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2020 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 5.01 CAN'T BEAT PETE! vs. METS GREAT SEAVER DIES

CAN'T BEAT PETE! (New York Daily News)

5 votes

METS GREAT SEAVER DIES (Newsday)

10 votes

Benjamin Grimm Jan 11 2021 05:30 AM

http://ultimatemets.com/covers/TCD.png> Please vote for the cover that you prefer. Voting will run for seven days. CAN'T BEAT PETE! New York Daily News, December 29, 2019. Winner of Round 1.02 Winner of Round 2.04 Winner of Round 3.01 Winner of Round 4.01 http://ultimatemets.com/covers/2019/20191229_NYDN_02.jpg> METS GREAT SEAVER DIES Newsday, September 3, 2020. Winner of Round 1.14 Winner of Round 2.02 Winner of Round 3.03 Winner of Round 4.02 http://ultimatemets.com/covers/2020/20200903_NSD_01.jpg>

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 11 2021 09:26 AM Re: 2020 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 5.01 CAN'T BEAT PETE! vs. METS GREAT SEAVER DIES

Seaver should be the winner for lots of reasons. Every once in a while you have to break the rules. Newsday did so cleverly and appropriately, presenting an urgent story with current implications (Covid 19) in a format that recalled the past glory. It's great. The Alonso cover also "looks back" -- at 2019. Less relevant in 2020 as as we all know, it wasn't an "Amazin and fun year" and practically every pitcher in the National League "Beat Pete" VOTE TOM

A Boy Named Seo Jan 11 2021 10:18 AM Re: 2020 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 5.01 CAN'T BEAT PETE! vs. METS GREAT SEAVER DIES

Yeah, I voted Tom for the same reasons. It captures a recent moment in time really well for a cover that is paying tribute to another era. Years from now when families are strolling hand-in-hand through the halls in Stockholm and they see the Dow and COVID headlines next to Tom, they'll be instantly transported back to shitty 2020 thanks to this cover.

Edgy MD Jan 11 2021 10:36 AM Re: 2020 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 5.01 CAN'T BEAT PETE! vs. METS GREAT SEAVER DIES

Yeah, the only problem I had with the Seaver cover was so much damn padding. But that seems mostly to be an issue of it being the style of the era they were calling back to, and it would be miserly of me to dock them much for that.

whippoorwill Jan 12 2021 12:16 PM Re: 2020 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 5.01 CAN'T BEAT PETE! vs. METS GREAT SEAVER DIES

I can't vote for Tom Seaver's death. I just can't

batmagadanleadoff Jan 12 2021 12:22 PM Re: 2020 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 5.01 CAN'T BEAT PETE! vs. METS GREAT SEAVER DIES

=whippoorwill post_id=53817 time=1610479000 user_id=79] I can't vote for Tom Seaver's death. I just can't

And it's not even an uplifting cover, on top of that.

Marshmallowmilkshake Jan 12 2021 05:39 PM Re: 2020 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 5.01 CAN'T BEAT PETE! vs. METS GREAT SEAVER DIES

I liked the other Seaver covers, the nice portraits with "The Franchise" and the dates. No "dementia," no "COVID." More of a tribute. This one is more like a gimmick.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 18 2021 06:22 AM Re: 2020 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 5.01 CAN'T BEAT PETE! vs. METS GREAT SEAVER DIES

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G-Fafif Jan 18 2021 06:34 AM Re: 2020 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 5.01 CAN'T BEAT PETE! vs. METS GREAT SEAVER DIES

So it turns out you can beat Pete.