamin Grimm]

So Bartolo leaves us on the day that his home run is current in the Tabloid Cover Derby.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Dozen, Fort, Bartbino... that's Uncle Bartbino to you!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Nice cover commemorating what might have been Bastardo's only Met highlight.

[Lefty Specialist]

"Hansel's Regretel' is a super-witty headline, but it was a loss.