The Mets Police

This is from tonight’s game(s).  It is unclear if this means fan merch in July or if this means on-field.

July Black jerseys are back! pic.twitter.com/FHJMcLIcnE

— Talking Mets With Rob (@Talkin_Mets_Rob) June 26, 2021

There is a VERY quick look at the jerseys in the video…

This morning I shared my thoughts on the jerseys.

Update:found another video…so I guess the image I posted above is from the previous generation of black jerseys and not a preview of the new one. Presumably they are the same.

Mets just announced Black Jerseys are officially back this year!!!!pic.twitter.com/2mE489vFQk

— Casey (@CaseyJ_516) June 26, 2021

I like The Mets, but I don’t like the Mets.

With the owner tweeting that we are on day closer to black jerseys, people are saying that can’t wait to see what I say.

Nothing new here but….

They look bad.

They are ok looking on civilians who want to wear something as they walk around, they look bad on baseball fields.

The black road jersey looks better than the home jersey.

The all black cap looks better than the hybrid cap, which is the term for the black cap with the blue bill.

The hybrid cap looks bad because the color scheme creates a color illusion that wind sup making the NY part look purple from a distance.  You can kind of see the effect below.

I understand wearing them for 9/11.

I understand 20 year nostalgia points.

I could even understand but dislike making them Friday night alts or something.

Dropshadow is terrible and does not need to come back ever. It just clutters the look.

There is no need to have the black ball logo.

The people who will celebrate these also seem to be the people who add F to LGM, this is not my crowd.

Mike Piazza, often associated with black jerseys, attended a rally to support the re-election of President Trump.

Where are the on-field Pride jerseys?

Why would you not want your baseball team to look like this?  (Look at Gilkey’s cap, you can see the purple effect.)

When it can look like this?

But whatever, as I said to Media Goon yesterday, while I like The Mets, right now I don’t really like the Mets.  I don’t have a favorite player, I am not interested in attending, I don’t care for the vulgarity and even though they are in first I have no attachment to this squad.   That’s never been the kind of fan I am.  I’m around during the lean times as well as the good.  Right now the wallet is closed.  If they make something I like, I will buy one….been wearing my 4th of July cap all week and it looks good on me….but it will likely look lousy on field.

I leave you with the words of Bruce Springsteen – and these apply to jerseys, LGM and Mike Piazza’s activities.  From Long Walk Home….

My father said, “Son, we’re lucky in this town, it’s a beautiful place to be born
It just wraps its arms around you, nobody crowds you and nobody goes it alone
You know that flag flying over the courthouse means certain things are set in stone
Who we are, what we’ll do and what we won’t”

 

 

 

Chris Creamer’s Sports Logos has a great rundown of the 2021 All Star Game caps and uniforms and they are horrible.  The caps are whatever, but look at this disaster of a jersey.  Even worse, MLB will have these worn IN GAME.  I am already seeing enough backlash to that online that I won’t be surprised if that decision is reversed.  My wallet is closed.

I don’t believe we yet know what the back will look like.

And interestingly for the practice day, they will wear this…

 

I do not remember this film, but what kind of sportswriter walks around in a Mets cap in real life?  Who is this guy, Oscar Madison?  No rooting in the press box!  Do you think Gary Cohen calls a play more loudly when the Mets are having a rall…..hold on someone is passing me a note.

It’s easy enough to see why Funny Farm underperformed in the face of all that competition. The idea of New York sportswriter Andy Farmer (Chase) decamping for the country to write his novel, only to find himself ill-prepared for life in small-town Redbud, Vermont, sounds a bit like off-brand Clark Griswold. (via AV Club)

My friends the Mets wanted to get all the sponsor mentions in and let you know about the below.  It appears they choose not to wear special uniforms no special caps.  Go all in Mets.  This is New York, we can handle some rainbow no matter who is on the board of directors.

METS TO CELEBRATE FIFTH PRIDE NIGHT AT CITI FIELD ON JUNE 25

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., June 23, 2021 – The New York Mets will host their fifth Pride Night at Citi Field on June 25 when they take on the Philadelphia Phillies in a doubleheader starting at 4:10pm. Gates will open to all fans at 3:10pm.

 

Pride Night will be a celebration of the many New Yorkers and others who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. The Coca-Cola sign above right field will be illuminated in the Pride Rainbow and in-game programming will be focused on celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. In addition, the first 12,000 fans in attendance will receive an exclusive Mets Pride T-Shirt, provided by Citi.

 

A special pregame ceremony will take place during the National Anthem as members of the LGBT Network participate in an on-field flag presentation. The Anthem will be performed by Donna Vivino, an American musical theatre actress who was most recently seen as Grizabella in Cats on the 2020 national tour.

 

In between games, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center will be honored as the Mets community hero of the day. Callen-Lorde provides sensitive, quality health care and related services targeted to New York LGBTQ communities, in all their diversity, regardless of ability to pay.

 

Tickets in the Big Apple Reserved section are being sold exclusively for Pride Night. These tickets are $40 with $5 from each ticket sold going to the LGBT Network, a non-profit that funds community centers and programming with resources for the LGBT Community throughout Long Island and Queens. The Mets and LGBT Network have partnered to bring New Yorkers Pride Night since 2016. Tickets can be purchased at mets.com/pride.