From 2009 and the Biz of Baseball
Six New York Mets players (Putz, Maine, Parnell, Sheffield, Murphy, Santos), along with the MLBPA, Majestic Athletic and Twins Enterprises held a design session yesterday in what would become the first line of player-designed line of merchandise with MLB player input. The products will be sold in the new MLBPA created Players Clubhouse store at Citi Field“This was nothing like I expected, but I’m really looking forward to seeing what comes out of this,” Putz said. “I started with a basic orange-and-blue camoflage type of thing, but as we kept talking, I ultimately got to a military camo shirt, but with an Affliction-style print, and red, white and blue lettering. But it was fun to bounce ideas around like that and see where it went.”
This is an idea I would like to see revisited (although Fanatics will make the lile $329 this time) – and maybe someone with a sense of design could reign them in a little.
The Green Murph is my favorite, and I got one for THIRTY dollars at the Mets shop the year Murph got hurt in the minors learning how to play second so Ike Davis could make the hall of fame and the Mets thought we’d never hear from Daniel again….
