jmp has left a new comment on your post “Adam Rubin: Off-White Retro Home Uniforms for New…“:
The original Mets home uniforms were white with blue pinstripes.
The snow white uniforms with the blue piping is supposedly an homage to the team’s Dodger heritage. If one buys into that argument, then surely the use of cream colored uniforms at home would be an homage to the team’s Giants heritage, right?
The big thing is that those who complain that the Mets honor the Dodgers to the exclusion of the Giants can’t really make too much noise about a cream colored home uniform…
To the best of my knowledge, the cream wasn’t worn by the New York Giants, although it is worn by the SF Giants.
Using your logic, the black on Mets uniforms would be an homage to the NY Giants on the 1950’s.
I would actually be less bothered by a black and orange hat than I would by the hybrids.
Out of curiosity, take a look at the links in this post where someone de-blued a Mets uniform. (And everyone bookmark uniwatch.)
Here’s an article I wrote from earlier this summer with some uniform suggestions for the NYM’s.
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post “New York Mets Uniform Survey Part 2“:
The black just flat out doesn’t look good. It looks ghetto, low-rent, trailer park, 1998 expansions. Of all the expansion teams to enter baseball, the Mets were the only franchise that actually came up with a uniform that stood the test of time — basically unchanged from 1965 to 1978, as the Senators/Rangers, Colts/Astros, Angels, Royals, Padres, Expos, Royals and Brewers/Pilots changed looks and logos every five years or so. That Mets uni stands up against those of the Cubs, Red Sox, Yankees, Cardinals, Dodgers or any other “classic” team. Ever notice how many expansion teams use pinstripes with team names on the front and a logo patch on the sleeve? Where’d they get that idea?
And the pinstripes were to differentiate the Mets from what came before (Giants and Dodgers) moreso than to mimic the Yankees. The Cubs and Phillies have worn pinstripes for decades. Were they copying?
The black uniforms look like something the Diamondbacks, Devil Rays, Marlins or Rockies would have trotted out in the ’90s. Dated as the ’80sracing stripes. There’s a reason why the D’Backs and Rays abandoned those designs for something more traditional, and why the Marlins are redesigning when they move to Miami. But some posters would prefer to look like a low-rent ’90s expansion team than a classic ballclub.
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The Cubs and Phillies have worn pinstripes for decades.