2023 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 2.06 CLUELESS vs MEET THE Mess

[Benjamin Grimm]

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

CLUELESS
Newsday, June 22, 2023.
Winner of Round 1.14



MEET THE Mess
New York Post, June 24, 2023.
Winner of Round 1.15

[Edgy MD]

BUCKS BUMBLERS would have made a much better headline than the shopworn MEET THE METS.

[metirish]

This is looking like a close race

[Edgy MD]

Yes, but is it because they both feel like winners or because they both feel like losers?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Probably the latter.

The Post's covers are often too noisy and cluttered for my taste. (And the Post generally performs poorly in this competition.) The Newsday cover is nice and clean, but it's not at all vibrant and suffers from featuring an unrecognizable player.

[metirish]

Agree with above

[Benjamin Grimm]

Still tied. This thread has fewer votes than others, so a few of our regulars apparently haven't chimed in yet.

[bmfc1]

I voted late (which means that I might lose my Fast Pass for the Derby HQ Tour) and voted for the Newsday cover, not because it has Josh Walker but because I like simplicity in comparison to the "mess" in The Post cover which has a great picture but almost decapitated Nimmo.

[Benjamin Grimm]