2021 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 3.04 LEFT OUT! vs RED, WHITE & BOOM

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Please vote for the cover that you prefer

Poll ended at Thu Jan 13, 2022 5:54 am

LEFT OUT! (New York Daily News)
6
35%
RED, WHITE & BOOM (Newsday)
11
65%
 
Total votes: 17
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Benjamin Grimm
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2021 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 3.04 LEFT OUT! vs RED, WHITE & BOOM

Post by Benjamin Grimm » Thu Jan 06, 2022 5:54 am

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LEFT OUT!
New York Daily News, January 28, 2021.
Tiebreaker winner of Round 1.03
Winner of Round 2.03

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RED, WHITE & BOOM
Newsday, July 5, 2021.
Winner of Round 1.14

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Re: 2021 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 3.04 LEFT OUT! vs RED, WHITE & BOOM

Post by Fman99 » Thu Jan 06, 2022 6:53 am

These both suck.
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Re: 2021 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 3.04 LEFT OUT! vs RED, WHITE & BOOM

Post by Edgy MD » Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:42 am

RED, WHITE & BOOM seems like such a halfhearted approach to punning, until you read PITCHER IN THE RYE up top.

Act like you care, headline editors.
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Re: 2021 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 3.04 LEFT OUT! vs RED, WHITE & BOOM

Post by Johnny Lunchbucket » Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:57 am

Pathetic Matz needs your support
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Re: 2021 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 3.04 LEFT OUT! vs RED, WHITE & BOOM

Post by bmfc1 » Thu Jan 06, 2022 9:45 am

The Matz pic is a generic pic that could have been taken in almost any game that he started. Plus, that cover has another former Met on it with, as Edgy said, a punny headline. The Pete pic is contemporaneous, albeit with a punny headline. I'll take Pete over two losers that prefer to play elsewhere.
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Re: 2021 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 3.04 LEFT OUT! vs RED, WHITE & BOOM

Post by Johnny Lunchbucket » Fri Jan 07, 2022 10:11 am

It captures the essence of Matz. ESSENCE!!
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Re: 2021 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 3.04 LEFT OUT! vs RED, WHITE & BOOM

Post by Edgy MD » Fri Jan 07, 2022 10:48 am

Hey, he got my vote.

And I'm OK with puns. It's poorly executed, phonics-ignorant puns that eat me up.

"RED, WHITE & BOOM"? Get out of here.
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Re: 2021 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 3.04 LEFT OUT! vs RED, WHITE & BOOM

Post by Edgy MD » Thu Jan 13, 2022 1:15 pm

Yeah, that one wasn't even particularly close.
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