Good morning Mets fans!
Does anyone know why Kevin is trying to upset me? I’m minding my own business blogging about dogs and the Yankees and he has to go and send me this:
Hey Shannon,
Last night on Versus — saw, for the first time, a new show (or maybe it’s been around and I’ve just missed it) called Baseball’s Best Rivalries. It featured the Mets’ and Phillies’ all-time rivalry. Took this screenshot of Johnny Franco from 1993. I know you’ll just LOVE it.
Hope all is well,
Kevin
Oh my goodness. Did that really happen? Were there really horrible road “swoosh” jerseys???
I don’t remember these at all. I do see I have a receipt from Rekall technologies from 1993 and sometimes people think I am someone named Quaid but I don’t remember this at all.
I’m experiencing this horror show for the first time.
I will say one thing, at least it isn’t black. Which brings us to the impossible poll results…
Last time out you were asked if the devil made you choose between black or underline which would you pick? Surprisingly 58% picked underline. I thought more of you young whippersnappers would pick black – or maybe my old fogey blog appeals to fat middle aged guys with man-crushes on Lee Mazzilli.
Any suggestions for the next poll?
Those were worn in 93 & 94
http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/uniforms.asp?league=NL&city=New+York&lowYear=1990&highYear=1999&sort=year&increment=18
You Know…In the end…These are not that bad…sure better than the Black Unis!
I always really liked those jerseys. I could live without the underline, but the old-school “New York” script that matches the “Mets” script from the logo and home jerseys (check out Homer’s pennant here: http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2008/04/14/homerdog-jpg/) is a natural. I happily snagged a jersey just like the one Franco is wearing there off of ebay like a month or two ago.
Admittedly, the ’94s without the sleeve stripes are the better looking of the two years’. The ’94s had the special “Miracle Mets” anniversary logo patch, though, and that kinda takes away from it IMOHO.
Oh, and Chief, you do realize we’ve gone over this before, right?
https://metspolice.com/2009/07/24/1993-new-york-mets-swoosh-jerseys-2/
Nah i can’t remember anything. Clearly every time I find out about them I have my brain erased.
I recall the homes but not the roads.