Good morning Mets fans,
It’s another one of those Saturdays when Mrs. Mets Police has to work, and I was craving Unnamed Donuts Chain That Should Sponsor The Blog…she let me know I had ten minutes before she left so I grabbed the first thing I could to cover the t-shirt I slept in…so I grabbed this David Wright jersey.
I’m increasingly digging my burnt orange jersey, it seems very Octobery (since in Flushing we don’t do that thing where you stick a World Series logo on the side of the cap). It got me thinking about uniforms so once again I will float my Treaty of Flushing.
Here’s how this goes. Me, Howie Rose, Paul Lukas from Uni Watch and whoever wants to join us meet Dave Howard and Jeff Wilpon in a subway car to sign the treaty. I have proposed the below (or some form of it) for the past few years.
1. Black is eliminated as a color from Mets uniforms. No dropshadow. No hybrid caps. (In some forms of my treaty I concede black uniforms on Friday night but not this morning. I have pulled that off the table). A 50th season is a perfect cover for “deciding” to go back to the original uniforms without having to admit black was dopey. (I’m not going to fight the names on the back issue this time around, although anyone with eyes can see how nice the Twins uniforms look).
2. The Wilpons get to decide if they want pinstripes or pinless to be the primary. Whatever they pick, that’s it. For the next 500 years that’s the uniform plus or minus minor tweaks (see Bronx).
3. This last one is important. I understand the need for fun, alternate jerseys, throwbacks, Los Mets (again Nueva York would be so so so so so so so so much cooler than a tiny Los) and the need to sell a new jersey. So Sunday is Anything Goes day.
You wanna wear snazzy burnt orange like these? Sunday. Los Mets? Sunday. Plaid? Sunday.
Roll out a new one every Sunday if you want. Sell them all. I want your franchise to make money. However, Monday thru Saturday you should look like a baseball team.
I took last night off from baseball to empty the 98% full DVR. The Office is slumping, The League is good. I would have checked out the Devils but I forgot that Cablevision won’t let Fios have MSG in HD…it’s 2010, I’m not watching hockey in SD. Now I remember why I watched zero games last year. I hate the Rangers (sorry) as much as I hate the Jets (sorry).
That’s what I got for ya this morning from the trip to get donuts. Discuss!
Oh, by the way – I can’t take the “next GM” speculation. I know that’s what the beat reporters are supposed to do and there’s no way they can’t do it, but I really can’t keep reading them. When there is a new GM let me know and we’ll discuss it.
