The Crane Pool Forum

Vote for the cover that you prefer. Voting will run for seven days.


THEY DON'T GOT IT
New York Daily News, May 16, 2023.
Winner of Round 1.09
Winner of Round 3.01



STOP THE MUSIC
New York Daily News, March 17, 2023.
Winner of Round 1.05
Winner of Round 3.08

I have to give this round a day or two, like 'em both and both
deservedly won their previous rounds in a landslide.

I think I have a favorite, but a coupla heavyweights just the same. IMO the strongest bracket in the tourney this year. #16 seed MEET THE MESS might've had a shot to advance if they had another first round opponent.

The hyperbole about an injury aside, STOP THE MUSIC is just some gorgeous composition.

I'm with THEY DON'T GOT IT, which would be a good headline for a paper featuring those who didn't vote for DIDDLY SQUAT

I'm surprised this is close

7-7!

I voted for THEY DON'T GOT IT even though I love STOP THE MUSIC.

DON'T GOT IT is a pretty perfect photo and it feels rare that one of these news places doesn't go too heavy handed with the blocky headline, but here they really used restraint and they laid the text out so well. It looks like Nimmo is pulling up so he doesn't bump into the "G" and the ball rolling up the arm of Marte is a damn period to end the sentence.

STOP THE MUSIC is great but they had to use a black background and the clipart trumpet that day (which is clever!), but the ballpark fence is just the perfect background for THEY DON'T GOT IT. It would look so good in a fancy frame in Stockholm or on a shower curtain.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:07 am DON'T GOT IT is a pretty perfect photo and it feels rare that one of these news places doesn't go too heavy handed with the blocky headline, but here they really used restraint and they laid the text out so well. It looks like Nimmo is pulling up so he doesn't bump into the "G" and the ball rolling up the arm of Marte is a damn period to end the sentence.

Well said! And it convinced me to change my vote.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:02 am

A Boy Named Seo wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:07 am DON'T GOT IT is a pretty perfect photo and it feels rare that one of these news places doesn't go too heavy handed with the blocky headline, but here they really used restraint and they laid the text out so well. It looks like Nimmo is pulling up so he doesn't bump into the "G" and the ball rolling up the arm of Marte is a damn period to end the sentence.

Well said! And it convinced me to change my vote.

Cool, I was certain if I stumped for one, it would shift the vote the opposite way. I feel like a real online influencer now.

That was May 15, 2023, a hot day in DC. David Peterson got the start despite having an ERA near 9 because Buck wanted to give Verlander and Sticky Fingers an extra day off (so they could be rested when they played for other teams in the playoffs while partly on the Mets payroll). It was an example of Buck not playing to win and the cover is representative of an awful day for Mets fans, especially those of us who sat through it in person.

Why did this round end several days early?

Oops! You got a premature peek under the hood. That was supposed to have been saved as a draft.

Please disregard.