2016 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 3.2.2

[Benjamin Grimm]

Winner of Round 1.2.2
Winner of Round 2.2.4
SULTAN OF SWAAT
New York Daily News, May 12, 2016.
Noah Syndergaard slugs two home runs in a 4-3 win over the Dodgers in Los Angeles.



Winner of Round 1.2.8
Winner of Round 2.2.1
SIGH OF RELIEF
Newsday, June 22, 2016.
Bartolo Colon leaves the game with an injury after facing only one batter, but Hansel Robles and the Mets pen lead the Mets to a 2-1 win over the Royals.

[Zvon]

There are so many things wrong with the Sultan Of Swaat cover, yet I still went with it. The Royal game was really important but it gets kinds stuffed under the rug. I mean Thor, 8 innings, 2 kaBOOMs, in Hollywood.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I voted for SIGH OF RELIEF. It's a rather ordinary cover, but SULTAN OF SWAAT is too cluttered. I don't like when the headline obscures the player as it does in this cover.

[Lefty Specialist]

You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park but meantime......

Swaat.

[MFS62]

Initial objection that the original Sultan of Swat was an MFY was overcome.
Swaat it is.

Later

[Centerfield]

I went with Sigh too. It is aesthetically a better cover. Also, I remember watching that Dodgers game. Noah's performance was amazing, but I remember it being a very frustrating game. I think that was around the time it dawned on me that our offense might suck.

Plus I kinda like Hansel Robles. Kind of a badass. Crazy haircut. I thought he took a good step last year during that multiple inning outing (this might have been the game) where he was forced to mix in his slider a lot more. I thought that was a great development for him, but then he went back to pumping fastballs afterwards. If he can ever learn to throw that slider and mix it up a bit, he could be Addison Reed.

[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I voted for SIGH OF RELIEF. It's a rather ordinary cover, but SULTAN OF SWAAT is too cluttered. I don't like when the headline obscures the player as it does in this cover.

Yeah, there's not as much to work with on SIGH OF RELIEF, but the layout artist stays within him- or herself and totally outcomposes SULTAN OF SWAAT.

Give me 10 minutes, and I can think of a half dozen cleverer headlines, half of them shorter, of Noah Syndergaard hitting two homers. You can take the Thor's hammer angle, you can talk about Thor's thunder striking twice, something about Noah taking two of everything ...

OK, those all suck, but still.

[Centerfield]

Edgy MD wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I voted for SIGH OF RELIEF. It's a rather ordinary cover, but SULTAN OF SWAAT is too cluttered. I don't like when the headline obscures the player as it does in this cover. Yeah, there's not as much to work with on SIGH OF RELIEF, but the layout artist stays within him- or herself and totally outcomposes SULTAN OF SWAAT. Give me 10 minutes, and I can think of a half dozen cleverer headlines, half of them shorter, of Noah Syndergaard hitting two homers. You can take the Thor's hammer angle, you can talk about Thor's thunder striking twice, something about Noah taking two of everything ... OK, those all suck, but still.

Wait, I got this.

TWO HAMMERS AND THOR[/bigpurple]

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ya gotta Relief!

OE: Marla Maples sucked.

[Benjamin Grimm]

SULTAN OF SWAAT becomes the fourth cover to advance to our Elite Eight. Noah Syndergaard will be represented twice in the fourth round, with SULTAN and also with Newsday's ever-popular HAMMERS & THOR. The other two covers so far are METS IN A LANDSLIDE (Daily News) and SEEDS OF LIFE (New York Post).

Fourth-round voting will begin on Monday.