Posted on by Shannon Shark @metspolice

The 1987 New York Mets Yearbook Cover

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I have been going in sequence with the Mets yearbook covers (from Angel’s collection) but today I thought I’d skip to this one….from 1987

Thanks to Doc, Darryl, Frank and Davey for helping make it possible.

Why the hell did the Mets take the NY off the ball logo anyway?  I still think they are moving to Mercury in 2021.

One Reply to “The 1987 New York Mets Yearbook Cover”

  1. Come on, Shannon, we’ve been through that “NY” thing before. 😉

    http://www.villagevoice.com/1999-10-12/news/uni-watch-mets-concede/

    UniWatch has a little more background on it here (text search for “logo fossil”):

    http://www.uniwatchblog.com/page/168/?image=1164091991

    In a nutshell, the original logo had an “NY” more similar (though not identical) to the one on the caps, but time proved such a tiny detail impractical and the serif-thingys just kinda disappeared over the years, leaving the logo with the stick-figure “NY” you see above. In ’99 the Mets considered trying to make it match better, but ultimately decided it wasn’t worth the effort and just dropped it altogether.

    I think they made the right call. Most uses of the logo are so small, the “NY” just ends up looking like crap anyway.

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