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2017 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.0.8 May 9 through May 12


HARVEY DAY (Newsday) 1 votes

CALL IT A KNIGHT (New York Daily News) 4 votes

DARK NIGHTS (New York Post) 4 votes

MATT'S ENOUGH (New York Post) 0 votes

CRY FOR HELP (Newsday) 1 votes

CATWOMAN STRIKES (New York Daily News) 5 votes

PROVE IT ALL KNIGHT (New York Post) 2 votes

BOOT HILL (Newsday) 0 votes

AWFULLY FAMILIA (New York Daily News) 7 votes

NO RELIEF (Newsday) 1 votes

CLOT THICKENS (New York Daily News) 5 votes

Why does God hate the Mets? (New York Post) 3 votes

M*E*T*S (New York Post) 2 votes

Benjamin Grimm
Nov 15 2017 11:40 AM



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

HARVEY DAY
Newsday, May 9, 2017.



CALL IT A KNIGHT
New York Daily News, May 9, 2017.



DARK NIGHTS
New York Post, May 9, 2017.



MATT'S ENOUGH
New York Post, May 9, 2017.



CRY FOR HELP
Newsday, May 10, 2017.



CATWOMAN STRIKES
New York Daily News, May 10, 2017.



PROVE IT ALL KNIGHT
New York Post, May 10, 2017.



BOOT HILL
Newsday, May 11, 2017.



AWFULLY FAMILIA
New York Daily News, May 11, 2017.



NO RELIEF
Newsday, May 12, 2017.



CLOT THICKENS
New York Daily News, May 12, 2017.



Why does God hate the Mets?
New York Post, May 12, 2017.



M*E*T*S
New York Post, May 12, 2017.

Fman99
Nov 15 2017 12:28 PM
Re: 2017 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.0.8 May 9 through May 1

These all suck too! No action shots. We get it. Everyone's hurt. Show them playing baseball, at least.

d'Kong76
Nov 15 2017 02:00 PM
Re: 2017 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.0.8 May 9 through May 1

Matt's Enough, Catwoman Strikes, Awfully Familia...

Dark Knights would be ok without the ass clutter up top.

Edgy MD
Nov 15 2017 02:20 PM
Re: 2017 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.0.8 May 9 through May 1

PROVE IT ALL KNIGHT would have worked better stylized as PROVE IT ALL, KNIGHT, but it got my vote.

41Forever
Nov 15 2017 02:47 PM
Re: 2017 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.0.8 May 9 through May 1

Any reference to Catwoman is a good thing. Clot Thickens and Awfully Familia are at least decent-ish puns.

But if Maja is forced to look at one of these all day, she'll be very sad.

Lefty Specialist
Nov 15 2017 02:48 PM
Re: 2017 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.0.8 May 9 through May 1

Harvey in his PJ's made me laugh. But there's no good news in this batch at all.

Edgy MD
Nov 15 2017 02:51 PM
Re: 2017 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.0.8 May 9 through May 1

Harvey in his PJs would have been much more effective if the title was PJ HARVEY, but all the references are for older folks. How does anybody under, say, 40, have any clue what they are trying to do with M*E*T*S?

Centerfield
Nov 15 2017 02:54 PM
Re: 2017 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.0.8 May 9 through May 1

Catwoman Strikes.

Because hey, there's a model in her underwear! That's all I got.

Benjamin Grimm
Nov 15 2017 02:56 PM
Re: 2017 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.0.8 May 9 through May 1

This has been such a long miserable season that I had pretty much forgotten all of the hullabaloo over Adriana Lima.

Centerfield
Nov 15 2017 03:29 PM
Re: 2017 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.0.8 May 9 through May 1

It really is amazing to see how quickly it all unraveled.

It started with one game in Philadelphia where Duda and d'Arnaud got hurt. Then Flores, Cabrera, Syndegaard, Cespedes and Familia. Harvey was suspended. Lugo and Matz were still out.

That is just a crazy slew of injuries.

G-Fafif
Nov 15 2017 04:45 PM
Re: 2017 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.0.8 May 9 through May 1

"BOOT HILL" is such a Newsday headline. You stare at it, you think, oh, right, "boot" is an error and the error killed them and Boot Hill is a reference to cemeteries that's clever if little used...Mets lost, got it.

G-Fafif
Nov 15 2017 04:47 PM
Re: 2017 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 1.0.8 May 9 through May 1

Sadly, I'm thinking as I look at these, "At least the Mets were big news for a week."