The topic…hideous black uniforms.
Thomas Ogilvie has left a new comment on your post “Mailbag: My Proposal To Rid The New York Mets Of B…“:
My two cents, as a physics graduate. Black absorbs heat, meaning the Mets will be getting more dehydrated, overheating, and not playing 100%. White (or indeed pinstripes, if my memory of the reflection lectures serves) reflects heat, keep the players cool and refreshed, leaving them ready to steal that game-winning base.
One would think the equipment manager would understand that. When I coached little league I would show up an hour early to grab “the shady dugout.” Charlie Samuels the equipment manager must have a deal with Modell’s.
Sean has left a new comment on your post “Mailbag: My Proposal To Rid The New York Mets Of B…“:
Excellent post. A few comments for you. First, I am pretty sure it is Charlie Samuels who is responsible. I have heard Howie mention on the air a number of times that he commends Charlie when he outfits the team in blue. Second, I wrote a couple of letters to Howie care of WFAN and gave him my email but never heard any reply – maybe there’s a better way. Last, the concept of selling stuff doesn’t wash with me as a reason to wear the black hats. You can get suckers to buy all the black merchandise you want without actually wearing it. Yankees sell hats in every color under the sun…people buy them plenty.
You beat me to my own point. I don’t care what they sell. I see plenty of awful Yankees items (red hats, yellow hats) but never on Derek Jeter during a game.
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Okay, so a franchise record seven SBs against the Giants were swiped whilst wearing black, but the physics don’t lie!
PLEASE DITCH THE BLACK! Orange and Blue. Period. Even Citi Field looks classier when the Mets are in their pinstripes and blue caps.
Remember when Steve Phillips (ca 1997) ditched the names from the back of the Mets home uniforms? They looked so good that the Giants followed suit the next year. Unfortunately, the Mets jettisoned the idea and went back to names on the backs. I think names ruin the concept of a player being identified by number. How many people remember Danny Heep wearing #23 in 1986; and by the way, what was Kevin Mitchell's number again? The number 2 on Derek Jeter's back is his identity on the field as was Mickey Mantle and Reggie Jackson before him. The names are superfluous.