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2009
Mets Considering Uniform Changes In 2010
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According to a New York Post blog by Bart Hubbuch, team officials are saying that the Mets are considering some significant changes to their uniforms in 2010.
The pinstripes that have been a staple of their home jerseys since their inception in 1962 may be on the way out. Also being considered is a cream-colored uniform to be worn at Citi Field instead of the current snow white jerseys. The cream-colored jerseys would be similar to the throwback uniforms the Mets wore in August, seen here being modeled by David Wright.
Hubbuch’s blog did not say whether the large “NY” would be across the chest or if it would be the usual script “Mets” logo that has been a part of all the Mets’ home uniforms throughout the years.
Nothing official was confimed by Jay Horwitz, but he did say that the team would do “something” with their uniforms next year although he did not go into specifics.
My personal opinion on this is blah. If the Mets are considering making any changes, they should start with the players wearing the uniforms, not the uniforms themselves. It’s clear that this is a move by ownership to sell more jerseys and T-shirts, just as the black jerseys in 1999 did the same thing. Being the hypocrite that I am, I bought myself one of those black jerseys, but I probably won’t buy a cream-colored jersey until the product on the field is better.
Before the addition of the black jerseys in 1999, the last time the Mets made a significant change in their uniforms was 1993, when they made an alteration to the font of the word “Mets” and added a tail underneath it. Here is Mets pitching legend Anthony Young modeling that monstrosity jersey.
The Mets finished the 1993 season with a 59-103 record, their first 100-loss season since 1967. After the baseball strike cut the 1994 season short, the Mets came back in 1995 sans those depressing duds. I’m not saying this new potential significant change for 2010 will produce more lean years, but…
…okay, I am saying it. Please don’t get rid of the pinstripes! If you need to make more money, spend it on better players, not a better tailor. Then when the team is better, fans will put more green into your pockets. I’m just sayin’…
About the Author: Ed Leyro
Ed Leyro was hatched in the Bronx, but spent most of his youth in Queens at Shea Stadium. Apparently, all that time spent at Mets games paid off as Ed met his wife (The Coop) for the first time at Citi Field during its inaugural season. Guess the 2009 season was good for something after all. In addition to his work at Mets Merized Online, Ed also owns, operates and is head janitor at Studious Metsimus, where he shares blogging duties with Joey Beartran. For those not in the know, Joey is a teddy bear dressed in a Mets hoodie. Clearly, Studious Metsimus is not your typical Mets blog.
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Seems to me like you just don’t want to buy Joey a new jersey.
they should add a blue jersey with orange lettering to there current rotation of jerseys, but I agree until a better product is on the field Im not buying anything
Just get rid of every home jersey and keep the pinstripes with the blue caps, done !
Shhh…he hasn’t heard the news about the jerseys yet.
This was in response to Fred’s comment about Joey.
It should be pinstripes at home with blue cap, gray on the road with a blue/black cap, and the third jersey would be the throwbacks they wore this year instead of the black jerseys…..if they win it doesnt matter what they wear.
Instead of thinking about uniform changes for 2010, maybe they should focus on something important, maybe like improving the actual roster.
Totally agree. Maybe they think they can attract free agents with pretty new uniforms.
Pinstripes = yankees.
I agree…maybe we’re the minority, but the pinstripe white jerseys are my LEAST favorite of them all…I’d rather the black jersey than the pinstripe (unless we’re talking the 80s pinstripe with the striping on the shoulders/sleeves), though I personally don’t have the hatred towards the black unis that many seem to. I say snow whites at home (my favorite of our jerseys), grays on the road, mix and match the caps how you want.
You know Fred (Wilpon) really just wanted to bring back the old Brooklyn Dodgers jersey. In fact, that’s his master plan. Too bad he won’t own the team long enough to see it through.
I like this move, as long as it looks good. I don’t really like cream, but the logo that they put on it should be different from the standard script “Mets” or else it’s a pointless move. I do not like the throwback one in the picture above because those really look like they belong to the 1920′s.
Maybe a cream jersey with a blue “NY” logo (like on the hat) over the left breast similar to the Reds home white.
The pinstripes were my least favorite, so I don’t really mind seeing them go. As long as they leave the white and black the same.
They need to get real and fix the management and fix the team. Stop shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic. Leave the uniforms alone.
That NY on the front is crappy looking. I have never liked the black uniforms since day one. I know that at times you change up a bit for whatever reason but I have always liked the pinstripe look at home and the not stripes on the road along with the blue cap in both situations. Why are owners always looking to change the uniforms, sell more, make a statement? Sometime you can have someone who doesn’t have anything better to do buy suggest a uniform change. Wow, that guy needs a promotion! Sheesh. I also agree that the uniforms will not help unless those who wear them a good players. At least the Mets are cleaning up the minor league system. I hope they bring in someone who has a history of building a winning attitude, proper fundamentals, pitcher preparation, someone who has a vision for making our system the best, kind of modeled after Twins, Sox, Braves, Rays.
Now cream colored jerseys huh?
The only thing to stop Fred Wilpon from completely turning the Mets into his own version of the Brooklyn Dodgers is a major ORGANIZED fan revolt.
It’s really getting bad now. This website is probably the best place to get it started
1000% agreed
what they don’t tell you iis that they are renting the new uniforms.
Focusing on uniforms? Seems like a smokescreen to me, trying to divert attention from the current state of the organization. I agree with Ed though, buying jerseys, tickets, or whatever is the only real solution into forcing the Wilpons to make major changes or sell. Randy, I believe this is the only revolution that will help us as Mets fans. Stop spending our money = Wilpons on the auction block
Creme colored…what a joke they are turning this into….
The Padres use camouflage fatigues for uniforms. How about putting our guys in sailor suits with the port here in NY? Might as well make a complete mockery of it!
If we’re going to complete the mockery Mask, just have them wear parachute pants and white diamond gloves on the right hand only.
Ed, I’m with you, keep the pinstripes. The more the fans want the team to embrace their traditions, the more the Wilpons stomp on those traditions.
This is just an apparent attempt to rake Mets fans for more money on jerseys because they fear attendance will be woefully down next season, especially if they dont spend the money to make needed improvements to the roster.
I hope fans see the transparency in this move and respond accordingly. If youre going to buy a jersey, go to Modell’s and get a pinstriped jersey and pay $60 bucks instead of $90.
Right on. This is just an obvious ploy to make money and take the fans’ minds off the real issue — a team that stinks.
Your right Des. In addition, it seems insulting to me as a Mets fan that instead of trying to make real improvements on this organization, they give us some shiny new uniforms to take our minds off the real issues. If they were championship contenders I wouldn’t care what the uniforms were.
Would love to know where this information comes from because it really makes no sense at all! There is no doubt that monies spent on new uniforms would be better put to additional quality players but why would an expense like this be absorbed if the losses suffered by ownership were as high as reported.
Time to stop wasting space on crap like this and to find out once and for all just how serious the losses in the Madoff scandal will effect the next few years….
Guess though that we will not know anything until we see if Omar’s hands will be tied during the free agent signing period!
We’ll know it’s really getting bad if they stop washing the uniforms between games and we see yesterday’s infield dirt on today’s uniforms. Small minds save money anyway they can. Let’s reduce the laundry bill!
I agree with them getting their act together and leave the uniforms as is…..don’t go to an ugly cream color YUCK!!!
The cream color is reminiscent of the San Francisco Giants’ home jerseys. I guess the Wilpons have exhausted all their Brooklyn Dodgers tributes and have decided to move over to the other former NY team.
2009…Brooklyn Dodgers tributes
2010…apparent tribute to the New York Giants with the uniforms (although they’ll say it’s a tribute to the 1960s off-white jersey)
2011…maybe finally we’ll see Mets tributes. After all, it is the 25th anniversary of the 1986 championship team.
Hopefully we won’t have to worry about 2011. We can look forward to new ownership and new management by then as well as an entirely new vision for the future.
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These jerseys would actually be kinda cool to wear except having the picture of that bum Sheffield on them
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bring back 1993 home jersey