Last night on SNY they showed a closeup of the 41 on the fence. It has the horrible black drop-shading.
Did the numbers at Shea have that? I know they didn’t originally (obviously).
I also enjoyed when SNY showed a Bob Murphy voiced clip of Rusty Staub shuttling between LF and RF – come on guys, you have the tapes – how about making my How I Met The Mets series?
At worst I’d like to see the old rain delay films, especially during a rain delay. I’d rather see that than Chris Carlin telling me about the game I was just watching, or drinking beer in Times Square or whatever that filler show they have is called. Just show old films.
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From my photos from the last days at a living breathing Shea, I see the black drop shadow on the retired numbers. From my photos from the MeiGray Shea Warehouse in January, I did see parts of the retired number 41 without the black.
They had the drop shadow in my pictures from Shea from last year. So, I did a little research and found that the drop shadow addition was covered here: http://www.uniwatchblog.com/category/retired-numbers/
Apparently, they added the drop shadow for 2008.
Personally, I don't have a problem with the drop shadow. At the risk of being ostracized, I'm actually not completely opposed to using a little black in the uniform. I just think that, if it's used, it should be limited to the drop shadows and maybe the hybrid (not all-black) hat on the road. Meanwhile, please, no more black jerseys–especially at home.