Before we begin, I would like to thank all the purveyors of merchandise for managing to get through this St. Patrick’s Day season without resorting to the stereotypes based in hatred, well discussed on this blog in the past. I only saw one offensive cap this year, from the 47 shop, but it was not attached to the Mets or MLB, it was just a Cap For Caps Sake. So this is great news.
We begin with the Green Murph.
That’s one of my favorite jerseys as the late Shannon Forde looked out for me and I was able to purchase it through her help. There weren’t too may of these.
The one above is not mine, but actually Nick’s. Nick is not messing around. He also has the Kid 8 patch on his 28 who emailed me a few jersey pics.
Nick really brought his A-game. Here is a 1985 version via Mitchell & Ness. If you don’t know who 18 was on the 1985 Mets then you are in the middle of the wrong post for your level of nerdiness.
This next one Nick says is late 1980’s, but MBTN shows Mark Carreon wearing 45 in 1990.
The next one Nick says is early 1990’s. Hubie Brooks? D.J. Dozier?
Next, Nick shares his 2006 Joe Smith.
And finally Nick has this 2008 style. I think I boycotted these or wasn’t in jersey-mania mode yet. You know who #5 was right? (Sad, this sentence used to ask who #5 IS not WAS.)
This next one wasn’t an on-field one, but it’s back from when the Mets did Player’s Choice jerseys (those were cool fun) and this is one of my favorite possessions which I got for $30 in the team shop the year Murph was out and you Ike Hypers thought we’d never see Murph again.
You can see the cool front here…
Here are some Mets caps from over the years.
The first one is boring. The second one is just stupid. Blue brim?
The third one is the issue for me.
The Mets had discontinued this one, although it made a horrible return last year by some misbegotten retailers who must have been undereducated on the history of such things.
I have omitted last year’s version of the offensive cap from the post as the manufacturer has discontinued it.
This next one was the boring 2016 cap. A league wide template and everyone gets white on green. Zzzz.
For 2017, this cap
For 2018 which is not as nice as last year’s.
This is what MLB was pushing in 2019
And this is what would have been worn on-field today, seen here with a horrifically high crown.
Here’s my not-inexpensive Green Reds Seaver. I don’t think I have worn it, maybe once, because I am afraid to get it dirty.
Here’s a screen grab I took in 2015 including the horrible Mr. O’Met.
This is my old Original Irish Night cap I have from way back at Shea whenever they did Original Irish Night.
And here’s probably the best of the Irish caps. The Irish hybrid. And yeah that’s Regis Philbin!
I typed “green” into my own picture index and found this jacket!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, and with the bars all closed we can have a nice holiday without all the buffoonery and costuming done by Irish-Americans and non Irish-Americans alike.
LGM
