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Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 07:13 AM

Stay turned for further announcements!

MFS62 Mar 15 2018 08:27 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

[crossout:shifqn4e]Just when you thought it was time for baseball games. Oh, fuck[/crossout:shifqn4e] OK, I guess. Later

cooby Mar 15 2018 08:31 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Neat idea!

Zvon Mar 15 2018 08:32 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I don't know how that's gonna work but I know I'll love it. Yay!

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 09:00 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I haven't figured that out yet either, but we'll soon see. I found a webpage that had quality images of most of the covers, but there are a few gaps, and if anyone can provide images I'd appreciate it. What's missing are: * The original 1977 cover (with Jerry Koosman) * Revised edition cover for 1990 (Bud Harrelson) * Revised edition cover for 1991 (Vince Coleman and Hubie Brooks) * 2017 cover * 2018 cover * Any other years (that I may not recall) where the revised cover is substantially different from the original I see a number of poor images online, but I'd like a crisp clean image that's at least 500 pixels in height. If anyone can help let me know. I do have the 1977 Koosman cover that I can scan myself if nobody has a better version. MFS62 wrote: [crossout]Just when you thought it was time for baseball games. Oh, fuck[/crossout] OK, I guess. Later Participation is not mandatory.

A Boy Named Seo Mar 15 2018 09:03 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I'll check the garage and see what I have.

MFS62 Mar 15 2018 09:07 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Participation is not mandatory. JK. It was me being me, tilting at windmills again. Later OE: Flashback - The first CPF-er I ever met was Kase. It was at a flea market. He told me that there was an old Mets Yearbook, among other memorabilia, for sale and wondered if I would be interested in buying it. I said I wasn't, but thanked him for telling me about it. I guess I'm not a yearbook kind of guy.

A Boy Named Seo Mar 15 2018 09:46 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I have the 77 and 90 you're looking for. Will upload some pics shortly.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 09:48 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Thank you! I guess, assuming that I get the other few missing covers fairly soon, we'll start this thing in early April. I'll wait until the 2018 cover is available.

A Boy Named Seo Mar 15 2018 09:56 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Let me know if these are workable.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 15 2018 09:58 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The scoreboard in that Jerry cover captures Mazzilli at 12 and Stoins wearing 16 prior to their switch.

A Boy Named Seo Mar 15 2018 10:04 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The scoreboard in that Jerry cover captures Mazzilli at 12 and Stoins wearing 16 prior to their switch. eagle eyes.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 10:09 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Let me know if these are workable. Yes, they are! Thank you! Still missing three: * Revised edition cover for 1991 (Vince Coleman and Hubie Brooks) * 2017 cover * 2018 cover And, perhaps, any other years (that I may not recall) where the revised cover is substantially different from the original. I just know about 1977, 1990, and 1991. Are there any others?

Edgy MD Mar 15 2018 10:11 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The 1982 is my dark horse. It's deeply and joyfully blue and at the same time wonderfully disposable looking. It's like a cross between the cover of a Little League dinner program and the cover of a gay wedding program. It's like a high-end chewing gum wrapper. Bonus points for the skyline logo being hand-illustrated.

d'Kong76 Mar 15 2018 10:14 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I think 1987 had two covers. The first of the WS Tropy and the revised has a montage of drawings? I can look later if you still need me to.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 10:24 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

You're right! I was able to find both versions:

d'Kong76 Mar 15 2018 10:28 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Cool! I found my list.. 1989 had two too. 1st is with small photos and a logo and the revised with an orange and blue number one symbol.

41Forever Mar 15 2018 10:53 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

This is great! I have the 2017 one and can send it tonight.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 11:31 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

This is great! I have the 2017 one and can send it tonight. Thank you! Cool! I found my list.. 1989 had two too. 1st is with small photos and a logo and the revised with an orange and blue number one symbol. This is the one that I have for 1989:

d'Kong76 Mar 15 2018 12:01 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Here ya go: [fimg=450:21brnw93]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/89MetsYrbk.png[/fimg:21brnw93]

seawolf17 Mar 15 2018 12:07 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

d'Kong76 wrote: Cool! I found my list.. 1989 had two too. 1st is with small photos and a logo and the revised with an orange and blue number one symbol. The orange and blue #1 logo, interestingly, was designed by my uncle.

d'Kong76 Mar 15 2018 12:10 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

seawolf17 wrote: The orange and blue #1 logo, interestingly, was designed by my uncle. That's pretty cool! Ben's photo changed lol...

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 12:15 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

That happened when I uploaded your image! Thanks for that 1989 cover! This is the current wish-list. 41 Forever has a lead on that 2017 cover. * Revised edition cover for 1991 (Vince Coleman and Hubie Brooks) * 2017 cover * 2018 cover

d'Kong76 Mar 15 2018 12:18 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I'll get that '91 when I put the clothes in the dryer... multitasking.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 12:20 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I found a nice 2017 yearbook image, so 41 Forever is off the hook. (Thanks, though!)

seawolf17 Mar 15 2018 12:35 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

d'Kong76 wrote: I'll get that '91 when I put the clothes in the dryer... multitasking. You shouldn't keep yearbooks in the dryer, Kase. You know, fire hazard and all that.

G-Fafif Mar 15 2018 12:49 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

This is a much better idea than starting each extra inning with a runner on second.

d'Kong76 Mar 15 2018 12:50 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

seawolf17 wrote: You shouldn't keep yearbooks in the dryer, Kase. You know, fire hazard and all that. I know, City Services would flip if they had to go into the basement... [fimg=450]http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/91MetsYrbk.png[/fimg]

41Forever Mar 15 2018 01:02 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

seawolf17 wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: Cool! I found my list.. 1989 had two too. 1st is with small photos and a logo and the revised with an orange and blue number one symbol. The orange and blue #1 logo, interestingly, was designed by my uncle. That's freaking incredible!!!! You need to tell us that story sometime!

41Forever Mar 15 2018 01:04 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I found a nice 2017 yearbook image, so 41 Forever is off the hook. (Thanks, though!) No prob! Do you need the Spanish versions? There were two years, I think.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 01:09 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Thank you again! We're just about all set. All we need is the 2018 cover and we can get started. It looks like there will be 62 covers in this competition. If that holds true, we'll have 31 first-round polls. The first-round winner with the best vote percentage will get a second-round bye and advance directly to the Sweet Sixteen. This is being put together in a hurry, so we have yet to hear from the people in Stockholm regarding how the winning cover will be honored.

G-Fafif Mar 15 2018 01:14 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

seawolf17 wrote: The orange and blue #1 logo, interestingly, was designed by my uncle. At the final game of the 2014 season, I encountered a gentleman carrying a giveaway bag bearing that logo from 25 summers before. Its truth was marching on.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 01:22 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

41Forever wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I found a nice 2017 yearbook image, so 41 Forever is off the hook. (Thanks, though!) No prob! Do you need the Spanish versions? There were two years, I think. Do they have different-looking covers? If we can put two Spanish versions in the mix, that would get us to a nice NCAA-friendly count of 64.

41Forever Mar 15 2018 01:24 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I found a nice 2017 yearbook image, so 41 Forever is off the hook. (Thanks, though!) No prob! Do you need the Spanish versions? There were two years, I think. Do they have different-looking covers? If we can put two Spanish versions in the mix, that would get us to a nice NCAA-friendly count of 64. I believe they do! Will scan and send tonight.

d'Kong76 Mar 15 2018 01:30 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

41Forever wrote: Do you need the Spanish versions? There were two years, I think. Through 1999, there were four. 1988 (same front cover as English), 1989 has different photos and Mets logo baseball (I might not have this, now I'm gonna go all ocd), 1990 not sure what is on the cover and 1992 there's a bi-lingual edition Los Mets de Nueva York with Bonilla pictured. No idea if they continued after that.

G-Fafif Mar 15 2018 01:33 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Might need a couple of play-ins.

Frayed Knot Mar 15 2018 01:34 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I found a nice 2017 yearbook image, so 41 Forever is off the hook. (Thanks, though!) No prob! Do you need the Spanish versions? There were two years, I think. Do they have different-looking covers? Yes, the Spanish cover is partially hidden behind a wall.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 01:41 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

My greatest familiarity is with the covers of the 1970s and 1980s. By the 90s I was buying with less enthusiasm, and I stopped altogether a few years ago, when I realized I was bringing them home and putting them on a shelf with barely a glance inside. There are some nice covers in the collection, and more than a few that are hideous. I already know which one is my own favorite. (I'll mention it when it appears in a poll.) I was pleased to see that not all of the more recent covers are as bad as I was thinking they were. Unlike the Tabloid Cover Derby, these covers won't be presented in chronological order. (I don't want to start with 1962 vs. 1963, and then go to 1964 vs. 1965.) I can either scramble them and we'd have random first-round assignments, or we can work from opposite ends: 1962 vs. 2018, 1963 vs. 2017, etc. Thoughts?

batmagadanleadoff Mar 15 2018 02:21 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

No to 1st round chronological order matchups. Those Willard Mullin covers are among the best. Why don't you secretly seed them yourself and then have a 1 v 64, 2 v 63, etc. NCAA style bracket. Do that without telling us you did that. OE--- I already know which is my fave. For many, many years.

Edgy MD Mar 15 2018 02:56 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Yeah, I think treating 1962 as the top seed and 2018 as the bottom has merit. Without endorsing a favorite, I'd say that keeps like from matching up against like until the later rounds.

cooby Mar 15 2018 05:01 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Obviously, we think this exciting :D

Frayed Knot Mar 15 2018 05:17 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I can either scramble them and we'd have random first-round assignments, or we can work from opposite ends: 1962 vs. 2018, 1963 vs. 2017, etc. Thoughts? I think a totally random set-up would be the fairest way to go. Any other would tend to have some kind of bias, intended or otherwise. And even though this can be set up like the college hoops tourney, there's no real seeding to do. Each year is its own entry but it's not like it pre-earned a right to face off against a particular level or era of opponent.

MFS62 Mar 15 2018 05:43 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Frayed Knot wrote: Yes, the Spanish cover is partially hidden behind a wall. Don't worry. It is skilled at climbing. Later

41Forever Mar 15 2018 06:46 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Here you go! I don't have 1990 or 1991.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 06:56 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Excellent! Thank you! The 1988 is the same design as the English-language version, but the 1989 is different.

d'Kong76 Mar 15 2018 07:07 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Do you need one more for 64? I can look tomorrow if you do. I'm in the random or 1962-2018 camp along with the other comments. Matching the early year covers against each other in the opening rounds wouldn't be fair to their greatness.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 08:37 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Yeah, I'm currently at 63, which isn't going to work. We'll either have to add a 64th cover, or I'll have to skip the one Spanish cover and go with one cover getting a first-round bye. I'd rather extend to 64 if possible. Another option would be to include the World Series programs from 1969, 1973, and 2015. (1986 and 2000 had generic MLB covers.) But they're not actually yearbooks, so I'm not sure if that would be appropriate. And the people in Stockholm aren't returning my calls. AND it would get us to 66, which is also problematic, but in a different way.

d'Kong76 Mar 15 2018 08:44 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I have at least one more Spanish one, we'll see tomorrow if it's unique enough to round out the 64. Stockholm hmphh, we need to stage a coup and leave them but that's for another time and place...

Benjamin Grimm Mar 15 2018 08:45 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

We'd all miss Maja.

Zvon Mar 15 2018 10:09 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

cooby wrote: Obviously, we think this exciting :D Most obviously, this^.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 17 2018 06:10 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I found the 1992 Spanish cover at this site: http://www.kcmets.com/MetsYearbooks.html So we're all set. Just need to wait for the 2018 cover to be released. My prediction: Mickey Callaway, flanked by Syndergaard and deGrom.

d'Kong76 Mar 17 2018 07:08 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Cool, I knew I had one somewhere haha!

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2018 09:49 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Since this is going to take a couple of months to get through, I figured we might as well get started sooner rather than later. (There's also pressure from the home office to get this underway before the Daily News steals this idea as well.) The competition between the 1962 and 2018 covers will, of course, have to wait for 2018 to become available, but all remaining matchups will be presented, starting Friday, in random order. As with the Tabloid Cover Derby, each voting thread will remain open for seven days. Because we have a full slate (as opposed to the downsized 2017 TCD) new threads will be started on weekends as well as on weekdays. If all goes according to schedule, this should keep us busy until around the All-Star break. Here's the initial look at our brackets. The people in Stockholm apologize for the tiny cover images, but promise that they'll get bigger in subsequent rounds as more space opens up.

Edgy MD Mar 20 2018 09:51 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I'm liking 1982's first round matchup!

d'Kong76 Mar 20 2018 10:04 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Wow, looks cool! Vote early, vote often. Oh wait, that's only in potus elections...

d'Kong76 Mar 23 2018 02:03 PM Re: Tabloid Cover Derby 2017 (Downsized version)

I'm surprised in this day and age the cover of the 2018 yearbook has not surfaced somewhere online. I can't find one. I mean, surely they are all printed and ready to go. Everything gets leaked nowadays. Not only that, you'd think they'd be around for people who buy that stuff online and not at games and team stores.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 23 2018 02:05 PM Re: Tabloid Cover Derby 2017 (Downsized version)

I did a search too. I found the 2018 Tigers yearbook cover, but not the Mets. You'd think it would be available to order from their website by now.

Ceetar Mar 23 2018 02:38 PM Re: Tabloid Cover Derby 2017 (Downsized version)

d'Kong76 wrote: I'm surprised in this day and age the cover of the 2018 yearbook has not surfaced somewhere online. I can't find one. I mean, surely they are all printed and ready to go. Everything gets leaked nowadays. Not only that, you'd think they'd be around for people who buy that stuff online and not at games and team stores. Leaning heavily towards "no one cares enough to leak it" the "what's new" event was yesterday. Stadium opens Thursday. They're probably switching gears right now, so perhaps it'll show up Monday?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 23 2018 02:42 PM Re: Tabloid Cover Derby 2017 (Downsized version)

Ceetar wrote: Leaning heavily towards "no one cares enough to leak it" That's very possible. I myself don't even care about yearbook covers anymore, except for the purpose of this silly little project.

Zvon Mar 23 2018 02:43 PM Re: Tabloid Cover Derby 2017 (Downsized version)

If they don't release the yearbook cover soon I'll have to whip up my own. And that's not a promise, that's a warning.

cooby Mar 23 2018 02:46 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

It'd prolly be better than the one they come up with!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2018 02:51 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I just had this idea to publish an "unofficial" Mets Yearbook, loaded with dark matter and satire in the spirit of National Lampoon's high-school yearbook parody. This is an idea, man.

d'Kong76 Mar 23 2018 03:39 PM Re: Tabloid Cover Derby 2017 (Downsized version)

Ceetar wrote: Leaning heavily towards "no one cares enough to leak it" And no one cares enough to look up from their phones to see if a yearbook or two is laying around at that concession event yesterday. Might miss a tweet or a snap. Warped priorities, your generation. hahaha

d'Kong76 Mar 23 2018 03:41 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I just had this idea to publish an "unofficial" Mets Yearbook, loaded with dark matter and satire in the spirit of National Lampoon's high-school yearbook parody. Ooooh, can we photoshop Jeff into every picture dressed inappropriately?

Zvon Mar 23 2018 04:24 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

cooby wrote: It'd prolly be better than the one they come up with! Ha! That didn't occur to me. I just had this idea to publish an "unofficial" Mets Yearbook, loaded with dark matter and satire in the spirit of National Lampoon's high-school yearbook parody. This is an idea, man. Sign me up for the graphic department. Writing is not my strong suit. I have to write a fictional interview with Ray Sadecki concerning the (not so famous yet) Sadecki Spot and I don't know where to begin, how to end, or what to say in the middle. Anyone want to do that for absolutely no remuneration? I can afford to give full credit. :) My plan is to make a comic/panel type of post for that.

Frayed Knot Mar 23 2018 05:31 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

First thing everyone would need to do would be to go back and check-out (or re-checkout) that Lampoon issue JCL references. THAT should kick up a few ideas as well as remind you what true satiric humor was like before Nat Lamp became nothing more than a brand name to slap onto mediocre comedies.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 23 2018 05:46 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

My proposed yearbook cover:

Zvon Mar 23 2018 06:09 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

My proposed yearbook cover: Niiiiice! And you didn't raise the price! yay! Well, my work here is done, albeit by someone else. DIBS ON THE BACK COVER!

Zvon Mar 23 2018 07:05 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

First draft of back cover. After I did it, it occurred to me that saying something about how the Mets drive us to drink might be more apropos. But the back cover has got to go to something involving beer, right? Wow, looking at the more recent yearbook back covers it looks like they have steered clear of that custom. I only had the 1989 and 1990 yearbooks down off the shelf. Just looked at the yearbooks for 2010 and 2011. Those have Mets/Citi Field ads. 2013 is the last I possess and that's an ad for the All Star Game at Citi. .....nevermind.

cooby Mar 23 2018 07:08 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Just beer. Awesome!

G-Fafif Mar 25 2018 01:27 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I don't remember when the broadcasts stopped advertising the yearbook, particularly the opportunity to send a check or money order for a dollar-fifty (including postage and handling) to Shea Stadium, Flushing, N.Y. 11368 (which I did to obtain my first). Bob, Ralph and Lindsey showing it and talking it up made every edition -- with its suitable for framing team picture -- a must have for every baseball library. I doubt I would have made a beeline every year for the concession to get one had I not been so expertly primed to part with my 75 cents or dollar or whatever it rose to as time went by. Though I've dutifully laid down my cash for one every year of my sentient game-going life, they now feel part curio from another age, part orphaned from the entire Met experience. The announcers don't mention them. I don't believe there's any real push to sell them via PA. Like so much of what we are ingrained to look for as baseball fans, the yearbook is one of those things you wouldn't necessarily invent today if it hadn't been invented already.

Edgy MD Mar 26 2018 11:32 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Wasn't there a 1986 post-season edition? Or is that just a post-season media guide I'm thinking of?

Ceetar Mar 26 2018 11:40 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I just had this idea to publish an "unofficial" Mets Yearbook, loaded with dark matter and satire in the spirit of National Lampoon's high-school yearbook parody. This is an idea, man. you got like three days. bookmark this for 2019 early March and you can really make strides.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 26 2018 11:41 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Not of the yearbook, I don't think. In 1969, 1973, and 2015, the World Series program had a Mets-themed cover. (And I assume, one for the Orioles, A's, and Royals for their home games.) In 1986 and 2000, there was a generic MLB cover for all post-season games. I would have liked to have included the 1969 program cover (below) but that's not a yearbook. Maybe if we ever do a Scorecard Cover Derby.

G-Fafif Mar 28 2018 02:29 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Coincidence City: I had lunch today with a gentleman whose father's company was responsible for printing the Mets yearbooks during the latter half of their first quarter-century or so. Had several swell stories related to being a kid who occasionally got to meet players and see things in shall we say the classic era of Mets baseball (which is to say when he and I and a number of you were young).

batmagadanleadoff Mar 29 2018 02:43 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

You can get a photo of tbis year's version by searching ebay (2018 mets yearbook). The 2018 version features separate photos of various Mets. No Callaway. Just players. I don't know how to grab those pics on my furshlugginer dumb smartphone.

Zvon Mar 29 2018 02:46 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

[fimg=500:13qci1uu]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kqoAAOSwiN9avRfP/s-l1600.jpg[/fimg:13qci1uu]

Benjamin Grimm Mar 29 2018 02:48 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

And there it is! Thank you! This cover will have the unenviable task of going up against the 1962 "Baby Met" yearbook.

G-Fafif Mar 29 2018 03:19 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I'm impressed they got Jake in his new 'do.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 30 2018 07:20 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

We have our first poll closing. In Round 1.01, the 1989 Revised Edition ousted the 1990 Revised Edition by a vote of 10 to 7. (None of the subsequent polls, to date, have been nearly as close. The second through eighth polls are all heavily lopsided.) These seven polls are still open for voting. The response so far for 1.07 (1979 vs. 2000) has been a little light. Judging by the vote count, there are probably four or five regular voters who have not yet chimed in. Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.02 1983 vs 1996 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.03 1977 revised vs 2002 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.04 1970 vs 2010 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.05 1963 vs 2017 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.06 1989 orig. vs 1991 orig. Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.07 1979 vs 2000 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.08 1978 vs 2001 ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Mar 31 2018 06:10 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Round 1.02 has now closed, with 1983 winning an easy 12-5 victory over 1996. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Frayed Knot Mar 31 2018 03:30 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The '96 yearbook gets eliminated only slightly more quickly than the '96 Mets were.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 01 2018 05:15 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

In yet another of what is promising to be a long string of lopsided victories, the 2002 cover has defeated the 1977 revised edition by a score of 13 to 5. Maybe Joe Torre should have shaved his wrists before the photo was taken. And someone should have told him to close his mouth. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 02 2018 04:32 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The fourth poll of the first round has provided us with our biggest landslide yet, an 18-2 win for the 1970 cover over the cover from 2010. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

41Forever Apr 02 2018 05:04 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Zvon wrote: [fimg=500]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/kqoAAOSwiN9avRfP/s-l1600.jpg[/fimg] Did the Mets wear the pinstripes for home games this spring, or those blue tops? Because the yearbook photos have Frazier, plus de Grom with short hair before they appeared in a game at Citi. Maybe some PhotoShop magic.

SteveJRogers Apr 02 2018 07:03 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Photoshop.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 03 2018 07:09 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The fifth poll has now closed, and the 1963 cover has defeated the 2017 cover by a vote of 13 to 5. The following threads are currently open for voting: [list]Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.06 1989 orig. vs 1991 orig. Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.07 1979 vs 2000 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.08 1978 vs 2001 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.09 1976 vs 2004 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.10 1977 original vs 2003 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.11 1987 orig vs 1992 Española Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.12 1985 vs 1994[/list:u] ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 04 2018 04:38 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Our sixth first-round poll has ended, resulting in a 13-3 victory for the 1991 Original Edition, eliminating the 1989 Original Edition. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 05 2018 07:20 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The 2000 cover has ousted the 1979 cover by a tally of 12 to 3. We have now concluded seven of the 32 first-round polls. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 06 2018 06:42 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Today marks the closing of the eighth poll in the first round, meaning we have now established one quarter of the participants in the second round. The string of landslides continues, as 1978 scores an easy 15-2 victory over 2001. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 07 2018 05:26 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Sixteen votes for 1976, two votes for 2004. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 08 2018 05:15 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The following polls are still open for voting: [list]Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.11 1987 orig vs 1992 Española Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.12 1985 vs 1994 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.13 1981 vs 1998 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.14 1964 vs 2016 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.15 1980 vs 1999 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.16 1967 vs 2013 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.17 1974 vs 2006 [/list:u] And, in yet another lopsided victory, the 1977 Original Edition has defeated the much-reviled 2003 yearbook by a score of 16 to 1. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 09 2018 07:10 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The Spanish-language 1992 cover, which probably isn't a yearbook at all and is therefore a likely ringer in this competition, has been eliminated by the 1987 Original Edition, by a resounding score of 18-1. That one vote that the Bonilla cover received saved it from the ignominy of being the first cover to suffer a shutout loss. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 10 2018 06:29 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

In a poll where the margin of victory was less overwhelming than usual, the 1985 cover has bumped the 1994 cover by a score of 11 to 7. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 11 2018 04:35 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

In one of our closer battles, Bill Gallo's 1981 cover has defeated the 1998 edition by a tally of 10 to 6. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 12 2018 07:35 AM Re: Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.14 1964 vs 2016

With a 14 to 3 victory, the 1964 cover advances to the second round, while 2016 will retire to the loser's lounge to enjoy the all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 13 2018 07:00 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Today's poll was the 22nd of the first round, which means we've been presented with 44 of the 64 covers that are participating in this competition. Tomorrow, the 16th poll closes, at which point we'll know half of our first-round winners. To mark this milestone, I'll be posting, in this thread, an updated graphic of the Yearbook Cover Derby bracket. Don't miss it! These are the threads that are currently open for voting: [list]Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.16 1967 vs 2013 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.17 1974 vs 2006 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.18 1969 vs 2011 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.19 1962 vs 2018 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.20 1971 vs 2009 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.21 1989 Española vs 1990 orig Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.22 1982 vs 1997 [/list:u] And, in the thread that closed today, the 1999 cover won a 16 to 3 victory over the 1980 "weird child" cover. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 14 2018 06:45 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Our 16th poll has closed, and 1967 defeats 2013 by a count of 15 to 2. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED: Now that we have officially determined one half of our first-round winners, it's time to post an updated bracket:

41Forever Apr 14 2018 07:27 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Looking through my yearbooks today, I noticed that most of the books I have from the 1960s are revised editions, and later learned that there were, in some years, multiple revised editions. Does anyone know if there is a site with a definitive listing to which years had revised editions, and how many? I didn't know about that change in the 2008 edition. Was that the last time there was a change in mid-season?

d'Kong76 Apr 14 2018 07:57 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I have a definitive list-of-all things Mets through 1999-2000 if you have specific questions. It's not my list, and as far as I know it's not available online.

d'Kong76 Apr 14 2018 08:24 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Oh, and this is a thing of beauty!

41Forever Apr 14 2018 09:23 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

d'Kong76 wrote: I have a definitive list-of-all things Mets through 1999-2000 if you have specific questions. It's not my list, and as far as I know it's not available online. Cool!!! Thanks!!!

Benjamin Grimm Apr 15 2018 05:10 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Another day. Another winner. Another loser. This time, 1974 defeats 2006, 13 to 3. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 16 2018 04:49 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Further evidence (as if we needed it!) that 1969 was a dud of a season. Its year book cover lost easily to the one from 2011, by a vote of 14 to 5. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 17 2018 06:57 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

This year's cover was no match for the overwhelming force that is known as Baby Met. The Mets inaugural year book from 1962 gets the first unanimous victory of this contest, garnering all 21 votes in the battle against the 2018 yearbook. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 18 2018 07:04 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Today marks the closing of the 20th first-round poll, with the 1971 cover defeating 2009 by a vote of 14 to 5. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 19 2018 07:26 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

In the 21st poll, the 1990 cover defeated the 1989 Edición Española by a vote of 13 to 6. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Edgy MD Apr 19 2018 07:29 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Booo!

Benjamin Grimm Apr 20 2018 04:42 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The following polls are currently open for voting: [list]Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.23 1972 vs 2008 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.24 1966 vs 2014 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.25 1986 vs 1993 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.26 1987 revised vs 1992 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.27 1968 vs 2012 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.28 1975 vs 2005 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.29 1988 vs 1991 revised [/list:u] In what was easily our closest race so far, the 1997 cover has defeated the 1982 cover by a vote of 11 to 9. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 21 2018 04:31 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

In a battle of leap years, 1972 easily ousts 2008 by a vote of 14 to 3. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 22 2018 05:44 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Willard Mullin's 1966 cover scores an 11 to 6 victory over the Granderson/Wright 2014 cover. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 23 2018 04:39 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The poll posted today, featuring 1984 vs. 1995, is the final poll of the first round. We'll take a brief hiatus now to allow the polls that are still open to run their course. Round Two will begin early next week. These are the polls that remain open for voting: [list]Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.26 1987 revised vs 1992 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.27 1968 vs 2012 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.28 1975 vs 2005 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.29 1988 vs 1991 revised Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.30 1965 vs 2015 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.31 1973 vs 2007 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 1.32 1984 vs 1995 [/list:u] The 1986 yearbook has defeated the 1993 edition by a vote of 12 to 7. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 24 2018 06:20 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

In a 15 to 1 vote, the 1987 Revised Edition has eliminated the 1992 cover featuring Jeff Torborg and his new friends. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 25 2018 04:42 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

No new polls this week, but the Yearbook Cover Derby marches on as last week's polls continue to close. Today we note the 14 to 3 victory that 1968 won over the 2012 cover. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 26 2018 06:46 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Another day with no new polls, but with an old one closing. 1975 has defeated 2005 by a vote of 10 to 5. On Monday we'll see a new version of the brackets graphic, plus a final recap of the first round. Second-round voting will commence on Tuesday of next week. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 27 2018 04:54 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

We have our second unanimous winner. In the 29th poll of the first round, the 1988 cover received all 17 votes cast, thus eliminating the 1991 revised edition. Sorry, Vince and Hubie! ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 28 2018 04:58 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Our 30th first-round poll, which spanned exactly a half century of yearbook covers, received a mere 13 votes, but Willard Mullin's 1965 cover got 11 of those 13, and thereby advances to the second round as 2015 retreats to the sidelines. Hang in there! The second round will begin in just a few days! Our lives will once again have meaning and purpose! ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

G-Fafif Apr 28 2018 12:00 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Hang in there! The second round will begin in just a few days! Our lives will once again have meaning and purpose! Thank goodness. I've been thoughtfully comparing and contrasting matchbook covers all week and it's just not the same.

41Forever Apr 28 2018 01:45 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

G-Fafif wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Hang in there! The second round will begin in just a few days! Our lives will once again have meaning and purpose! Thank goodness. I've been thoughtfully comparing and contrasting matchbook covers all week and it's just not the same. Good call. Just not the same.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 29 2018 04:48 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Our first round has had very few close votes, but this one was in fact close. With only a two-vote margin, the 2007 cover, in something of an upset, has knocked out the 1973 cover by a vote of 10 to 8. Tomorrow will mark the closing of the 32nd and final poll of the first round. Be sure to visit this thread again tomorrow for an update of our brackets graphic and a few other fun facts about the first round. Second-round voting will begin on Tuesday morning. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Apr 30 2018 08:43 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The final poll of the first round has now closed, and the 1984 cover has defeated the 1995 cover by a closer-than-usual vote of 9 to 6. ADVANCING TO ROUND TWO: ELIMINATED: VOTING[/bigpurple] RECAP OF FIRST ROUND Round 1.01: 1989 Revised Edition over 1990 Revised Edition, 10 to 7 Round 1.02: 1983 over 1996, 12 to 5 Round 1.03: 2002 over 1977 Revised Edition, 13 to 5 Round 1.04: 1970 over 2010, 18 to 2 Round 1.05: 1963 over 2017, 13 to 5 Round 1.06: 1991 Original Edition over 1989 Original Edition, 13 to 3 Round 1.07: 2000 over 1979, 12 to 3 Round 1.08: 1978 over 2001, 15 to 2 Round 1.09: 1976 over 2004, 16 to 2 Round 1.10: 1977 Original Edition over 2003, 16 to 1 Round 1.11: 1987 Original Edition over 1992 Edición Española, 18 to 1 Round 1.12: 1985 over 1994, 11 to 7 Round 1.13: 1981 over 1998, 10 to 6 Round 1.14: 1964 over 2016, 14 to 3 Round 1.15: 1999 over 1980, 16 to 3 Round 1.16: 1967 over 2013, 15 to 2 Round 1.17: 1974 over 2006, 13 to 3 Round 1.18: 2011 over 1969, 14 to 5 Round 1.19: 1962 over 2018, 21 to 0 Round 1.20: 1971 over 2009, 14 to 5 Round 1.21: 1990 Original Edition over 1989 Edición Española, 13 to 6 Round 1.22: 1997 over 1982, 11 to 9 Round 1.23: 1972 over 2008, 14 to 3 Round 1.24: 1966 over 2014, 11 to 6 Round 1.25: 1986 over 1993, 12 to 7 Round 1.26: 1987 Revised Edition over 1992, 14 to 1 Round 1.27: 1968 over 2012, 12 to 3 Round 1.28: 1975 over 2005, 10 to 5 Round 1.29: 1988 over 1991 Revised Edition, 17 to 0 Round 1.30: 1965 over 2015, 11 to 2 Round 1.31: 2007 over 1973, 10 to 8 Round 1.32: 1984 over 1995, 9 to 6 RESUMES[/bigpurple] In 24 of the 32 polls, the earlier cover defeated the more recent cover. Standings by decade: 1960s: 7-1 .875 -- 1970s: 8-3 .727 ½ 1980s: 9-4 .692 ½ 1990s: 4-9 .308 5½ 2000s: 3-7 .300 5 2010s: 1-8 .111 6½ TOMORROW![/bigpurple] The bracket at the conclusion of the first round. How will this play out? Will the innocent charm of the Willard Mullin covers of the 1960s prevail over the nostalgia for the players of the 1970s and 80s? Perhaps the second round, where we determine our Sweet Sixteen, will provide some clarity.

Benjamin Grimm May 04 2018 07:51 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

It looks like there's a lot less interest in this thing now that we're in the second round. I'm not going to abandon the project, but I think I might accelerate it so that it wraps up more quickly. Don't be surprised if we start seeing multiple polls introduced each day instead of one at a time.

G-Fafif May 05 2018 10:44 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 06 2018 09:07 AM

The 1988 revised edition is still grumbling over the decision in Stockholm to keep it out of the tournament. "We had Shea on the cover, we acknowledged an otherwise unnoticed anniversary and we paid homage to Tom Seaver, yet we were not invited to participate, while the clearly unofficial 1992 bilingual 'yearbook' was given a berth. Something's fishy in Sweden, and it's not just Swedish Fish."

Benjamin Grimm May 06 2018 04:20 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Uh oh! I hope they don't declare a mistrial, because I don't want to have to start this whole thing over again!

Benjamin Grimm May 08 2018 07:12 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The 1962 Baby Met cover, which romped to a unanimous 21-0 victory in the first round, faced a bit more resistance the second time around, with four votes against. Final tally: 16 votes for 1962, and 4 for 1990. ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm May 09 2018 07:39 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The 21st Century earns its first berth in the Sweet Sixteen as the 2002 cover, with Casey Stengel and Bobby Valentine, scores a 11-3 victory over the 1977 original edition celebrating Jerry Koosman's 20-win season. I don't see anywhere on that 2002 cover, by the way, that indicates the purchase price. ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED:

G-Fafif May 09 2018 07:44 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I don't see anywhere on that 2002 cover, by the way, that indicates the purchase price. New York at the dawn of the new millennium was a place where if you had to ask, you could just keep walking.

MFS62 May 09 2018 08:23 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Its looking like the Academy might want to take the proceeds from the Yearbook Cover Derby and build a Willard Mullin rotunda. Or the Trophy named in his honor(whether or not he wins it). Later

Benjamin Grimm May 10 2018 07:34 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Our lone remaining cover from the current decade survives another round, winning an 8-5 victory over the 1985 cover. ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm May 11 2018 05:54 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

In our third unanimous result, and the first of the second round, the 1970 cover has ousted the 1984 cover by capturing all 14 votes cast. We're on another hiatus, by the way. All second-round polls have been posted and the third round will begin next Friday, May 18. ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm May 12 2018 05:29 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Today was a good day for Mr. Met in the Yearbook Cover Derby. In all the years of Mets yearbooks, he's only been featured on the cover twice, in 1963 and again in 1976. And both of those covers were winners in the polls that closed today. The 1963 cover scored an easy 15 to 1 victory over the 1989 Revised Edition and the Bicentennial cover prevailed over John Stearns' 1978 action shot, 12 to 8. The bad news for Mr. Met? These two covers will face each other in an epic third-round showdown! ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED: ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED:

Edgy MD May 12 2018 07:49 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

You should've tagged him, John.

Edgy MD May 12 2018 12:16 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The mid-century Reds put Mister Redleg on the cover every year (see his scowl turn to a smile after 1954), but ... good gosh, 1955! There are children watching! [fimg=300]https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/286/66179/33521475_1_x.jpg?version=1&width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=50[/fimg] [fimg=300]https://ebth-com-production.imgix.net/2016/08/18/16/43/10/857/DSC_8644.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&w=880&h=880&fit=crop&crop=&auto=format[/fimg] [fimg=300]https://ebth-com-production.imgix.net/2018/01/26/10/32/12/c57a20b4-e2dd-4975-925d-2cd1839ad1fc/MAL_4343.JPG?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&w=880&h=880&fit=crop&crop=&auto=format[/fimg] [fimg=300]https://ebth-com-production.imgix.net/2017/09/27/15/56/14/b6584815-b0de-417d-b854-c62124579111/VRB_1599.JPG?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&w=880&h=880&fit=crop&crop=&auto=format[/fimg] [fimg=300]https://ebth-com-production.imgix.net/2018/01/26/10/32/20/f8cb3b25-2266-46de-808e-1a243c08fed3/MAL_4350.JPG?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&w=880&h=880&fit=crop&crop=&auto=format[/fimg] [fimg=300]https://ebth-com-production.imgix.net/2018/01/26/10/32/27/bc4065f2-0f00-43bb-bf47-1a34480c0bc5/MAL_4356.JPG?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&w=880&h=880&fit=crop&crop=&auto=format[/fimg] [fimg=300]https://ebth-com-production.imgix.net/2018/01/26/10/32/37/d4f46b03-4419-4ae3-a889-3f5df2b1668b/MAL_4363.JPG?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&w=880&h=880&fit=crop&crop=&auto=format[/fimg] [fimg=300]https://ebth-com-production.imgix.net/2018/01/26/10/33/50/016d992c-27a0-40d9-b4d2-8cb208fe488d/MAL_4425.JPG?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&w=880&h=880&fit=crop&crop=&auto=format[/fimg] [fimg=300]https://ebth-com-production.imgix.net/2018/01/26/10/34/46/a67e714f-93ec-45da-a3bb-ccd19f57fcb4/MAL_4469.JPG?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&w=880&h=880&fit=crop&crop=&auto=format[/fimg] [fimg=300]https://ebth-com-production.imgix.net/2018/01/26/10/34/35/aefae511-0f32-4508-a8f1-6682f5a6cc4b/MAL_4458.JPG?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&w=880&h=880&fit=crop&crop=&auto=format[/fimg]

Benjamin Grimm May 13 2018 05:03 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Two more polls have closed today. The 1968 Willard Mullin cover with the portrait of Gil Hodges defeated the silver 25th Anniversary 1986 cover, 12 votes to 5. And the 1971 action shot of Jerry Grote making a tag at the plate fared better than the similar John Stearns cover from seven years later. The 1971 edition knocked out 1983, 14 votes to 4. ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED: ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm May 14 2018 04:42 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Today two more covers advance, and two more are eliminated. In a clash of Shea Stadium images, the 1964 cover logs an 11-5 victory over the 1991 fireworks cover, and Mike Piazza's 2000 cover gets the better of Tom Seaver and his balls, from 1975, 13 to 1. ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED: ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm May 15 2018 07:22 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Today's poll closings consist of a 12-7 victory by the 1967 Willard Mullin "stairway" cover over the 1987 cover featuring the World Championship logo and a 15-3 win for the 1972 cover featuring four Mets stars over 1997's Todd Hundley hologram cover. ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED: ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm May 16 2018 07:45 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The 1965 cover has defeated the 1988 cover, 11 to 3, and 1974 has ousted 1999 by a vote of 11 to 4. The 1999 cover was the last surviving entry from the 1990s, making that the first decade to be eliminated from this competition. ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED: ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED:

G-Fafif May 16 2018 08:43 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The 1999 cover was the last surviving entry from the 1990s, making that the first decade to be eliminated from this competition. The decade the Mets let Old Timers Day and Banner Day wither and die. Seems apropos that the yearbooks wouldn't keep up with their predecessors.

Benjamin Grimm May 17 2018 07:18 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The final two polls of the second round have now closed, and we have officially established our Sweet Sixteen. In Willard Mullin's closest vote yet, his 1966 cover edged the 1987 Revised Edition (featuring a World Championship montage) by a vote of 9 to 8. Meanwhile, Bill Gallo's 1981 cover defeated the 2007 edition by a vote of 11 to 5. The 1981 cover is the sole surviving cover from the Mets' best decade. In addition to the Gallo cover, our Sweet Sixteen consists of seven covers from the 1960s. All six of Mullin's covers remain, plus the 1963 Mr. Met cover. The 1970s are represented five times, by 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, and 1976. After 1981, we skip ahead nearly two decades. The three covers rounding out our group of sixteen finalists are from 2000, 2002, and 2011. Nine of the sixteen covers feature artwork: The six Mullin covers, the two Mr. Met covers (1963 and 1976) and the 1981 Gallo cover. Third-round voting begins tomorrow, Friday, May 18. None of the Mullin covers will face each other in this round, so it's entirely possible that Mullin's cartoons will be featured on six of the eight covers that will advance to the fourth round. ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED: ADVANCING TO ROUND THREE: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm May 21 2018 09:04 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

All eight third-round polls are now open for voting. This will establish our eight finalists. Fourth-round voting will begin early next week. The currently open voting threads are: [list]Yearbook Cover Derby Round 3.01 1962 vs 2002 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 3.02 1970 vs 2011 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 3.03 1963 vs 1976 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 3.04 1968 vs 1971 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 3.05 1964 vs 2000 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 3.06 1967 vs 1972 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 3.07 1965 vs 1974 Yearbook Cover Derby Round 3.08 1966 vs 1981[/list:u]

Benjamin Grimm May 25 2018 08:10 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Third-round polls are beginning to close. Today, the 1962 Baby Met cover completes its comeback victory over 2002's Casey-to-Bobby cover. 2002 had had a 9-6 lead, but four late unanswered votes gave the victory to the toddler in the Mets cap. 2011, the only cover from the current decade to advance out of the first round, with a victory over the 1969 floating heads cover, has lost, 15 to 3, to the cover that celebrates that 1969 season. 1970 advances to the fourth round. 2011 will be eating shrimp in the loser's lounge. 1962 and 1970 will face each other next week, and the winner will advance to the Final Four. ADVANCING TO ROUND FOUR: ELIMINATED: ADVANCING TO ROUND FOUR: ELIMINATED:

G-Fafif May 25 2018 09:56 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I voted for 2002 because it was everything I could have wanted out of a commemorative cover (and I continue to be amazed the Mets pulled off something that savvy) but I'm not at all sorry to see the baby toddle onward.

Benjamin Grimm May 26 2018 01:08 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Two more polls have closed. 1976 wins the battle of the Mr. Met covers, 15 to 1, and Willard Mullin's 1968 Gil Hodges cover ousts the 1971 cover, 12 to 4. ADVANCING TO ROUND FOUR: ELIMINATED: ADVANCING TO ROUND FOUR: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm May 27 2018 05:05 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

1964 2000 9-8 1967 1972 11-6 In today's poll closings, the 1964 cover edges 2000 by a count of 9 to 8, and 1967 defeats 1972 11 to 6. We have now established six of our Elite Eight covers. Each of the three most recent decades have been eliminated from the competition. The most recent surviving cover is Bill Gallo's 1981 entry, and that one is poised to be eliminated tomorrow. ADVANCING TO ROUND FOUR: ELIMINATED: ADVANCING TO ROUND FOUR: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm May 28 2018 04:33 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Today's poll closings mark the end of the third round. We see another victory for Willard Mullin, but also his very first defeat. The 1974 N.L. pennant cover has bumped Mullin's "You're the Most" 1965 entry from the competition by a vote of 12 to 7. Mullin's 1966 "GO-GO-GO" cover, however, eliminated Bill Gallo's "Recipe for Mets Magic" from 1981, by a count of 14 to 3. Gallo's cover was the last remaining cover from the 1980s. We're now down to eight covers. Our Elite Eight consists of five 1960s covers from Willard Mullin, and three covers from the 1970s: The championship celebration of 1970; the N.L. pennant cover from 1974, and 1976's Bicentennial Mr. Met. Voting resumes tomorrow, Tuesday, May 29. ADVANCING TO ROUND FOUR: ELIMINATED: ADVANCING TO ROUND FOUR: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Jun 05 2018 06:45 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

A 10 to 4 win makes 1970 our first cover to advance to the Final Four and sends 1962 and Baby Met to the showers, or, perhaps, a bath in the kitchen sink. ADVANCING TO ROUND FIVE: ELIMINATED:

Edgy MD Jun 05 2018 07:26 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Wow! I've got Final Four Fever!

Benjamin Grimm Jun 06 2018 12:41 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

The 1968 cover squeaks into the Final Four with an 8-7 win over the Bicentennial 1976 cover. ADVANCING TO ROUND FIVE: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Jun 07 2018 06:55 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

1967 becomes the third cover to join the Final Four as it scores a comfy 13-1 victory over 1964. ADVANCING TO ROUND FIVE: ELIMINATED:

Edgy MD Jun 07 2018 07:12 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I like how 1967 no longer needs "New York." At least, not necessarily. It's 1967, and the Mets are the Mets. What other Mets could they be?

Benjamin Grimm Jun 08 2018 07:18 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

1966 eliminates 1974 by a vote of 8 to 4. (Lower than normal participation for this one.) This completes our Final Four. Our four surviving covers (1966, 1967, 1968, and 1970) were all issued over a span of five years. Three of the four covers feature the artwork of Willard Mullin. Voting for our fifth round, the semi-finals, will start on Monday. We'll see 1968 vs 1970, and 1966 vs 1967. ADVANCING TO ROUND FIVE: ELIMINATED:

G-Fafif Jun 08 2018 07:28 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Somewhere inside Shea Stadium, March of 1971... "You sure about the composition on this picture of Grote making the tag for the cover?" "Doesn't matter." "Whaddaya mean it doesn't matter?" "This cover isn't as good as anything that came before." "I don't know, it's pretty good." "It'll never be as good, not this year, not any year." "Why are you saying that? We were kicking around some good ideas last week that we can still use. The Four Mets Who Form a Puzzle is an evergreen. Every Met Who Was Ever An All-Star, if we get a couple more who qualify, is gonna sparkle. Oh, and when we win a pennant, I have a helluva concept!" "Doesn't matter. We've peaked." "How do you know?" "I just know." "So why am I applying Fun-Tak to all these baseballs?"

Benjamin Grimm Jun 09 2018 05:26 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Updated bracket, featuring our Final Four:

Benjamin Grimm Jun 18 2018 06:56 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Our two finalists are... 1967 and 1968! 1967 scored an easy 11-2 victory over 1966, and 1968 pulled out from what had been a neck-and-neck race to defeat 1970 by a vote of 14 to 8. ADVANCING TO ROUND SIX: ELIMINATED: ADVANCING TO ROUND SIX: ELIMINATED:

Benjamin Grimm Jun 25 2018 07:39 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Our winning cover, by a vote of 11 to 3. 1967 defeats 1968. I'll post the image of the final bracket when I get a chance. Unfortunately, there's no ceremonial announcement in Stockholm. There's a strike at the home office and Maja hasn't been seen in weeks.

MFS62 Jun 25 2018 08:05 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

She's right here, and says "Hi!". She'll give you a call to let you know when she'll be available for the ceremony. Later

Benjamin Grimm Sep 27 2018 08:14 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I know that this is a few months late, but it took a while to schedule the ceremony for the winning cover. (There was, as you're surely aware, a long-running shower-curtain-workers strike in Sweden that was recently resolved.) The Yearbook Cover Derby champion is Willard Mullin's 1967 cover. The winning cover will appear on Maja's shower curtain for the next year! The ceremony was held in Maja's bathroom, and Steve Gelbs of SNY was on hand to join in the fun! Thanks to everyone who participated, and again, we do apologize for the delay.

bmfc1 Sep 27 2018 08:49 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I'm glad to hear the Great Shower Curtain Strike of 2018 is over. Does Maja still have her talk show?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 27 2018 09:24 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

that is great!!!

Benjamin Grimm Sep 27 2018 09:48 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

bmfc1 wrote: I'm glad to hear the Great Shower Curtain Strike of 2018 is over. Does Maja still have her talk show? She does! Although it's more of a "reality" show than a talk show. (She thanks you for asking!)

Centerfield Sep 27 2018 10:19 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

bmfc1 wrote: I'm glad to hear the Great Shower Curtain Strike of 2018 is over. Does Maja still have her talk show? But let's face it, we'll be dealing with the fallout from this for years. Thousands and thousands of wet bathroom floors. Terrific work BG! We look forward to TCD IV!

d'Kong76 Sep 27 2018 10:19 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I'm dying here lol, I read about that shower-curtain workers strike buried in that failing paper with all the news that's fit to print. Looking forward to TCD IV!

Centerfield Sep 27 2018 10:33 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

This is an important year for the TCD. Fourth installments of epic enterprises don't always meet the standards of their predecessors. Hopefully it will be better than Jaws IV (titled Jaws: The Revenge) The movie features Mario Van Peebles. BG, please tell us TCD IV will not feature Mario Van Peebles.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 27 2018 10:37 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I can't promise that, because I hear he's in the running to be the next Mets GM.

G-Fafif Sep 27 2018 10:46 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I hear more people are getting their shower curtains online these days.

cooby Sep 29 2018 10:16 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

I got mine from National Wildlife Federation. To heck with those strikers; mine was made by forest animals

MFS62 Sep 30 2018 08:38 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

Doesn't anybody take baths any more? First showers. Then the DH. Civilization is eroding before our very eyes. Later

41Forever Oct 11 2018 11:22 AM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 11 2018 01:58 PM

Maja’s shower curtain on FB is amazing!!! Nice work. Good to be Gelbs today!

RealityChuck Oct 11 2018 01:37 PM Re: Introducing the Mets Yearbook Cover Derby!

bmfc1 wrote: I'm glad to hear the Great Shower Curtain Strike of 2018 is over. Does Maja still have her talk show? Naked or clothed?