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Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

The Amaysing Mets (Sports Illustrated)

15 votes

Ron Darling Tries Harder (GQ)

1 votes

Roberto Alomar: Mets' All-Around Performer (Baseball Digest)

0 votes

Remember 1969? How it looked on television (TV Guide)

0 votes

Benjamin Grimm Apr 29 2019 04:38 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 Amaysing Mets Sports Illustrated, May 22, 1972. http://ultimatemets.com/covers/magazines/19720522_SI.jpg> Ron Darling Tries Harder GQ, August 1986. http://ultimatemets.com/covers/magazines/19860800_GQ.jpg> Roberto Alomar: Mets' All-Around Performer Baseball Digest, July 2002. http://ultimatemets.com/covers/magazines/20020700_BD.jpg> Remember 1969? How it looked on television TV Guide, December 27, 1969. http://ultimatemets.com/covers/magazines/19691227_TVGUIDE.jpg>

G-Fafif Apr 29 2019 05:54 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

Say Hey! And little else to be said.

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 29 2019 06:50 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

More like Baseball IN-Digest-ion! Am I right fellas?

Benjamin Grimm Apr 29 2019 07:16 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

That Willie Mays cover is my favorite of all the covers we'll be seeing. I expect it's the one cover that I'll never vote against throughout this competition.

Edgy MD Apr 29 2019 07:42 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: More like Baseball IN-Digest-ion! Am I right fellas? What a trio of banal stories ("Playtime is Fun!") listed in the cover lines. They should at least use some exclamation points like pro sports did. Or like Rod and Todd did.

41Forever Apr 29 2019 08:22 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

I can't figure out whether Ron Darling's pants are Sans a belt, or whether he's wearing a belt that matches the jacket and pants. or, is he not wearing a belt at all?

Edgy MD Apr 29 2019 08:25 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

No belt. That's an external waistband under the belt loops. You can see under his right lapel (our left) that his pants are held up by suspenders. You can also see that he was stiff as a brick when trying to be a model.

41Forever Apr 29 2019 08:42 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

Edgy MD wrote: No belt. That's an external waistband under the belt loops. You can see under his right lapel (our left) that his pants are held up by suspenders. You can also see that he was stiff as a brick when trying to be a model. Good catch! I totally missed the suspenders.

A Boy Named Seo Apr 29 2019 09:51 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

Ron Darling looks like he needs to make a poop.

Edgy MD Apr 29 2019 09:59 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

What I'm sayin'.

ashie62 Apr 30 2019 12:20 PM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

Say Hey!

Benjamin Grimm May 06 2019 09:04 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

http://ultimatemets.com/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)

Centerfield May 06 2019 09:10 AM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

I would say that's more a product of the competition than Willie having a great cover. I mean, a washed up Mays itching his head...

Edgy MD May 10 2019 01:16 PM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

I like to think of it as Willie removing his helmet all suave-like, back to front, like Fred Astaire removing a top hat.

Frayed Knot May 10 2019 01:28 PM Re: Magazine Cover Derby Round 1.25

Seeing Ron, posing awkwardly in a set of duds he probably never wore again and in a picture he's probably embarrassed to look at today, is why I have no regrets on passing on the multiple fashion magazine cover opportunities I had back in the '80s. Can you imagine how hard I'd try to hide those things today and how much I'd live in fear of one of youse guys dragging up a copy off of some obscure website?