Old Mets Games on TV

[Gwreck]

I believe this is the first time SNY has shown 7/10/99.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I forgot how fast Cedeno was back then.

The no-name-on-back jerseys were cool, makes you think about who was who. Mike Kincade! Greg McMichael!

[G-Fafif]

The no-name look was previewed in the first two games of the '98 Subway Series. Nelson Doubleday invoked the Red Sox in explaining why he liked it for what was considered a special occasion. Nearly a decade later, Jeff Wilpon invoked the Red Sox for why we were saddled with "Sweet Caroline" (though I guess that didn't take much explaining). Why did we bother beating the Red Sox in a World Series?

I recall during the portion of '99 when the Mets couldn't do anything right (and were getting beat up for everything they did at all), Fred gave a speech at some upscale booster club luncheon, was asked disapprovingly why the names were taken off. He admitted it wasn't a popular decision. Thus they were back in 2000.

Only caught a smidge of tonight's Mets Classic but when I saw 10 with no name, I immediately thought "why doesn't Endy have his name on that uniform?"