One more post before first-pitch. Â An email exchange with Clancy:
Hey, Shannon
I was just looking through my pictures from the Mets Hall of Fame that I took on opening day and, minutiae geek that I am, noticed something – the Seaver jersey that he signed and indicated was one of his ’69 jerseys:
There doesn’t appear to be an MLB 100th Anniversary patch on the right shoulder, or am I missing it?
(I know you’re not the uniform detail guy, but I can never remember who that is …)
So I went to my uniform guy, Osh41 (oh yeah along with Mushnick, Uni Watch and Straight Cash Homey I also rip off everything Osh41 says to me on the phone)…here’s Osh:
during the season and nlcs they had the mlb 100 patch on the left sleeve for home and road. no mets logo patch.
for the WS (home only) they had 2 patches. the mets logo on the left sleeve and the 100 on the right.
could have had the patch removed from the jersey for the 1970 season? dunno –
Hmmm…well that was more than I knew. Â I told Clancy I’d share it with the class. Â Anyone out there know? Â Back to Clancy…
Well, if anyone would know …
Wow, I always associated the ’69 unis with the team patch on the left shoulder and the MLB patch on the right. I just remembered an old Mets book I have that has pix from ’69 and checked it out – yep, primarily MLB patch throughout the season, though I did see one photo, purportedly taken during a game in May, that was just a Mets-only patch. Interestin’.
Who knows how much Mitchell & Ness eventually came to influence my selective memory over the years …
Thanks for looking into it!
No problem. Â This is what we do. Â I find all this stuff fascinating and I’m learning I am not the only one.