Uniwatch has some great great breakdowns of the Mets uniform choices for 2009.
Some tidbits:
- The won the most games in…blue caps!
- “Los Mets” were 0-2
- The formerly official uniform (you know, pinstripes and blue caps) were only worn 9 times.
Clearly it is poor uniform choices that caused the Mets to miss the playoffs. Â The hybrid caps must be stopped at all costs. Â Go read Uniwatch for more! Â Great stuff!
First off, I am with you on purging all traces of black from the Mets unis so thanks for fighting the good fight.
Second, in reply to these Uniwatch stats, as someone who watches nearly every game, I was shocked to discover that the NEVER, wore Blue Caps on the road last year! Not once!
That seems incredibly outrageous to me.
But the good news is this… you and folks like Matt Cerrone actually have gotten the team’s attention… something my many letters never seemed to accomplish. I doubt it is any coincidence that your idea re: “meeting at the apple” came to fruition.
So on behalf of all of us, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
Peter, thanks for the compliment. I have no idea if this blog influences anything or not (although the posting of the fanbrick could be traced back here, and that credit goes to Tom for pointing it out.) but I have been told several times that it is read within the Flushing zip code.
Whether my ideas are good/bad/stupid/great I am happy that they get discussed.
I am very thankful to Matt Cerrone because when he does link man oh man does it send readers my way. Matt linking to the fanbrick story sure accelerated that story.
The black uniforms is the holy grail for me. As I have said before, if they win the World Series in pinstripes I might just write one more column and then pack it in.
Oh, and let us not forget Howie Rose who derisively describes the uniforms on the radio broadcasts.
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Matt will check out your link during the week. I am trying to enjoy the nice weather and not stay on the computer too long. Writing this from the deck.
After I let my own analysis of Mets uniforms slide in mid-August, I’m pleased to see someone else was carrying the baton. Hopefully this year we’ll be able to say the Mets had a .682 winning percentage in 80 games in pinstripes, while winning all four pinstripes games in the World Series…
You guys are over reacting. I think black should stay in the color sceam since it actualy looks good. the hybrid hats ar fine but the refurse with a black mets logo would be even better. i dont get why teams want to go plain look at the rays they had a unique colr sceam and they went to boring blue and light blue. what do you think is going to happen to the mets when we have just road and away uniforms with no alternate and no black. Jesse you need to “spice” up your life a little.