Benjamin Grimm

We have now seen all of the covers in the Magazine Cover Derby. Next week, when the 32nd poll of the first round has completed, I'll post a graphic showing the brackets. Second-round voting will begin on May 20.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/1.28w.png> Rankings so far: 1. Casey of the Mets (Sports Illustrated) 2. The Amaysing Mets (Sports Illustrated) 3. Mets in the Stretch (Life) 4. Dr. K: Baseball's Hottest Pitcher (Time) 5. Best Infield Ever? (Sports Illustrated) 6. Struggle at the Top (Sports Illustrated) 7. Dwight the Great (Sports Illustrated) 8. The Movin' Mets (Sports Illustrated) 9. Late Innings (The New Yorker) 10. Pennant Pressure (Sports Illustrated) 11. Jay Hook of the N.Y. Mets (SarcoScope) 12. You Can Go Home Again (Sports Illustrated) 13. Doctor K (Sports Illustrated) 14. Tom & Nancy Seaver (McCall's) 15. Casey Stengel (New York Sunday News Magazine) 16. The Straw That Stirs The Mets (Sports Illustrated) 17. Darryl Strawberry: The Mets' Super Sophomore is the Apple of New York's Eye (The Sporting News) 18. The Real Tom Seaver by Bud Harrelson (Sport Magazine) 19. Iwo Jima (Jock Magazine) 20. Darryl Strawberry: No Big Apple Hype (Inside Sports) 21. Tom Seaver & The Art Of Pitching (Sport Magazine) 22. Big Gun: Dave Kingman (The Sporting News) 23. Mona Lisa (The New Yorker) 24. Armed Force (Sports Illustrated) 25. Mr. Long Ball (Sports Illustrated) 26. The Straw Man! (New York Sports) 27. Let's Go Mets! (New York) 28. The Baseball Battle for New York (Sports Illustrated)

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/MCD.png> Vote for the cover that you like the best. Voting will run for seven days. Mets' Mr. Clutch: Jon Matlack The Sporting News, October 27, 1973. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19731027_TSN.jpg> Sid Fernandez: The Mets' Unsung Hero Baseball Digest, February 1987. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19870200_BD.jpg> Pure Joy ESPN, October 9, 2006. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/20061009_ESPN.jpg> Darryl Strawberry: Better Than You Think Sport Magazine, April 1987. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19870400_SPORT.jpg>

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http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/1.27w.png> Rankings so far: 1. Casey of the Mets (Sports Illustrated) 2. The Amaysing Mets (Sports Illustrated) 3. Mets in the Stretch (Life) 4. Dr. K: Baseball's Hottest Pitcher (Time) 5. Best Infield Ever? (Sports Illustrated) 6. Struggle at the Top (Sports Illustrated) 7. Dwight the Great (Sports Illustrated) 8. The Movin' Mets (Sports Illustrated) 9. Late Innings (The New Yorker) 10. Pennant Pressure (Sports Illustrated) 11. Jay Hook of the N.Y. Mets (SarcoScope) 12. You Can Go Home Again (Sports Illustrated) 13. Doctor K (Sports Illustrated) 14. Tom & Nancy Seaver (McCall's) 15. Casey Stengel (New York Sunday News Magazine) 16. The Straw That Stirs The Mets (Sports Illustrated) 17. Darryl Strawberry: The Mets' Super Sophomore is the Apple of New York's Eye (The Sporting News) 18. The Real Tom Seaver by Bud Harrelson (Sport Magazine) 19. Iwo Jima (Jock Magazine) 20. Darryl Strawberry: No Big Apple Hype (Inside Sports) 21. Tom Seaver & The Art Of Pitching (Sport Magazine) 22. Big Gun: Dave Kingman (The Sporting News) 23. Mona Lisa (The New Yorker) 24. Armed Force (Sports Illustrated) 25. Mr. Long Ball (Sports Illustrated) 26. The Straw Man! (New York Sports) 27. The Baseball Battle for New York (Sports Illustrated)

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/MCD.png> Vote for the cover that you like the best. Voting will run for seven days. 1973 World Series Sports Illustrated, October 22, 1973. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19731022_SI.jpg> Knight Cap Sports Illustrated, November 3, 1986. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19861103_SI.jpg> Welcome to Rip City Sports Illustrated, July 17, 2006. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/20060717_SI.jpg> Dwight Gooden: Pitcher Of Ice New York Sunday News Magazine, September 2, 1984. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19840902_SUNDAYNEWS.jpg>

=Fman99 post_id=9351 time=1557229629 user_id=86] Maybe we need to, you know, start these things before the games start. For good luck and shit. Thor vs Cal Quantrill? That sounds made up to me.

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http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/1.26w.png> Rankings so far: 1. Casey of the Mets (Sports Illustrated) 2. The Amaysing Mets (Sports Illustrated) 3. Mets in the Stretch (Life) 4. Dr. K: Baseball's Hottest Pitcher (Time) 5. Best Infield Ever? (Sports Illustrated) 6. Struggle at the Top (Sports Illustrated) 7. Dwight the Great (Sports Illustrated) 8. The Movin' Mets (Sports Illustrated) 9. Late Innings (The New Yorker) 10. Pennant Pressure (Sports Illustrated) 11. Jay Hook of the N.Y. Mets (SarcoScope) 12. You Can Go Home Again (Sports Illustrated) 13. Doctor K (Sports Illustrated) 14. Tom & Nancy Seaver (McCall's) 15. Casey Stengel (New York Sunday News Magazine) 16. The Straw That Stirs The Mets (Sports Illustrated) 17. Darryl Strawberry: The Mets' Super Sophomore is the Apple of New York's Eye (The Sporting News) 18. Iwo Jima (Jock Magazine) 19. Darryl Strawberry: No Big Apple Hype (Inside Sports) 20. Tom Seaver & The Art Of Pitching (Sport Magazine) 21. Big Gun: Dave Kingman (The Sporting News) 22. Mona Lisa (The New Yorker) 23. Armed Force (Sports Illustrated) 24. Mr. Long Ball (Sports Illustrated) 25. The Straw Man! (New York Sports) 26. The Baseball Battle for New York (Sports Illustrated)

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/MCD.png> Vote for the cover that you like the best. Voting will run for seven days. Mays Talks About His Future Career As He Quits Mets Jet, October 11, 1973. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19731011_JET.jpg> 1986 World Series Sports Illustrated, October 27, 1986. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19861027_SI.jpg> Move Over, A-Rod! The Sporting News, June 9, 2006. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/20060609_TSN.jpg> The Strawberry Statement New York Sunday News Magazine, April 1, 1984. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19840401_SUNDAYNEWS.jpg>

Mets who have been the National League http://leaptoad.com/mets/awards.php?tabno=CPlayer of the Week

There has been a lack of Wilmers around here lately.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/1.25w.png> Rankings so far: 1. Casey of the Mets (Sports Illustrated) 2. The Amaysing Mets (Sports Illustrated) 3. Mets in the Stretch (Life) 4. Dr. K: Baseball's Hottest Pitcher (Time) 5. Best Infield Ever? (Sports Illustrated) 6. Struggle at the Top (Sports Illustrated) 7. Dwight the Great (Sports Illustrated) 8. The Movin' Mets (Sports Illustrated) 9. Late Innings (The New Yorker) 10. Pennant Pressure (Sports Illustrated) 11. Jay Hook of the N.Y. Mets (SarcoScope) 12. You Can Go Home Again (Sports Illustrated) 13. Doctor K (Sports Illustrated) 14. Tom & Nancy Seaver (McCall's) 15. Casey Stengel (New York Sunday News Magazine) 16. The Straw That Stirs The Mets (Sports Illustrated) 17. Darryl Strawberry: The Mets' Super Sophomore is the Apple of New York's Eye (The Sporting News) 18. Iwo Jima (Jock Magazine) 19. Darryl Strawberry: No Big Apple Hype (Inside Sports) 20. Tom Seaver & The Art Of Pitching (Sport Magazine) 21. Big Gun: Dave Kingman (The Sporting News) 22. Mona Lisa (The New Yorker) 23. Mr. Long Ball (Sports Illustrated) 24. The Straw Man! (New York Sports) 25. The Baseball Battle for New York (Sports Illustrated)

Voting for all remaining games played in April will close on Friday morning, May 10. If you're on the list below with a 14 next to your name, then you've voted on all of the games that are about to close. If not, and you care to do so, please get your votes in during the next few days. Kong76 14 Benjamin Grimm 14 Lunch 14 G-Fafif 14 Ashie62 13 Methead 11 dgwphotography 8 FK 6

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This is the final week of Round One. By Thursday we'll have seen all of the covers in the competition. Next week we'll be on hiatus as we wait for this week's polls to close, and then Round Two will begin the week of May 20.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/images/magazines/MCD.png> Vote for the cover that you like the best. Voting will run for seven days. Willie Mays Black Sports, June 1973. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19730600_BLACKSPORTS.jpg> Darryl Strawberry: Are The Mets As Good As Their Record? Sports Illustrated, October 6, 1986. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19861006_SI.jpg> David Wright ESPN, March 13, 2006. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/20060313_ESPN.jpg> The Man Who Built the Mets New York Times Magazine, August 3, 1986. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/magazines/19860803_NYTM.jpg>

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I'll have to try to remember to link to this thread in November when these covers are up for official voting.

I like how we've become automatically conditioned to compare covers and choose a preference.

And Seaver and Koosman and Matlack and Strawberry too, I'm sure.

I think I'll vote for MANE MAN when the time comes in November.

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National League Rookie of the Month for April 2019. http://leaptoad.com/mets/awards.php?tabno=DMets Rookies of the Month I had missed Steven Matz's win in 2016 until now. I didn't even realize that Matz retained his rookie status in 2016, but I see that he only pitched 35 regular-season innings in 2015, and the cutoff is 50.

My Schaefer vote will be very straightforward for today's game: Syndergaard 6