Yesterday I linked to a story from September via Metstradamus which seems to have struck a nerve from Andy who emailed me:
I think that story is a whole lotta hoopla about nothing. He posted this in September when those shirts came out in early Summer. I would expect a store in Queens to run out of Mets shirts before any of those other teams including the Yankees because retail shops generally order twice as much Yankee gear. At no point does the poster ever ask an employee if they had Mets shirts at any time. They most likely did. My local Old Navy in Scarsdale has had Mets hats and shirts all Summer. In fact I bought this spiffy one there last weekend. I think the poster is letting his own feelings of fan inadequacy get in the way of the truth.
Since it has been quiet (or at least it was before I pre-posted this and ran off to my 10am meeting) I enjoy a fight about “nothing.”
I haven’t done any research lately, but to my eyes the Modell’s on 42nd street leans Yankees (they have a business arrangements of sorts involving tickets), and they also are pushing football jerseys (makes sense.) I see a few Mets jerseys hanging on the wall, but on par with teams such as the Phillies.
So Mets fans…you guys shop. Do you see “Mets stuff” out there?