What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Man, this isn’t quite as bad as the night six Padres fans took over the section from The T-Shirt Army during an elimination playoff game (but the best fans in baseball said it was late) – but this is not a good look for the He Struck Him Out crowd. Might need to step up the recruiting and the whole Fan Section thing guys.
Now if 700 Mets fans attend a soccer game in Norway, then I will be impressed.
Hey look, it’s the Mets.
Now, I checked and the Mets were HOME at Citi Field. They played as the HOME team (this wasn’t a wierdo makeup-game or something like when the Rays had to play in NYC).
The Mets, at home.
They are wearing jerseys that say NEW YORK.
Two questions.
Shouldn’t the Mets like to look like, you know, the Mets? Why not wear the traditional Mets uniform.
Aside from all the other points – you can’t see what it actually says because the New York isn’t colored in, or that it’s a road jersey – why don’t the Mets want to look like the Mets?
As for wearing a road jersey at home – or at least a city name jersey – they did do it ONCE in 2021 for the anniversary of 9/11. These were cool, for that occasion, and I don’t believe they ever sold a consumer version or i’d own one.
This is also a reminder that drop shadow sucks, and that the current road jerseys need the piping back.
As for the blue jerseys…..hey if you wanna wear blue, figure this out with Nike…
Or maybe this…
Paul Lukas has commented on the Mets use of lowercase over on Uni Watch. Thanks always to Paul for the shoutout.
While I am logged in, I will explain why I don’t post much these days. There is of course the Mets current team being a combination of unlikable players (Lindor) and losing. That said, losing usually doesn’t bother me. I love the 2012 Mets because I liked the people that were Mets in 2012. David Stearns’ Band Of Randoms That Suck At Baseball….I have other things to do.
I enjoyed being a Casual Bandwagon Knicks Frontrunner and not worrying about what they wore, or a gimmick court, or if Taylor Swift is a “real fan.” Don’t know, don’t care. Casual.
The Knicks, unlike the Mets, also had likable players.
Now I am into the World Cup.
As I mentioned in April, the Knicks would give Steve Cohen a LOT of cover for this disaster. The WC might give him another month, especially uf USA goes deep.
But beyond all that, let’s talk about the reality of the modern internet.
15 years ago you went to a website, maybe Uni Watch, maybe this one. You could promote yourself on Facebook and Twitter.
Then Facebook gated posts unless you paid. But if you worked Twitter you could be seen.
Social ate the web, and people stopped going to websites.
Twitter became X and taht site got ruined. Posts don’t get seen.
And now even Google is focused on AI summarizing info rather than linking So say you wanted to know”what years did the Mets wear black” – instead of a link to Uni Watch or here, they will just summarize it.
So at some point…there’s no reason to write if things won’t be seen.
That allowed me to free myself. I write when I want, and I don’t when I don’t feel like I have anything to say. Today I want to tell you to read Uni Watch.
As for the lowercase. It’s stupid and it’s a gimmick. Which is the story of the 2020’s Steve Cohen Era Mets.
Interesting that the player they picked is Bichette!!!!
These would look a million times better with the piping. See below.
Howie Rose has had a HOF career but he HAS said two stupid things. One of course was the infamous “Hodges Moment” but the other was when he said the road jerseys look better without the piping. That’s probably when Howie knew it was time to retire once he realized what he had said.
The $56 caps suck.
I will just bust into my closet and wear this one from many years ago – a Stars and Stripes fashion jersey. Which of course has piping. Come on Howie, take that one back before you retire.
I had a great season. As an admitted casual front-runner bandwagon fan, the 2025-26 Knicks were a pleasure. I saw all but four games – I had a wedding, I missed the Clippers game (back to back late night games, but I did watch the Lakers the night before), the Sunday night game I forgot existed when I was watching football, and one night I was in Europe.
Us casuals don’t care what the Knicks wear. Black uniforms? Sure. Weird court? Fine by me. Fake-fan celebrities (not the real ones, the fakes), sure! The B and C team announcers some nights? I didn’t mind. I was even all into the NBA Cup, where as the MLB version would annoy me.
Plus what a likable bunch of guys who always kept playing.
And then….there are the Mets. The Mets always seem to annoy me. This week it’s this Spider-man Mask. I am enjoying pointing out to them that the original of Spider-man is that HIS UNCLE WAS MURDERED. For a team whose identity is based around a supposedly benevolent “Uncle” you’d think someone would think that through.
But then there are the players. Some psychos are saying things like “The Mets are only 4.5 games out of the Wild Card!” Yay? The third wild card? Yay?
Even if this group were to win it all – is that what we even want? THIS group? David Stearns looking all smug. The SS that was a jerk to the fans having more rings than Mike Piazza? Soto doesn’t seem like he wants to be here. I guess there’s a case for being happy for the rookies and “rookies” (newer players), but I’m not sure I’d feel attached to these Mets. The Mets are many things, but they aren’t likable. At best they are just…kind of….nothing.
The Knicks? Even beyond the stars you had guys like Shamet. Or Kolek. Or Mitch. Or my personal favorite, the agent of chaos, Jordan Clarkson.
The Mets? Yay some faceless relievers got 9 outs.
The comeback in Game 4 gave me feelings I haven’t felt since 2 outs in the bottom of the tenth one October forty years ago. I am glad my son got to feel those feelings. I am glad I got to feel them once more, even if I were a casual bandwagon frontrunner. It was a great ride, I’m glad I got to take it, and nobody gave me a thumbs down.