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Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

The Movin' Mets (Sports Illustrated)

11 votes

Baseball's Toughest Pitchers (Sports Illustrated)

1 votes

New York Mets' Ron Darling (Ellery Queen)

2 votes

Happy Days (Sports Illustrated)

3 votes

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2019 05:39 AM

http://ultimatemets.com/covers/images/magazines/MCD.png> Vote for the cover that you like the best. Voting will run for seven days. The Movin' Mets Sports Illustrated, May 5, 1968. http://ultimatemets.com/covers/magazines/19680505_SI.jpg> Baseball's Toughest Pitchers Sports Illustrated, July 21, 1975. http://ultimatemets.com/covers/magazines/19750721_SI.jpg> New York Mets' Ron Darling Ellery Queen, May 1988. http://ultimatemets.com/covers/magazines/19880500_EQ.jpg> Happy Days Sports Illustrated, February 25, 2008. http://ultimatemets.com/covers/magazines/20080225_SI.jpg>

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2019 05:42 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

I think that Ellery Queen cover may be the strangest of the bunch. I actually thought this might be a Photoshop image, but I verified that it's real. Stories by and about Steve Allen? https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Steve_Allen_Show_4100.jpg>

Lefty Specialist Mar 20 2019 06:22 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Classic Seaver with the drop-and-drive delivery. And why the hell was Ron Darling in a mystery magazine? Strange. I'm a sucker for the simplicity of old SI covers, though. Swoboda staring into the future with no batting gloves.

whippoorwill Mar 20 2019 06:51 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Is Ellery Queen still published? I'd like that. Another toughy. I like the Ron Darling one and the Santana one. Never knew Palmer had such a strange offbalanced looking windup

Edgy MD Mar 20 2019 07:23 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Lefty Specialist wrote: Classic Seaver with the drop-and-drive delivery. And why the hell was Ron Darling in a mystery magazine? Strange. I'm a sucker for the simplicity of old SI covers, though. Swoboda staring into the future with no batting gloves. Yeah, the Ellery Queen is compelling as heck, but Swoboda looks like a hero and a half there. A western sheriff who is half indian/half white man, who gets his white citizens grudging respect for coming back from his military service with short hair and whitey ways, along with powerful arms but a personal restraint about using them. He nonetheless solves crimes by flashing back to the lessons he learned when he when he was a long-haired semi-rejected child on the Indian reservation, at the foot of the elders, listening to their venerable wisdom. "The Moving Mets" it is.

MFS62 Mar 20 2019 07:32 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Have to go for the Ellery Queen cover because of its uniqueness. And I can imagine that Ron Darling may have read more issues of that publication than the one in which he was featured. Later

41Forever Mar 20 2019 07:40 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

I've never seen that Ellery Queen cover. That's pretty cool. It's fun when our guys pop up in odd places like that.

Centerfield Mar 20 2019 07:59 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

https://www.sicovers.com/content/images/thumbs/0002122_johan-santana-of-the-mets.jpeg> That SI cover of Santana is weird. With the background it looks like he has no legs. Here's an image with a bit better resolution, but it's still hard to see the legs. I get what SI is trying to do there, but I don't know that I would have gone with that image for the cover. Anyway, it doesn't matter. Swoboda is the obvious choice here.

kcmets Mar 20 2019 08:17 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Put me down for Rocky!

batmagadanleadoff Mar 20 2019 08:25 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

So I'm trying to figure out how you organized the brackets based on what you've already told us. Does this mean that the Swoboda cover is the third oldest cover in the tournament?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 20 2019 08:26 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Yes.

Frayed Knot Mar 20 2019 08:36 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

That SI cover landed three weeks after Swoboda took an 0-fer-10 (including leading off an inning six different times with an out) w/5 Ks in the Mets' 24-inning 1-0 loss in Houston. Agee also took a double-digit oh-fer that night (although w/only 4 Ks) hitting right before Swoboda in the lineup and often making the final out in all those innings which allowed Rocky to lead-off the next. So while that year's Mets may have been movin', they weren't movin' very fast.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 20 2019 09:12 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yes. Thanks. So I go ahead and tell you that I'm sure I have Met themed covers that I'd guess you've never seen before, and then you go ahead and whip out that Ellery Queen that I don't remember ever seeing. And if I did ever see it, I've forgotten it. Naturally.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 20 2019 09:23 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

The contrast between Swoboda's utter stillness and concentration in that photo and the "Movin' Mets" headline had to be a topic of intense production room debate; and I'm glad Team Juxtaposition won.

Johnny Lunchbucket Mar 20 2019 09:28 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

I like the Ellery Queen concept and photo but there's entirely too much clutter on the cover itself; gigantic logo, and so many big teasers you don't even know why Darling is even on it. I'm not sure that's the mystery they wanted to be conveying, especially while giving so much else away.

A Boy Named Seo Mar 20 2019 09:52 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Weird Darling holding a bomb almost got my vote, but that Swoboda photo is perfect. You couldn't get that feel in 2019 with the fanciest camera and a thousand filters.

Edgy MD Mar 20 2019 09:53 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Based on the big teasers about Steve Allen and Miss Manners, neither of which imply anything mysterious going on, I'm guessing Ellery Queen's target audience was evolving at the time from "people who love a good mystery" to "people who are about 91."

kcmets Mar 20 2019 09:58 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Frayed Knot wrote: That SI cover landed three weeks after Swoboda took an 0-fer-10 (including leading off an inning six different times with an out) w/5 Ks in the Mets' 24-inning 1-0 loss in Houston. Agee also took a double-digit oh-fer that night (although w/only 4 Ks) hitting right before Swoboda in the lineup and often making the final out in all those innings which allowed Rocky to lead-off the next. So while that year's Mets may have been movin', they weren't movin' very fast. Wow! April 15th, 1968 - UMD

Centerfield Mar 20 2019 09:59 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Weird Darling holding a bomb almost got my vote, but that Swoboda photo is perfect. You couldn't get that feel in 2019 with the fanciest camera and a thousand filters. I mean seriously, it's just a beautiful cover.

Edgy MD Mar 20 2019 10:01 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Frayed Knot wrote: That SI cover landed three weeks after Swoboda took an 0-fer-10 (including leading off an inning six different times with an out) w/5 Ks in the Mets' 24-inning 1-0 loss in Houston. Agee also took a double-digit oh-fer that night (although w/only 4 Ks) hitting right before Swoboda in the lineup and often making the final out in all those innings which allowed Rocky to lead-off the next. So while that year's Mets may have been movin', they weren't movin' very fast. Wow! April 15th, 1968 - UMD Kase, is that Ellery Queen part of your collection? I suddenly feel a need to solve the mystery of what angle got Ron Darling that cover.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 20 2019 10:07 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

How big is that Ellery mag? What's the footprint? Is that a digest sized mag like the old TV Guide or Reader's Digest or something bigger?

kcmets Mar 20 2019 10:19 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Edgy MD wrote: Kase, is that Ellery Queen part of your collection? I suddenly feel a need to solve the mystery of what angle got Ron Darling that cover. No, new to me. More impressive is that it's not listed in a 282 page definitive Mets checklist I have from 2000. Great find by the CPF MCD Commish! batmags, tell me you're not Dave Berman!?!

batmagadanleadoff Mar 20 2019 10:55 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

=kcmets post_id=4650 time=1553098761 user_id=53] batmags, tell me you're not Dave Berman!?!

I don't even know who Dave Berman is.

Frayed Knot Mar 20 2019 11:08 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Frayed Knot wrote: That SI cover landed three weeks after Swoboda took an 0-fer-10 (including leading off an inning six different times with an out) w/5 Ks in the Mets' 24-inning 1-0 loss in Houston. Agee also took a double-digit oh-fer that night (although w/only 4 Ks) hitting right before Swoboda in the lineup and often making the final out in all those innings which allowed Rocky to lead-off the next. So while that year's Mets may have been movin', they weren't movin' very fast. Wow! April 15th, 1968 - UMD How wild is it to be going 24 innings in the 5th game of the season!?! Mets started that year with One game in SF (Wed), then played the next day in LA and again on Saturday sandwiched around an off-day Friday, before heading to Houston for a Sunday - Monday two-game series in advance of the home opener (SFG) at Shea on Wednesday. And we complain about odd schedules today!

kcmets Mar 20 2019 11:23 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=4654 time=1553100939 user_id=68]I don't even know who Dave Berman is.

One of the long time Mets memorabilia gurus. I don't know if he's still

around, just a fun shot in the dark.

kcmets Mar 20 2019 11:25 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Frayed Knot wrote: Mets started that year with One game in SF (Wed), then played the next day in LA and again on Saturday sandwiched around an off-day Friday, before heading to Houston for a Sunday - Monday two-game series in advance of the home opener (SFG) at Shea on Wednesday. And we complain about odd schedules today! Bizzare indeed, I didn't pay attention the surrounding games in the list.

G-Fafif Mar 20 2019 02:01 PM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Mar 20 2019 03:16 PM

The one game in SF for Opening Day was a result of MLB postponements resulting from the mourning that followed MLK's assasination. http://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/martin-luther-king-assassination-anniversary-mlb-baseball-response-mets-dodgers/9wd7hwwbncje1f2r0vhlkengl

G-Fafif Mar 20 2019 03:10 PM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

Johan cover still gives me a nice little surge of adrenaline, just as it did the week it was published, so I'll give it the edge over the historical significance of the Movin' Mets (the Mets being on the cover of a magazine for maybe getting good for the first time). Ellery Queen...man, that's weird, which is certainly not a disqualifier, but it doesn't quite solve the mystery for me. Seaver and Palmer is a good combo just about any week of the '70s, but I'm not here for the Orioles magazine cover derby.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 27 2019 07:30 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.03

http://ultimatemets.com/covers/images/magazines/1.03w.png> Rankings so far: 1. Casey of the Mets (Sports Illustrated) 2. The Movin' Mets (Sports Illustrated) 3. The Baseball Battle for New York (Sports Illustrated)