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2020 Yearbook Cover Derby Challenge

1967

9 votes

2020

0 votes

Benjamin Grimm Aug 26 2020 02:48 PM

THE CHAMPION New York Mets 1967 Yearbook http://ultimatemets.com/covers/yearbooks/1967.jpg> THE CHALLENGER New York Mets 2020 Yearbook http://ultimatemets.com/covers/yearbooks/2020.jpg>

Edgy MD Aug 26 2020 03:05 PM Re: 2020 Yearbook Cover Derby Challenge

Good God, where did Alfonso just hit deGrom?

MFS62 Aug 26 2020 03:23 PM Re: 2020 Yearbook Cover Derby Challenge

Edgy MD wrote: Good God, where did Alfonso just hit deGrom? Don't worry. It was on the left shoulder. Yuchie over yuk! I voted 1967 Later

G-Fafif Aug 26 2020 03:26 PM Re: 2020 Yearbook Cover Derby Challenge

The 2020 publication is not bad for a modern yearbook. If I saw this on sale in the Rotunda, I'd buy it out of excitement more than obligation. They got six of the seven youthful players who personified the 2019 exciteMets (all but Nimmo), and Davis and Conforto in all their expressiveness beats more random action shots. Clever touch with Rosario sliding. You can't possibly omit deGrom unless your theme is Young Guns or what have you. The hierarchy of Jake and Pete above all others works here, though the Polar bat is indeed a little close for comfort. A healthy step up, in the Willard Mullin sense, from the past couple of years. The champ remains unbeatable, but 2020 sets a nice standard for the design of the next decade. Stylistically, it evokes, a little, the 1987 revised edition.

Edgy MD Aug 26 2020 08:21 PM Re: 2020 Yearbook Cover Derby Challenge

Edgy MD wrote: Good God, where did Alfonso just hit deGrom? Don't worry. It was on the left shoulder. Yuchie over yuk! I voted 1967 Later Yuchie was Bill Gallo's mascot. This one is Willard Mullin. I think Gallo's only Mets yearbook cover was an indifferent 1981 execution. Beyond that, I agree with Greg. This year's cover is mostly pretty sharp. I like it more than this year's media guide cover.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 26 2020 08:40 PM Re: 2020 Yearbook Cover Derby Challenge

http://ultimatemets.com/covers/yearbooks/1981.jpg> I think it was A Boy Named Seo who, unfamiliar with Basement Bertha, gave a very funny take on this cover.

bmfc1 Aug 27 2020 07:30 PM Re: 2020 Yearbook Cover Derby Challenge Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 28 2020 06:41 AM

Davis exulting one way, Conforto the other way, the whole thing looks great. Not #1 of All-Time great but it's a nice cover.

whippoorwill Aug 28 2020 06:14 AM Re: 2020 Yearbook Cover Derby Challenge

Ha! Remember that giant poster? It was the original thumbnail photos

Lefty Specialist Aug 28 2020 10:54 AM Re: 2020 Yearbook Cover Derby Challenge

Lotta yelling going on in that 2020 cover.

ashie62 Aug 28 2020 03:34 PM Re: 2020 Yearbook Cover Derby Challenge

They all look good Voted for 1967 as Tom Seaver makes an appearance

Benjamin Grimm Sep 03 2020 03:53 PM Re: 2020 Yearbook Cover Derby Challenge

Willard Mullin's 1967 cover retains the title.