2024 TABLOID COVER DERBY: YEAR TEN

[Benjamin Grimm]

The first round of the tenth annual Tabloid Cover Derby will open on Friday, November 1.

We currently have 249 covers in the competition: 92 from Newsday, 86 from the Daily News, and 71 from the New York Post. These numbers are expected to climb a bit, with the inclusion of any offseason covers that may accumulate before the final poll of the first round is posted.

There will be at least 25 polls in the first round.

The counts are actually low for a season in which the Mets went deep into the postseason. This is largely because the Mets only appeared on two covers during the first 25 days of May, as they appeared to be irrelevant and also because of the extended playoff runs of the Knicks and Rangers.

As always, the winning cover will be displayed proudly in the lobby of the CPF's international headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.

[Centerfield]

Looking forward to this.

[ashie62]

Yeah!

[bmfc1]

Some sunshine on a cloudy day. Can’t wait.

[Benjamin Grimm]

[metirish]

No early voting or mail in ballots ?

[kcmets]

I've read that No Korean operatives have been sticking
그들의 코 into phpbb polling all year across the globe to
try and sway and/or change results.

We'll want to keep an eye on that.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Who has appeared on the most covers in this year's Tabloid Cover Derby?

I know you've been wondering!

Due to ties, our Top Ten actually includes twelve people. Here are the leaders, through October 24, 2024.

Lindor, photogenic and prominent, is our unsurprising leader.

1. Francisco Lindor 45
2. Pete Alonso 35
3. Luis Severino 17
4T. Edwin Diaz 14
4T. Francisco Alvarez 14
6T. Brandon Nimmo 13
6T. J.D Martinez 13
8T. Mark Vientos 11
8T. Kodai Senga 11
10T. Jeff McNeil 9
10T. Harrison Bader 9
10T. Jesse Winker 9

Lindor appeared on 2022's winning cover, MISERY, from Newsday.

[Lefty Specialist]

This is a lot more fun than that other election.

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Frayed Knot]

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Edgy MD]

Is this gonna be the AI Cover Derby?

[Benjamin Grimm]

While some of the spokesmodels may have been provided in a sponsorship deal with Microsoft Copilot, the covers will all be authentic.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I confess to using AI to generate headlines.

It's bad. It lets AI in on my style, but can be useful in a deadline rush.

I think it's enturely possible that tabloids would go to AI headlines

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Actually AI doesn't seem able to make witty headlines. I copied Jon Herman's Post column into chatGPT and asked it to write a 2 word headline. Here's what I got:

1 Yankees Crushed
2 Dodgers Triumph
3 Grand Slam

Then I asked it to make a pun:
Yankees slammed in Dodger land!

Needs work

[Benjamin Grimm]

[whippoorwill]

Ole!

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Benjamin Grimm]

[kcmets]

Creepy fingers, all eight of 'em.

Sexy neck and shoulders though...

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Edgy MD]

Creepy fingers, all eight of 'em.

Sexy neck and shoulders though...

AI hands and feet are the worst.

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Benjamin Grimm]

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