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January 10, 2010

Mets Jerseys with Osh41 (Part 2)

Another lesson on Mets jerseys from Osh41:

In 1974 the Mets removed the ‘New York‘ from the front of the road jersey. What they went with looks very much like the ‘snow whites‘ that are part of the home jersey rotation now (minus the black – of course).

Why the Mets removed the ‘New York’ from the road fronts is a mystery, they looked awesome. At any rate this is a clean look, although not as cool or as classy as having New York spelled out. And guess what is doesn’t have on it?? That’s right – BLACK. Don’t get me started.

If you are a jersey aficionado, i.e a jersey dork like me, you’ll notice the number font style that was in place on road jerseys from 1962 – 1973 has changed. What was cool about Mets jerseys from 62-77 was that the road and home jerseys had difference font styles for the numbers. Starting in 1978 with the intro of the pullover 2 button style – the subject of a future post – the numbers were consistent on both the home and road jerseys.

For more from Osh41 on jerseys read here.

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January 10, 2010

Winter Classic at Citi Field: maybe not? (speculation)

There’s a really good read on Uni Watch about the NHL’s Winter Classic. The ratings slipped this year, and Uni Watch’s analysis is that the novelty is wearing off.

Furthermore, the ratings may have been helped by Wrigley and then Fenway, and “Citi Field” isn’t that sexy for a nationwide audience. However, real Yankee Stadium is gone and the new fake one is tied up with a bowl game.

Read the article, Citi might not be the lock Jeff and Rod Gilbert want it to be.

January 10, 2010

Your baby could one day lead the Blue Cap Army

$60 for this setup….brainwash your child to hate the black. One day he or she could be the equipment manager after Charlie Samuels retires. Imagine, a child never exposed to the horrible black uniforms. Click the pic and lead us to our blue salvation.

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January 10, 2010

Coming Up This Week on Mets Police (January 10)

Coming up this week…I’mgoing to apologize to the Mets. There’s tons of Mets history at Citi Field, it’s just hidden away on the suite level….I’ll take a look at this wall….

…and lets thumb through the ’83 yearbook. That and whatever else is going on in Flushing, this week on Mets Police.

January 10, 2010

Who are the 5 Greatest Mets?

I remember last year certain other teams were making their 5 and some were pushing for Jeter to push Berra off the list of Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio and Mantle…to which I say Yogi has TEN RINGS. That’s a discussion for another blog….

…here in Flushing I was emailing with one of the reader’s (always happy to converse at shannon@metspolice.com) and we were chatting about the top four Mets (because of the Old-Timers Day with Joe D, Willie, Michey and the Duke).

Since I can’t imagine any Mets fan not having Tom Seaver on this list. I’ll expand it to 5.

Who are the top 5 Greatest Mets?

No ties. No “I can’t decide.” You get 5 names. Go. Post here or tweet me @metspolice

My list: Seaver, Hernandez, Gooden, Koosman and I will say Mazzilli and leave off Piazza in a lame attempt to get you to react 😉