What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Jeff McNeil of the 4th place Mets was off playing golf instead of working out and watching game films. If Matt Harvey did that you guys would be mad at him. Thanks to Maria for the tip!
INT. JERRY’S APARTMENT – DAY
Steve bursts into Jerry’s apartment with an air of excitement.
STEVE: (excitedly) Jerry, guess what? The Yankees are copying my idea!
JERRY: What, they didn’t call Ohtani either?
STEVE (annoyed). No Jerry, the New York Yankees are getting rid of the white on their road jerseys!
JERRY: (raising an eyebrow) No white?
STEVE: No White.
JERRY: Why would the Yankees get rid of the white?
STEVE: (proudly) It’s trendsetting, Jerry. I’m a fashion pioneer in baseball.
JERRY: (teasing) What’s next, invisible pinstripes?
STEVE: (ignoring the sarcasm) This is serious. It’s like the Yankees are following in Uncle Steve’s footsteps.
JERRY: (sarcastically) Oh, I can see it now: ‘Uncle Steve,’ the trendsetter. What are you going to remove next? The numbers?
STEVE: (considering) You know, that’s not a bad idea…
JERRY: (laughing) Yeah, and players can just wear nametags. “Hi, I’m… what’s his name.”
INT. STEVE’S OFFICE – CITI FIELD
Steve is at his desk when his marketing team, looking thrilled, enters his office.
MARKETING DIRECTOR: (excitedly) Steve, we have a huge opportunity. A major client wants to sponsor the new uniforms!
STEVE: (interested) Great! Bring them in.
A moment later, representatives from White Castle enter. They’re beaming with enthusiasm.
WHITE CASTLE REP: (eagerly) Steve, we’re thrilled about this. With the return of stolen bases, we want to promote our sliders. It’s the perfect baseball tie-in!
STEVE: (nodding) Sliders and stolen bases, I like it!
As the conversation progresses, Steve prepares to show them the new uniforms.
STEVE: (proudly) Before we go further, let me show you our new uniforms.
He reveals the all-black Mets uniforms, and the White Castle team’s smiles fade.
WHITE CASTLE REP: (confused) Where’s the white on the uniforms? Our branding is white and blue.
STEVE: (awkwardly) Well, about that… We recently decided to go with an all-black design. No white.
WHITE CASTLE REP: No white?
STEVE (proudly): No white.
The White Castle team exchanges worried glances.
WHITE CASTLE REP 2: (concerned) But our whole campaign is about ‘White Castle Sliders.’ We envisioned our logo in white on the uniforms…
STEVE: (realizing the problem) Oh, I see the issue here.
WHITE CASTLE REP: (disappointed) I’m afraid without the white, our branding just won’t pop.
WHITE CASTLE REP 2: Gotta have pop.
INT. JERRY’S APARTMENT – DAY
Steve walks into Jerry’s apartment, looking defeated. Jerry is sitting on the couch, casually flipping through a magazine.
STEVE: (sighing) Jerry, you won’t believe what happened. The White Castle deal fell through.
JERRY: (curious) What happened? They didn’t want to slide into a partnership?
STEVE: (frustrated) They were all set to sponsor our uniforms for the sliders promotion, but then they saw the all-black jerseys. No white, no deal.
JERRY (softly): No white?
STEVE (sad): No white.
JERRY (softly): No deal?
STEVE (sad): No deal.
JERRY: (teasing) So, you’re saying they had a beef with your fashion statement?
STEVE: (dejectedly) Exactly. Without the white, their logo wouldn’t stand out. They said it wouldn’t pop. The whole campaign was based on pop.
JERRY: (chuckling) Looks like your ‘no white’ policy turned into a ‘no green’ reality.
As we continue to encourage everyone to have HONOR AMONG BLOGGERS I will again refer you to Uni Watch who has a bit of information about the Citi Connect design.
There you will find the date of the debut, which I could just tell you, but I think the people who do the work deserve the credit, so just click.
As for my own independent sourcing, I believe the new cap design (without white) is related to the City Connect, which I also believe to be black. Something about the white not working with it, and the cap change forcing the tweak to the Friday black jersey.
I am also confident the City Connect jersey will be awful, but time will tell.
Anyway, click on some Uni Watch, and also treat yourself to my latest Seinfeld riff on all this. I will have another Seinfeld post tomorrow.
INT. JERRY’S APARTMENT – DAY
Steve enters Jerry’s apartment with an air of excitement.
STEVE: (excitedly) Jerry, big news! The Mets have new uniforms!
JERRY: (interested but confused ) New uniforms? Why?
GEORGE: Jerry, what’s the opposite of black?
JERRY: (matter-of-factly) White! You’re bringing back the pinless? I did kinda like those.
STEVE: (shaking his head) No, Jerry, I’m getting rid of white.
JERRY: Getting rid of white?
STEVE: Getting rid of white. The new black jerseys will have no white.
JERRY: (confused) No white?
STEVE: (proudly) No white, Jerry. Fans want an even blacker jersey. A jersey so black, that is has no white.
JERRY: (skeptical) An all-black jersey? That’s going to look like a walking shadow.
STEVE: (enthusiastically) It’s bold, Jerry. Bold and different! It’s the jerseys the fans want.
JERRY: (sarcastically) What they wanted was a jersey that says ‘Ohtani’ on the back, not ‘Ninja.’
INT. JERRY’S APARTMENT – CONTINUOUS
While the conversation about the new Mets uniforms continues, Elaine walks in and overhears the tail end of the discussion.
ELAINE: (curiously) Whatever happened with Ohtani anyway?
STEVE: (matter-of-factly) He didn’t call..
ELAINE: (surprised) He didn’t call?
STEVE: (annoyed) Yes, Elaine. He didn’t call.
ELAINE: well, did you call him?
STEVE: Elaine, Uncle Steve doesn’t make the calls. People call Uncle Steve.
JERRY: (chuckling) At this rate, people are gonna call Uncle Steve a lot of things this summer, and I don’t think ‘genius’ will be one of them.
As Steve is explaining the new all-black Mets uniforms, Kramer slides into the apartment.
JERRY: (to Kramer) Kramer, get a load of this. Steve’s got the Mets in all-black uniforms. No white.
KRAMER: (puzzled) No white?
STEVE: No white.
KRAMER: No white? But the jerseys won’t pop!
STEVE: (confused) Pop?
KRAMER: (animatedly) Yeah, pop.! You know, that visual zing! Bam! It catches your eye, makes the players stand out! No pop.
JERRY: No pop.
ELAINE: No pop.
STEVE: (considering) I thought it was about being sleek, modern…
JERRY: (chuckling) What, are they going to play in the dark? They’ll look like a bunch of shadows running around the field.
KRAMER: (nodding) Exactly, Jerry. You need contrast. The white pops against the black. It’s visual dynamics!
STEVE: (sighing) I thought I was on to something revolutionary…
JERRY: (teasingly) Yeah, a revolution in disappearing on the field.
INT. CITI FIELD – GAME DAY
Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and Steve are sitting in the owner’s box at Citi Field, watching the Mets play in their new all-black uniforms. The sparse crowd’s reaction is a mixture of confusion and amusement.
JERRY: (observing) Look at this, the players are practically invisible out there.
ELAINE: (squinting) Which one’s the pitcher and which one’s the umpire?
The scoreboard shows a close-up of the players, but their jersey numbers and names are nearly indistinguishable.
KRAMER: (frustrated) I can’t tell who’s who!
STEVE: (defensively) They looked good in the drawings!
ELAINE: (joking) Maybe they can sneak up on the other team.
STEVE: (sighing) This seemed like such a good idea at the time.
JERRY: (quipping) Well, Steve, at least your team is leading the league in one category: stealth.
I am one of the few sites that practices HONOR AMONG BLOGGERS so rather than me just grab the hard work of Paul Lukas like one twitter account affiliated with a TV station did ripped me off about the black cap reveal) I will send you over to Uni Watch so you can see what the jersey looks like.
If you’re too lazy to click, it has the same idea as this cap- no white outline. My opinion, and Paul seems to agree, is it makes the design ever worse because now the numbers don’t pop. IMO you wind up with that “purple” look the old hybrid caps had.
Anyway, Mets owners Steve and Alex Cohen (most press releases phrase the ownership that way now) have had a terrible off-season, so why not make it worse.
Visit Uni Watch and don’t support uncool twitter accounts who don’t source.
