Black Friday

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=kcmets post_id=71444 time=1626398853 user_id=53]
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]

And even if Fred Wilpon was telling the truth about the green seats being an homage to the Polo Grounds, which he wasn't, that'd hardly be any kind of a consolation when the entire Citi Field exterior is an Ebbets Field knockoff. That's before you even take a single step into the Citi Field rotunda, which is also an Ebbets knockoff.

[LWFS]

I mean, technically, gray isn't a Mets color, either.



The blacks have two playoff runs and one pennant in their account. They're part of the history, whether you like it or not.



I'm okay with it, as long as the dropshadows aren't part of the deal.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

I don't love them, but I don't mind an occasional appearance. My objection previously was that black became the dominant color. It wasn't just an alt jersey making an occasional appearance -- batting practice jerseys and caps, jackets, game caps with a black crown, black caps -- and the worst, the drop shadows on the beautiful and iconic pinstripes, which were banished to alt status.



When you have one of the best uniforms in baseball, you kind of have a responsibility not to screw them up, especially when you've had a basic look for decades. It's a thread connecting the team from Stengel to Seaver to Gooden to Piazza to Wright to deGrom.



Tinker around the edges, sure. Mix in an alt or two, OK. But don't mess with your heritage.

[Ceetar]

And even if Fred Wilpon was telling the truth about the green seats being an homage to the Polo Grounds, which he wasn't, that'd hardly be any kind of a consolation when the entire Citi Field exterior is an Ebbets Field knockoff. That's before you even take a single step into the Citi Field rotunda, which is also an Ebbets knockoff.

Green is probably the default HOK seat color. they were just, as was typical (and so far not much as changed here) only motivated to do 'just enough' and didn't even consider seat colors. Like, I'm sure they would've gotten to a museum/HoF thing eventually, or eventually decorated the rest of the place. If they had done _some_ and were just like "It's a new stadium! It just opened! 2009 will be devoted to decorating and painting. growing pains, that probably would've been fine, but as usual they thought their half-assed 'just enough' would placate people.



There was some document pre-2009 that was going to call Left Field landing Coogan's Bluff, or Coogan's Landing, or something like that. THAT would've been a nice little tribute. And they didn't even change the name to a sponsor (Thomas Tew these days btw) for a few years if I recall, it was just "Left Field Landing" bland. Likely someone interesting mocked up the Coogan's Bluff name, and the Wilpons never saw it, so when it came time to name the sections they're just were like 'sprinkle in some BIG words like excelsior, Empire, metropolitan, and promenade, 'field gold' and Sterling" and never even saw the original mockup.



Just like the RF outfield seats were 'just enough' overhang to invoke ..Detroit was it? Which was fine, but It should've been a little higher, and a little closer. That's the whole point. Outfield seats that are close. And then they brought the fences in a bit and now it's like one row over and all it does is make it hard for anyone in the backrows of the otherwise great seats underneath not be able to see fly balls. The pole corners of this stadium are really clunky.





But I digress. Black Uniforms. Maybe i'll get a black shirt if they start selling those again too.

[batmagadanleadoff]

=LWFS post_id=71456 time=1626410017 user_id=84]
I mean, technically, gray isn't a Mets color, either.

[batmagadanleadoff]

It's five times in like five weeks. And that's just this season. I'll bet they wear them at least 15 times next year. Gross. And they remind me of the Wilpons more than anything else. Yes, gross. But they could have done it A WHOLE LOT MORE in 2021. You know Wilpon would've. Maybe not. Maybe the Mets didnt get league approval until just now. It usually takes at least one whole season/year to get league approval for a uniform change or alternate uniforms and Cohen just recently took ownership of the team. That could be it because this kind of announcement is usually made before the season starts.

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From Uni Watch:



Excerpt:

• The Mets had previously announced that they'll wear the black uniforms for their remaining Friday home games — five games in total. During last night's SNY broadcast of the game, reporter Steve Gelbs mentioned something interesting about that: He said MLB rules require a full-fledged alternate to be planned and approved two seasons in advance — a rule I was not previously aware of. Since the Mets didn't give two years' notice for the black uniforms (the idea for reviving the design came from new owner Steve Cohen, who acquired the team last winter), these uniforms are classified as “limited-use,” meaning they can be worn no more than five times. That's why they they didn't make their on-field debut until there were five Friday home games left in the season.

https://uni-watch.com/2021/07/31/a-detailed-look-at-the-mets-black-throwbacks/https://uni-watch.com/2021/07/31/a-detailed-look-at-the-mets-black-throwbacks/