The Mets Police

I couldn’t think of a proper title for this post so I went with the email title which is strangely catchy.  If I ever start a Mets cover-band I may call it Greetings Ron Hodges Etcetera.

This email came in:

Shannon,

Was checking out some Mets fan sites and came across the following…

https://metspolice.com/2010/04/04/pictures-of-mets-hall-of-fame-and-museum-uniform-display/

And right smack dab in the center of the story was the Ron Hodges jersey that I currently own and have on loan to the Mets museum… and I laughed hard!

My name’s Nick and I’m a life-long Mets fan and collector. Over the years, I have built a collection of game used Mets jerseys, but it’s not exactly a collection centered on the stars… My collection focuses more on the odder and rarer styles the Mets wore on field, including a few different blue alternates worn from 82-84… and through networking with other collectors, I’ve built a small reputation within the hobby as the ‘oddball jersey guy.’

Earlier this year I was contacted by the Mets to showcase one of my jerseys in their museum. Their plan to provide the fans a chronological uniform history was missing 1 key piece — the blue alternate, and that is just what they contacted me for… So after giving them a choice of jerseys, they zeroed in on Ron Hodges.

Fast forward a month and that jersey is in the feature photo of your blog… Surrounded by big ticket items in a display including jerseys worn by the likes of Seaver, Stengel, McGraw, Hernandez, Wright, etc., it was comical to see that Hodges got the spotlight photo. Well, after all, it’s a quirky style jersey, but it’s Ron Hodges! Who else could be lucky enough to win a World Series ring in his first year with the team but unlucky enough to not graduate from the ranks of back-up catcher for the next 12 years? After all, isn’t he that perennial underdog that us Mets purists root for day in and day out???

I think we’re going to have to spend more time in Nick’s closet, don’t ya think?

Remember last week Terence (second mention today for Terence) said he’d let the class pick how he would customize his jersey? Here’s an update:

Shannon,

So far the leaders in the club house are Pelfrey, Pagan and Feliciano, with 3 “votes” each. Honorable mention, as of now, is Shea ’08, which doesn’t follow my rules but what’re you gonna do. We Mets fans can have a short attention span and the memory of an Elephant at the same time. I’d like to get some more feedback or if you just wanna leave it down to those 3 and let everyone choose, it’s cool with me too!

Terence M.K.

Ok kids, let’s vote…I vote for Pelfrey.   There’s a voting widget on the main page.