(If you’ve made it here from MetsBlog welcome. Check out today’s post which features pictures from a 1985 game where Rusty Staub played OF for the last time.)
Hmmm. I’m not sure where we go from here. I can’t believe it was Colactus who brought the black back to Citi Field. This definitely puts a strain on our relationship and is making it very hard to root for the guy.
That being said, I’m not going to cut off my nose to spite my face and root for the Mets to lose just because they are dressed like a softball team.
It totally sucks that the black coincided with a winning streak – but the winning streak coincided with Jason Bay returning and a lineup that actually had a left fielder and protection for David Wright and also the Arizona Diamondbacks as the opponent.
I really thought we were done with this crap after the first homestand. I thought that Kevin Kierst was the savior…but nooooo Terry has to get all superstitious because his team was tied for 4th in wins at Citi Field (they are now first).
So black-haters, I’m feeling beaten down. As you know I can go on and on and on about this, but I need help. Fortunately, there are others with even more powerful blogs.
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Here’s a weekend comment from Phil who wrote a great tirade about the black on Uni Watch on Saturday…definitely read it if you take weekends off the internet. The below is not the Uni Watch column, but a separate rant.
Yes, (Saturday’s) column was penned by me, and i won’t presume to speak for paul, but i’m pretty sure he feels the same way
the difference between paul and I (and i would suspect the good folks at MP) is that we don’t really give a (hoot) whether the uniform goes with people’s street clothing — the point of the uniform is to outfit the TEAM not the fans
the black in the mets uniform has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GIANTS, and anyone who claims so is not only making a specious (at best) claim, but uttering a falsehood at worst…as paul himself said:
“They did NOT take black from the Giants. That was (and for some folks still is) a back-door rationalization. Just a coincidence. Total BFBS.”
and just because 1/3 of the mets history happens to include black, 2/3rds does not…it was not originally a mets color, plain and simple
i will agree that if you want to wear fanboy gear, authentics or replicas, yes, black does go better with your street clothes — but the point of a uniform is not, nor should it EVER be, simply to sell shit to the public…and despite their success in the racing stripes, i personally detested them — but at least they were in royal and orange
it may “define” the era of piazza, reyes and wright just as the houston astros tequila sunrises defined nolan ryan, or the bumblebee pirates defined willie stargell and kent tekulve…doesn’t mean either of those two uniform iterations defined the pirates or astros long term — hell, the white sox wore two of the more garish (but distinctive) uniforms in a 12 year period (the early 20th centruy fauxbacks and the beach blanket bingo‘s that followed — but would you say either of those uniforms defined the white sox?
you may want a more fan-friendly look for your team if you wish to wear their jersey around…and indeed the mets no doubt want to tap into the lucrative market that is jersey & paraphernalia sales…
but to say black is part of the mets uniform history is true — but what is not true is that it was added for any other reason than because it was trendy … it was NOT done as a nod to the giants, in any way, shape or form
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You guys need to read Uni Watch every day. They’ve been fighting the War on Black since way before I started my dopey site. I am folding my former #waronblack hashtag into their #ditchtheblack so that we can present a unified front.
They say it gets darkest (ha) before the dawn. Hopefully the 50th anniversary will lead to change and tradition. The Treaty of Flushing is still on the table if anyone wants to meet in a subway car.
