Carlo, a Mets Police reader who has hooked me up with a few things (and wrote the charity-idea article the other day) posed a good question…
I was taking a look at this awesome looking ’69 replica jersey:(on the left), and I was wondering, did the Mets in the 60’s wear white, or these off-whites? In that picture, it looks off-white, but in actual pictures of the team, it looks white, but its also 1969 camera quality, so I’m really not sure.
I was wondering if you had any idea. If the Mets had actually worn the off whites, I would have voted for them in that survey (which by the way, is now closed down) I was just wondering if you had any insight.
So that’s a little before my time, but Osh41 is both a Seaver geek and a uniform geek so I kicked it to him…He said i see seaver closing shea and wearing an off white shirt, i watch the 69 series and his jersey is more white. i see pics of the team and they are more white than cream.
I don recall the Yankees jerseys looked yellow at their closing ceremony…and Yogi Berra even commented on it (paraphrasing) that he didn’t recall them ever being so yellow.
It seems to be a quirky Cooperstown Collection thing. I know Osh41 has pointed out numerous incorrect number fonts on various jerseys (he’ll probably email me when he reads this).
You may also want to check out the excellent Uni Watch.
Anyone older than us want to weigh in?
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