The Mets Police

Perhaps this is what FedEx has been trying to deliver me!  I didn’t order anything.

Ethan says this is this year’s plan-holder gift.  A floating baseball!

Junior will dig this one.  Looks cool.

Michael sent this over – this is what the rumored pipingless 2011 pinless could look like if the blue piping is removed.

Nice job by Michael on this photoshop.

As some others have pointed out, it looks kinda like the late 70’s pullover road jerseys.  I think I prefer it with the piping.

For clarity, the Mets have not announced any jersey design changes.

Here’s some of my fanously lousy pictures from the food court in the Promenade at Citi Field.  So far I have found the area to be quite popular with the fans.

One of the most amazin’ revelations of the Mets Hall of Fame and Museum is that they used to have something called Banner Day.  As the legend goes, Mets fans loved their team and would make signs aka “banners” and walk around to display their affinity.

Some folks took photos of their experience and kept them as treasured memories.  Some fans were small children when they took part in Banner Day, and even though the team had traded Tom Seaver and was horrible, these memories forged a relationship with the team that would last for decades.  Eventually these kids would become adults with disposable income, which would find its way into the wallets of Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon.

As this tradition no longer exists, one wonders what is happening to the children of today.  Are they growing up Yankees fans?  Who will have disposable income thirty years from now when Jeff Wilpon hires his son to be COO?

I digress….check out this cool exhibit

In all seriousness, the Museum is great.  My son has been learning about this Casey guy that he finds interesting, and there is something about Gil Hodges that catches his eye.  He learned on his own that they used to not have names on the backs of the uniforms.

I think it’s great that they included the Sign Man.  That dude was a fan.  A regular old money paying fan.  Awesome.

Back to Banner Day – I know you guys are reading this site in the back offices at Citi Field.  Have one more Banner Day.  If it works, hey you sold tickets and then do it again in 2011.  If it doesn’t work, you let some fans walk around on the dirt – really not much different than a Mr. Met Dash.  Banner Day.  Talk about it in the next staff meeting.  I know you’ve liked some of my ideas.  I know your fanbase.  Trust me.

I’ll be the guy with the “The Good Guys don’t wear black” banner.

Apple of the day goes to Sparks for mocking up the rumored 2011 Mets jersey. What I am hearing is that they are considering removing the piping from the white pinless jersey.

There has been some confusion, folks who read Metsblog and Mets Police were asking, apparently Cerrone’s phrasing made it seem the piping would be removed from the black jerseys.   I don’t know what Matt heard or meant, but the way I heard the story is that the piping would come off the whites….which is making some people use the D—–s word but I would use it because I’m still giddy about the museum.  The word rhymes with Buck Rogers, get your mind out of the gutter.

And, speaking of uniforms – here’s another teaser from Tuesday’s guest article from Brian.  Brian related a conversation he had during the offseason with a Mets Marketing Executive I am calling Casey.  I will publish the article on Tuesday morning.  Until then, I entice you…

Based on (Casey’s) comments about the black, essentially saying it sells well, but it doesn’t seem to be because of their overwhelming loyalty to the black color, I asked if (Casey) thought a blue alternate jersey may be a good avenue to explore? (Casey’s) response was a resounding….

Cliffhanger!