Back in August, the Mets celebrated the 40th anniversary of their 1969 World Championship team. Players such as Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman and Nolan Ryan returned for the on-field celebration while wearing their 1969 home jerseys. As long-time Mets fans know, these jerseys were not the white jerseys we’ve become used to seeing. They were cream colored.
About seven weeks ago, I wrote this post about the Mets considering some changes to their home jerseys for the 2010 season. According to MetsBlog, this will indeed happen and it will come to a store near you just in time for the holiday season.
The jerseys will be reminiscent of the home uniforms worn by the Mets in the 1960s. They will be cream-colored and will feature pinstripes. The black shadow that has been present on the lettering of Mets jerseys since 1999 will not be featured on the new home jersey. Although there will be no black present on these new jerseys, there is no word on whether the black jerseys will be eliminated as well.
The jerseys are due to go on sale on November 27, the day after Thanksgiving. So on a day known as Black Friday, the Mets will be selling a new uniform with no black on it. The irony department was working overtime with that one.
Who knows? Maybe if the Mets can sell a few million of these new jerseys on Black Friday, they’ll have enough money to take with them to the Winter Meetings. Then they might be able to afford some of the free agents that the fans have been clamoring for!
Seriously, it’s nice to see the Mets changing their jerseys to something fans might actually like. The black jerseys were cool at first, but it just didn’t represent the Mets. Management is doing well to bring back these jerseys, but now they have to remember that no alterations to the jerseys will matter if the product on the field stinks. When they introduce the new jerseys with the obligatory press conference, they’d better remember that the fans want to see more press conferences this winter, perhaps featuring the players who are going to take the Mets back to where those 1969 Mets went to in their cream-colored jerseys. Let’s hope the new jerseys bring about new hope at Citi Field.
*Mets Merized Online Needs Your Help*
You sure it isn’t going to be those NY Giants jerseys they wore with just a Brooklyn Dodgers cap and NY highlanders stockings? I’m actually happy with this even if it is just a marketing ploy, because as we can see throughout the professional sports world, retro is back with a vengeance.
I totally agree with Ed, and while I liked the black unis at first, I cant stand them anymore. It’s time to move on. As for the new uniforms, I cant wait to see them. I love throwbacks and I’m looking forward to seeing them play with a nostalgic looking uniform next season.
I called both Mets Clubhouse shops and they both told me that only the pinstriped are on clearance, 50% off. That could change of course. Also there’s nothing on the Mets site as of yet but both shops also told me the new jersey would be on sale most likely next Friday. I’m sure the site would be updated to do their promoting before Black Friday. I do hope its the 60’s throwbacks and not the NY ones from this past season against the Giants.
Never cared much for the pinstriped jerseys, and I don’t really care for the “new” ones either.
I love this! Ditch the black forever!
Like the ol’ skool unis’s. Too bad the Phillies did it first.
Im glad to hear about the new uniforms, I still like the black ones too, but I think they should goto a blue jersey.
I saw the replicas in Modell’s yesterday for $100 and wow, do these look cheap! Not sure how the authentics look but the old school cream color with still keeping the black looks bad. Otherwise they should’ve kept it white if they were keeping the black. I’m really disappointed as I thought they were getting rid of the black.
For the old school jerseys, why did they add the black drop shadow? It’s suppose to be old school.