Yes black is a scourge on the face of the earth – but my main issue with the color is that it looks terrible on Mets merch.
However, I am wearing my new BP jersey for the first time and it looks pretty snazzy. Even on a fat guy. Plus it comes with number on the front! So as the king of fairness, I will say that this jersey looks nice despite the blackness.
Here’s the jersey on actual Mets. As Media Goon and I have been saying all spring – they look much better in person.
Perhaps an alt based upon this design (lets lose the underarm black) would make the Blue camp happy, generation Piazza happy, give the Mets something new to sell, and give the fashion conscious something they can wear on their dates.
What’s really scary is this is the third straight day I am wearing a jersey I’ve never worn before.
Season jersey standings:
In person: Cream “me” 0-1. Mazzilli white pins 1-0.
Wearing jersey but not attending: 0-0.
As long as they keep wearing pins…not Dodger unis.
Dodger uniforms don’t have piping the Snow Whites do.
blasphemy! black, if anything, is good the way it’s used in the regular white and gray uniforms. the blue would be good with orange numbering and white outline.
and the underarm area is bad on every BP jersey (as is the back of the neck area on some).
My jersey score card media goon retro bp 1. 2011 mets bp jersey yesterday.
I don’t really care what they do with the BPs, but understand as long as black is present, there will be hybrids and two-tone batting helmets.
Mets are in whites today after pins for the first two at home. Are the whites going to be a Sunday alt now, or is it just coincidence? This makes an entire home series in blue caps/sleeves/socks. When was the last time that happened?
I haven’t kept track of my own personal jersey record. That would be interesting. I’ve yet to go full-on blue Strawberry alt.
Perhaps blue for opening weekend. Betting on return to some black, likely during night games, this week.
Surprised that they are not using alt. pins for entire opening series as they seem to be the “dress” uniforms worn for special occasions.
No doubt we’ll see the black alts soon. I just hopefully (though not optimistically) wonder if they’re not finally phasing out the mix-and-doesn’t-match look at home otherwise.