8 Replies to “You own this Mets jersey: Blue Dave Kingman”

  1. Kingman jersey might look nice at first glance, but it is not a style jersey that the Mets ever wore. As a jersey purist, I really dislike the attempts by current jersey manufacturers that market reproductions that are historically inaccurate.

    As a matter of TRIVIA, I challenge anyone on this site to put together a list of what’s wrong with it…

    Any takers?

    1. Hey Nick,

      That’s actually not entirely accurate. The Mets wore that as an home alternate jersey in 1983-1984. In fact it was almost identical to the BP jersey at the time with the exception that the alternate was a double-knit polyester and the BP was a poly-mesh. So, since Kingman was a Met in 1983 it works.

      Steve

        1. Steve,

          BTW, your link was to the Kingman home BP, not the alternate home gamer. It was not a poly mesh; it was actually a solid jersey but a lighter-weight material to the gamers. They wore these light-weight poly warm-ups from 1981-1983 only.

          Nick

  2. Nick,

    I sent Shannon a post on just that topic that he HAS YET TO post!! Wink, wink…

    Terence M.K.

  3. Steve,

    Good try but not quite there.

    The Mets did wear a home alternate in 1983-1984. The “KINGMAN” differs from the home alternate as follows:

    1. MAJOR DIFFERENCE — The home alternate had gray stripes on the neck & sleeve endings as well as gray outlining all of the letters and numbers. The Majestic reproduction has them wrongly represented as white. Incidentally, when Mitchell and Ness first attempted to produce a 1983 Mets road alternate (Tom Seaver), they did his neck and sleeve stripes in white too (and the logos had correct gray). To this date, I call the original M&N ’83 Tom Seaver “the Frankenstein jersey”

    2. Minor difference — The 83 alternate had the name on back sewn onto a nameplate. Mitchell and Ness gets this correct now; Majestic doesn’t have a clue.

    3. Major difference — Not seen by the photo though — Majestic reproductions seem to leave off the front numbers. This is common on their retail replica jerseys.

    As always, if anyone has a Mets uniform question, please feel free to email me at [email protected]

    Nick

    1. Nick,

      I wasn’t trying to run down a list of everything wrong with Majestic’s reproduction. I was merely pointing out that Kingman would have worn that jersey in ’83.

      Steve

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