2016 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 3.4.2

[Benjamin Grimm]

Winner of Round 1.4.5
Winner of Round 2.4.4
11th HEAVEN
Newsday, September 22, 2016.
A come-from-behind 11th inning three-run homer by Asdrubal Cabrera gives the Mets an exhilarating win over the Phillies.


Winner of Round 1.4.6
Winner of Round 2.4.1
WET & WILD!
New York Daily News, October 2, 2016
The Mets clinch a Wild Card spot with a win in Philadelphia.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Heaven!

[Benjamin Grimm]

11th HEAVEN for me, too.

[Edgy MD]

I went with W&W. That photo is, like, impressionism.

[Lefty Specialist]

11th is arguably the game of the season. Beats Terry getting his Vitalis diluted by Budweiser.

Edited January 10, 2017 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

This poll is currently tied. Any more votes out there?

[Zvon]

This is the toughest. I have yet to vote. I will after some thought.

[Benjamin Grimm]

A few more votes have come in, but the poll remains tied. There seem to still be a few voters yet to be heard from. These "undecided voters" are in a position of great power and influence! Please be sure to chime in and make your voices heard!

[Centerfield]

This one is closer than I thought it would be.

Exit polls had Asdrubal in a landslide beating Terry 3-1. How could they be so wrong? Are people embarrassed to admit they like Wet and Wild?

[bmfc1]

Centerfield wrote: This one is closer than I thought it would be. Exit polls had Asdrubal in a landslide beating Terry 3-1. How could they be so wrong? Are people embarrassed to admit they like Wet and Wild?

People didn't want to admit that they would rather vote for a flawed cover of someone who has the same skin color and background over a superior cover of someone with a different color and background.

[Guest cooby]

Well I like ke W&W because it obviously signifies a Mets celebration and thus I don't see why anybody would vote against it

[Benjamin Grimm]

Both covers are pretty celebratory.

And the tie remains... unbroken!

[Diamond Dad]

I have to go with the game rather than the photo.

[Centerfield]

That's what a tiebreaking vote should look like. Swoop in wearing a tux and fix the situation like Winston Wolf.

[Guest cooby]

He does show a certain swagger there

[Centerfield]

You're...Ben Grimm right? This is your poll?


Sure is.


I'm Diamond Dad. I break ties.


Good. We got one.


So I've heard. May I come in?

Edited January 12, 2017 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

I thought that was James Bond.

[Diamond Dad]

Dad. Diamond Dad.

[bmfc1]

Centerfield wrote: That's what a tiebreaking vote should look like. Swoop in wearing a tux and fix the situation like Winston Wolf.

The guy who said "Let's go to the videotape!" That Wolf?

[Guest themetfairy]

You're thinking of Warner Wolf. Winston Wolf is out of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.

[Guest cooby]

Uh. Still think the clubhouse celebration is the better cover, but I can't fight D Dad in a tux

[Zvon]

I went W&W because it's the crowning moment (as of yet) of TC's career. A Mets celebratory clinch! I like how the cover was laid out to be almost all photo and everything is all Mets.

Although the Cabrera game & homer were huge, and the photo fantastic, I have to tip my cap to Mr. Collins.
Now if they used the ENTIRE shot of Cabrera I might have been swayed, but probably not.

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I still get a kick out of this view:

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[Centerfield]

That back view is better.

The cover makes it look like no one is there. The back view celebrates the moment for what it is.

[Zvon]

Centerfield wrote: That back view is better. The cover makes it look like no one is there. The back view celebrates the moment for what it is.

I think I agree. It's just so funny how absolutely no one is looking at Cabs yet. But that crowd is into it and that is a fantastic photo. If my info is correct (50/50 shot) that photo was taken by Kathleen Malone.

[Benjamin Grimm]

When this poll was tied at 9, I posted a plea for a tie-breaking vote. Two people came through, Diamond Dad publicly broke the tie and then someone else, some mysterious other, who could have restored the tie, instead reinforced 11th HEAVEN's lead. The Newsday cover, therefore, advances to the Elite Eight and WET & WILD will go somewhere to dry off.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I read on forawatch that the Stockholm office wants to know why
D-Dad recently visited Russia and more specifically his dealings with...

[Guest themetfairy]

FWIW, I simply told him that there was a tie that needed breakin'. I did nothing to influence his vote.

He was only in Russia for the blintzes.