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.

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’…

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