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Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

Revealed: Hodges' Secret Plan for Seaver & Koosman (Countrywide Sports)

0 votes

Dwight Gooden: Majors' Premier Power Pitcher (Baseball Digest)

4 votes

Subway Series! (Sports Illustrated)

4 votes

Jay Hook of the N.Y. Mets (SarcoScope)

12 votes

Benjamin Grimm Apr 17 2019 04:17 AM

http://ultimatemets.com/covers/images/magazines/MCD.png> Vote for the cover that you like the best. Voting will run for seven days. Revealed: Hodges' Secret Plan for Seaver & Koosman Countrywide Sports, August 1970. http://ultimatemets.com/covers/magazines/19700800_CS.jpg> Dwight Gooden: Majors' Premier Power Pitcher Baseball Digest, June 1985. http://ultimatemets.com/covers/magazines/19850600_BD.jpg> Subway Series! Sports Illustrated, October 23, 2000. http://ultimatemets.com/covers/magazines/20001023_SI.jpg> Jay Hook of the N.Y. Mets SarcoScope, Summer 1962. http://ultimatemets.com/covers/magazines/1962Summer_SARCO.jpg>

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 17 2019 05:04 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

Here's the story behind SarcoScope. The headline which is difficult to read is Baseball's 1st Thermodynamic Pitcher. This was in with a million other cut-up magazine pictures my dad kept in a giant file cabinet to use when and if he needed for illustrations in the pre-google Images world.

Lefty Specialist Apr 17 2019 06:10 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

Wow! Piazza with a train running between his legs! Jay Hook with a boundary layer hanging over his head! Gil Hodges and his secret plans! Countrywide Sports looks like the National Enquirer of sports....Revenge! Scandal! Secrets revealed! Fueds!

whippoorwill Apr 17 2019 06:35 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

I wonder what all that means? :) The Jay Hook cover on the obscure magazine for me! Though I'd love to know what Gil's secret plans were, and how they worked out

MFS62 Apr 17 2019 06:49 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

=whippoorwill post_id=7491 time=1555504535 user_id=79] I wonder what all that means? :) The Jay Hook cover on the obscure magazine for me! Though I'd love to know what Gil's secret plans were, and how they worked out

Jay Hook studied Engineering in College. Someone wrote that he could explain the Physics of why a baseball curves, but couldn't throw a curveball.



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Edgy MD Apr 17 2019 07:03 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

It's a strange day when Mike Piazza straddling a train is the third-gayest cover.

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 17 2019 08:17 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

I like the picture of Gooden but text boxes on the Digest cover are a little too heavy I'm considering disqualifying Piazza because that was a "fake news" cover: Not a "real" issue of SI but a special project intended to cash in on advertsing $$. May have skimped on content inside. Like the "Redbird" though -- miss them. Countrywide -- LOL

kcmets Apr 17 2019 08:20 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

=MFS62 post_id=7492 time=1555505392 user_id=60]Jay Hook studied Engineering in College. Someone wrote that he could explain the Physics of why a baseball curves, but couldn't throw a curveball.

That someone was Casey, read 'bucket's column!



Very cool cover.

Edgy MD Apr 17 2019 09:28 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

SARCOSCOPE certainly got my vote. It's a very eighties look for an early 60s cover. But a lot of 80s design referenced the early sixties after retro nu-wavers like The B-52's rose.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 17 2019 11:04 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I like the picture of Gooden but text boxes on the Digest cover are a little too heavy I'm considering disqualifying Piazza because that was a "fake news" cover: Not a "real" issue of SI but a special project intended to cash in on advertsing $$. May have skimped on content inside. Like the "Redbird" though -- miss them. Countrywide -- LOL The Piazza WS SI was a regional cover issue. A Yankeee version featuring Jeter on the cover was also prepared. The inside was identical to that week's national SI, other than regional advertising, if any. https://cdn-s3.si.com/s3fs-public/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0911/mlb.derek.jeter.covers/images/derek-jeter.006274397cov.jpg> National cover https://www.sicovers.com/content/images/thumbs/0002341_rich-gannon-of-the-raiders.jpeg>

G-Fafif Apr 17 2019 12:31 PM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

Strong contenders all, each emitting a certain charm. I'll go with Doc inviting the rest of baseball to kiss his ass.

MFS62 Apr 17 2019 07:21 PM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

=kcmets post_id=7503 time=1555510814 user_id=53] =MFS62 post_id=7492 time=1555505392 user_id=60]Jay Hook studied Engineering in College. Someone wrote that he could explain the Physics of why a baseball curves, but couldn't throw a curveball.

That someone was Casey, read 'bucket's column!



Very cool cover.


I knew/remembered it without reading it. I just can't remember what I had for breakfast this morning.

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Zvon Apr 18 2019 10:24 PM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

I really like the photoshop work on the Piazza. Sidenote: I've never heard of "Countywide Sports" magazine. And they knew Gil's secrets? Mmmmmkay.

Edgy MD Apr 19 2019 05:32 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

COUNTRYWIDE. Don't forget that "R." Speaking of which, there's a spelling error on that cover. Terrible copy-editing in journalism isn't just a latter-day thing.

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 19 2019 07:39 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

FUED. Good catch!

Lefty Specialist Apr 19 2019 04:12 PM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

I caught it on Wednesday but I guess my sarcasm was too subtle. :)

Benjamin Grimm Apr 24 2019 07:58 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.19

http://ultimatemets.com/covers/images/magazines/1.19w.png> Rankings so far: 1. Casey of the Mets (Sports Illustrated) 2. Mets in the Stretch (Life) 3. Best Infield Ever? (Sports Illustrated) 4. The Movin' Mets (Sports Illustrated) 5. Late Innings (The New Yorker) 6. Jay Hook of the N.Y. Mets (SarcoScope) 7. You Can Go Home Again (Sports Illustrated) 8. Doctor K (Sports Illustrated) 9. Tom & Nancy Seaver (McCall's) 10. The Straw That Stirs The Mets (Sports Illustrated) 11. Darryl Strawberry: The Mets' Super Sophomore is the Apple of New York's Eye (The Sporting News) 12. Iwo Jima (Jock Magazine) 13. Darryl Strawberry: No Big Apple Hype (Inside Sports) 14. Tom Seaver & The Art Of Pitching (Sport Magazine) 15. Big Gun: Dave Kingman (The Sporting News) 16. Mona Lisa (The New Yorker) 17. Mr. Long Ball (Sports Illustrated) 18. The Straw Man! (New York Sports) 19. The Baseball Battle for New York (Sports Illustrated)