Black Friday

[G-Fafif]

On July 30, it's gonna get dark at Citi Field.

[G-Fafif]

From the official release…

The Mets will [also] wear black jerseys August 13 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers; August 27 vs. Washington Nationals; Friday, September 10 vs. New York Yankees; Friday, September 17 vs. Philadelphia Phillies.

[TransMonk]

Five dates is just about perfect in my mind for this promotion. I applaud the Mets' restraint.

[whippoorwill]

Love them!

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Wish they woulda reinterpreted the black. The problem was it was badly executed and black, not just that it was black

[Fman99]

How do they make a Back in Black promo video and not use AC/DC? That's the real travesty here.

[Ceetar]

AC who?



where are the Mercury Mets? where are the all orange jerseys? Where are the blue and orange striped jerseys?!?! GET FUN.



at least we haven't brought back to offensive camo.

[Centerfield]

=Fman99 post_id=71382 time=1626362299 user_id=86]
How do they make a Back in Black promo video and not use AC/DC? That's the real travesty here.

[Centerfield]

=TransMonk post_id=71376 time=1626359439 user_id=71]
Five dates is just about perfect in my mind for this promotion. I applaud the Mets' restraint.

[Lefty Specialist]

Meh. Hate them. Always have. Always will. Black is not a Met color.

[Edgy MD]

I'm against it too, but yeah, I agree that if they're going to do, it's good that they're doing it in a thoughtful targeted sort of way. Maybe Edgardo Alfonzo or Turk Wendell or Todd Pratt or somebody shows up for a first pitch.

[Gwreck]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Meh. Hate them. Always have. Always will. Black is not a Met color.

Correct.



I don't care what colors they sell at the team store, but not on the field, thanks.

[batmagadanleadoff]

=TransMonk post_id=71376 time=1626359439 user_id=71]
Five dates is just about perfect in my mind for this promotion. I applaud the Mets' restraint.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Black is not a Met color.

Maybe not in 1986. But now it is.

[Fman99]

I'm good with it. I immediately think of Piazza, Fonzie, Ventura, the GS single, and all those great late 90's/early 00's moments.

[TransMonk]

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=71395 time=1626370777 user_id=68]
=TransMonk post_id=71376 time=1626359439 user_id=71]
Five dates is just about perfect in my mind for this promotion. I applaud the Mets' restraint.

[whippoorwill]

=Fman99 post_id=71397 time=1626374754 user_id=86]
I'm good with it. I immediately think of Piazza, Fonzie, Ventura, the GS single, and all those great late 90's/early 00's moments.

[metsmarathon]

i love it.

[batmagadanleadoff]

=TransMonk post_id=71399 time=1626378766 user_id=71]
=batmagadanleadoff post_id=71395 time=1626370777 user_id=68]
=TransMonk post_id=71376 time=1626359439 user_id=71]
Five dates is just about perfect in my mind for this promotion. I applaud the Mets' restraint.

[nymr83]

=Fman99 post_id=71397 time=1626374754 user_id=86]
I'm good with it. I immediately think of Piazza, Fonzie, Ventura, the GS single, and all those great late 90's/early 00's moments.

[MFS62]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Meh. Hate them. Always have. Always will. Black is not a Met color.

You can make a case for it.

When the Mets were born, they adapted the colors of the teams that had left New York - Brooklyn Dodger blue and New York Giants orange. But in their later years (from the 1930-1936 and 1948-1957) the New York Giants team colors were orange and black. So, you could say black pays homage to that team.



I don't care one way or another, but just throwing that out there.



Later

[batmagadanleadoff]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Meh. Hate them. Always have. Always will. Black is not a Met color. You can make a case for it. When the Mets were born, they adapted the colors of the teams that had left New York - Brooklyn Dodger blue and New York Giants orange. But in their later years (from the 1930-1936 and 1948-1957) the New York Giants team colors were orange and black. So, you could say black pays homage to that team. I don't care one way or another, but just throwing that out there.

I think that's a load of horseshit -- the Wilpons reinventing the Mets origin story to justify their black uniforms roll-out to that portion of the fan-base that might've been averse to the drastic uniform change. The Mets took blue from the Dodgers and orange from the Giants, and that was it as far as colors were concerned.



If the Mets took black from the NY Giants, then where the fuck was that black for the first almost 40 years of the franchise? What? The Mets took a color for their official uniform and logo that they never used before the late 90s? Maybe the Mets took green too because one year, the Dodgers uniforms were green. Maybe the Mets took red as well because the Dodgers numbers were red.



Today, though, you can say that the Mets colors include black, with the Mets having worn those black unis for close to 15 years.

Edited July 15, 2021 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

Wait a minute ... MFS62 is a Wilpon?

[whippoorwill]

=nymr83 post_id=71404 time=1626382767 user_id=54]
=Fman99 post_id=71397 time=1626374754 user_id=86]
I'm good with it. I immediately think of Piazza, Fonzie, Ventura, the GS single, and all those great late 90's/early 00's moments.

[Ceetar]

Turns out though, that teams aren't bound to wear exactly the colors they scribbled down on a press release 60 years ago (which was almost pink btw) for all eternity. It's beyond stupid that teams (mostly certain other teams) think they have to wear something because it's the way baseball players looked 100 years ago. It's 2021, bend the mold a little.

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: Wait a minute ... MFS62 is a Wilpon?

And I am not a Wilpon. I hope you were trying to show how silly his attack was.



Later

Edited July 15, 2021 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

No, I don't think you're a Wilpon.



And I certainly don't think any comment warrants a nuclear reaction.

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: No, I don't think you're a Wilpon. And I certainly don't think any comment warrants a nuclear reaction.

I changed my post.

Later

[kcmets]

Has anyone seen a prototype or teaser image of what these uniforms will look like

or are we to assume they'll be like the one Edgardo donned for years?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: Wait a minute ... MFS62 is a Wilpon? And I am not a Wilpon. I hope you were trying to show how silly his attack was. Later

What attack? I never thought I was attacking you and for that matter, never got Edgy's joke either. I don't see how I wrote that you were a Wilpon no matter how many times I re-read the post. Maybe one of youse could explain that one. I'm claiming ignorance in good faith. I simply used your post as a launching pad to remind everybody that Wilpon himself lied to the fan-base when he claimed that the Mets original colors included black. Maybe my response to Ceetar's post, below, will clarify.




=Ceetar post_id=71428 time=1626392782 user_id=102]
Turns out though, that teams aren't bound to wear exactly the colors they scribbled down on a press release 60 years ago (which was almost pink btw) for all eternity. It's beyond stupid that teams (mostly certain other teams) think they have to wear something because it's the way baseball players looked 100 years ago. It's 2021, bend the mold a little.