It was pointed out in the comments that once again the Mets wore pinstripes at an off-season gathering. If I am right that means they’ve worn the pinnies every time. As a comparison, Jason Bay was intro’d in a pinless in 2010.
As Admiral Kirk said, “Message, Spock?”
Chief, I can’t help it, I cringe every time I see a Mets’ player wearing a Dodgers uniform. I like my Mets to dress like they play for the Mets.
While I have been encouraged by all the preseason pinstripes, I must admit a level of concern from the pictures coming out of the fantasy camp. It was hard to miss the “campers” decked out in pinstripes and hybrid caps, while the coaches wore home black.
I’m hoping that the combination of a new field manager (one who has been out of the Majors for a decade) and a new clubhouse manager mean more pinstripes and less black.
As for the fantasy camp, I’m hoping that’s similar to what they do with minor leaguers in spring training — they break up the positions (I believe) by jersey color — simple white, blue and black, or something, to designate hitters, pitchers and injured guys, or something.
NJ, I know this sounds crazy, but as much as I hate the black stuff, at least it is generic enough to just be one of a million jerseys. The Dodger uniforms, in combination with the owners’ affinity for the Dodgers, ie, uniforms and Ebbe…oops, Taxpayer Field angers me, because you always get the feeling that he wishes he owned the team that moved in 1957. Although as for the idea of the jerseys having some designation, I know it is only fantasy camp, but they do that for football practice, so why not?
I realize I’m in the minority (at least on this blog), but I’ve never been a fan of the pins for the Mets. To me (and many others), pins are the realm of the AL team in NY (whether rightly or wrongly). Neither team that migrated west had pins at that time (although both of them did during prior seasons (e.g. Giants 1911-29, 1931-32; Dodgers 1911-15, 1917-24, 1926-30, 1935-36), both as home and away uniforms). The “Snow Whites” rather than resembling the Dodgers uniforms of the 1940s or 1950s (where there was no piping on the jersey, a look they have continued to use since their western migration), are closer to either the Dodgers uniforms of the 1934 season (http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1934_brooklyn.gif&Entryid=538 ), but more closely resemble the Giants uniforms of the 1936-1946 era (http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/uniforms.asp?league=NL&city=New+York&lowYear=1936&highYear=1946&sort=year&increment=12 when their team colors were royal blue and red rather than black and orange).
The “Snow Whites” can be looked at as either a modified Giants throwback or the only Mets uniform they had since their founding which did not rely on 1947-1957 uniforms from any of the teams in New York (i.e. pins from Yankees (whether true or not, still often speculated), the excellent road uniforms from Giants and Mets script (both on the home uniform chest and on the Mets patch) from the Dodgers). They have piping, which neither the Giants nor Dodgers had or have on their home uniforms. The only similarity with the Dodgers is that the uniform is white (the Giants, of course being cream).
The black jerseys, however, are another topic.