With the owner tweeting that we are on day closer to black jerseys, people are saying that can’t wait to see what I say.
Nothing new here but….
They look bad.
They are ok looking on civilians who want to wear something as they walk around, they look bad on baseball fields.
The black road jersey looks better than the home jersey.
The all black cap looks better than the hybrid cap, which is the term for the black cap with the blue bill.
The hybrid cap looks bad because the color scheme creates a color illusion that wind sup making the NY part look purple from a distance. You can kind of see the effect below.
I understand wearing them for 9/11.
I understand 20 year nostalgia points.
I could even understand but dislike making them Friday night alts or something.
Dropshadow is terrible and does not need to come back ever. It just clutters the look.
There is no need to have the black ball logo.
The people who will celebrate these also seem to be the people who add F to LGM, this is not my crowd.
Where are the on-field Pride jerseys?
Why would you not want your baseball team to look like this? (Look at Gilkey’s cap, you can see the purple effect.)
When it can look like this?
But whatever, as I said to Media Goon yesterday, while I like The Mets, right now I don’t really like the Mets. I don’t have a favorite player, I am not interested in attending, I don’t care for the vulgarity and even though they are in first I have no attachment to this squad. That’s never been the kind of fan I am. I’m around during the lean times as well as the good. Right now the wallet is closed. If they make something I like, I will buy one….been wearing my 4th of July cap all week and it looks good on me….but it will likely look lousy on field.
I leave you with the words of Bruce Springsteen – and these apply to jerseys, LGM and Mike Piazza’s activities. From Long Walk Home….
My father said, “Son, we’re lucky in this town, it’s a beautiful place to be born
It just wraps its arms around you, nobody crowds you and nobody goes it alone
You know that flag flying over the courthouse means certain things are set in stone
Who we are, what we’ll do and what we won’t”
