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Drop Shadow: A black or otherwise dark-colored clone of text or logos that is offset from the cloned text usually down and to the right.  Drop shadows were introduced in Mets uniforms when black was made an official team color and were used on all white, gray, and pinstripe jerseys until their removal for the 2012 season.  And there was much rejoicing.

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