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2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

3 JOG NIGHT (New York Daily News)

10 votes

STREAKERS! (Newsday)

11 votes

Benjamin Grimm Jan 28 2020 03:49 AM

http://ultimatemets.com/covers/TCD.png> Please vote for the cover that you prefer. Voting will run for seven days. 3 JOG NIGHT New York Daily News, July 24, 2019. Winner of Round 1.16 Winner of Round 3.08 Winner of Round 4.04 Winner of Round 5.01 http://ultimatemets.com/covers/2019/20190724_NYDN_02.jpg> STREAKERS! Newsday, August 10, 2019. Winner of Round 1.18 Winner of Round 2.07 Winner of Round 3.06 Winner of Round 4.02 Winner of Round 5.02 http://ultimatemets.com/covers/2019/20190810_NSD_02.jpg>

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 28 2020 06:39 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

Glad to see two excellent semifinalists meet in the finals! I'm going with JOG, it's just so clever. I know the Snooze fired everyone with talent some time ago but if I were the Post, I'd do what it takes to hire that guy/girl away. And if I were the Snooze I'd build a whole marketing campaign around him/her. NY DAILY NEWS: Join The Best Headline Writer in the Biz!

seawolf17 Jan 28 2020 06:54 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Glad to see two excellent semifinalists meet in the finals! I'm going with JOG, it's just so clever. I know the Snooze fired everyone with talent some time ago but if I were the Post, I'd do what it takes to hire that guy/girl away. And if I were the Snooze I'd build a whole marketing campaign around him/her. NY DAILY NEWS: Join The Best Headline Writer in the Biz! Totally agree. STREAKERS is obviously the "better" story, but everything about JOG is a better headline, even the look on Cano's face.

bmfc1 Jan 28 2020 09:58 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

Without getting political, if you check the front page of today's Daily News it is still putting out great covers.

G-Fafif Jan 28 2020 11:55 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

The play on Three Dog Night vs the reference to streaking — it's a final 1974 can love!

kcmets Jan 28 2020 03:08 PM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

I realized last night that like a half-dozen times I referred to this as The Polar Pits cover. I mistakenly did so (it is Conforto, of course) and just kept doing so like Pavlov's Jawg. I went with Three Jawg Night, disappointed that my covers died early and often.

MFS62 Jan 29 2020 05:41 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

=bmfc1 post_id=30638 time=1580230699 user_id=73] Without getting political, if you check the front page of today's Daily News it is still putting out great covers.

Yes.

As for our contest, I'm not sure I want people in the future to remember this year as a year of a hairy armpit.

Later

bmfc1 Jan 29 2020 05:45 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

=MFS62 post_id=30695 time=1580301675 user_id=60] a year of a hairy armpit.

I think I saw that on a placemat at a Chinese Restaurant.

Centerfield Jan 29 2020 09:04 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

I mean, the whole dynamic of replacing "dog" with "jog". It works on so many levels. My one complaint about that cover is the orange 3. Would have been better if the headline had remained consistent. I think Conforto running into the wall was the cover for 2018 right? It would be cool to see a triumphant Conforto take the prize a year later.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 29 2020 09:06 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

Yes, Conforto was on last year's winning cover, MIDNIGHT BADNESS. He has a chance to be the second back-to-back winner. (Yoenis Cespedes won in 2015 and 2016 with YES-PEDES and CES BOOM BAH)

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 29 2020 11:14 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

We're in the 9th inning of the word series of tabloid. Will the STREAKERS voters bring out their closer?

kcmets Jan 29 2020 11:23 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Will the STREAKERS voters bring out their closer? Mel Rojas, Doug Sisk and Rich Rodiguez... come on down!!

batmagadanleadoff Jan 30 2020 06:15 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

Where are the threads from the earlier rounds?

Benjamin Grimm Jan 30 2020 06:57 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

Where are the threads from the earlier rounds? Tabloid Cover Derby Archives (And Yearbooks and Magazines too!)

Benjamin Grimm Jan 30 2020 06:23 PM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

We have a tie! We need someone to break this tie!

Edgy MD Jan 30 2020 06:32 PM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

I think the tiebreaker should be to vote on layout and copy of the actual story.

G-Fafif Jan 30 2020 11:14 PM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

"Streakers!" is the definitive back page of 2019. It speaks to the moment that redefined the way we are destined to remember this season, as one when the Mets roared back to relevance and had a blast doing so. These were the Mets who never gave up, except their shirts. This back page is the ideal illustration of who they were (not unlike Conforto stumbling backwards into the outfield fence spoke volumes about what 2018 was in last year's winner). Michael is front and center, but notice his teammates in the background, all of them celebrating his feat -- beyond second base, no less. The picture tells a story of a team racing from the dugout and up the standings. "3 Jog Night" is clever, and certainly works for the day after (which is all you can ask a back page to do the next morning), but I don't see it as speaking to 2019 as a whole, which I think is what the champion of this competition should be expected to do. I also think its would-be hot take is two months late. Cano jogging to first was a May story. This was July. The connection is reasonable, but not so sizzling by then.

bmfc1 Jan 31 2020 06:29 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

I propose that in the event of a tie, G-Fafif's vote counts double.

41Forever Jan 31 2020 06:35 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

Co-winners! You have plenty of wall space there in Stockholm, and Maja could use a double dose of happiness after a couple years of melancholy. Now, I would never have guessed the two finalists would have neither Jake or Polar Bear. Considering the volume of covers and the strength of their seasons, I thought one of them for sure would be represented. I like Streakers better, referring to both the shirtless thing and the tremendous run the team was on. (And you know it's only a matter of time before we have official Nike tear-away post-game celebration shirts.) Plus the bottom has the MFYs losing.

Edgy MD Jan 31 2020 08:07 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

Oh, s'it! Newsday has taken the lead!

batmagadanleadoff Jan 31 2020 08:50 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

Looks like someone changed their vote from Streakers to Jog. It was 10-7 Streakers, then 9-9, and now 10-9 Streakers.

Centerfield Jan 31 2020 10:19 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

And now tied again.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 31 2020 10:36 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

=Centerfield post_id=30874 time=1580491144 user_id=65] And now tied again.

This is my worst nightmare!



The people in Stockholm are getting very antsy!

kcmets Jan 31 2020 11:50 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oci1CuCht7E[/YOUTUBE]

G-Fafif Jan 31 2020 12:49 PM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

Ten-Ten? This is truly a WINS kind of vote.

kcmets Jan 31 2020 01:05 PM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

Ten-Ten? This is truly a WINS kind of vote. "You give us 23 minutes, we will start repeating ourselves."

Benjamin Grimm Feb 04 2020 06:31 AM Re: 2019 Tabloid Cover Derby FINAL Round 6.01 3 JOG NIGHT vs STREAKERS!

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