Green jerseys on Jets day?

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

A uniform board I check out is abuzz about the Mets allegedly wearing green jerseys and white caps the night they honor the Jets. I've never heard that -- even up until the first game was rained out.

Anyone heard this?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Interesting, and no I hadn't.

Linky?

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I tried. You have to be an approved member to get access -- snobs! -- but there's not much more than what I said. It lacks a source.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Oh, I see where you were. Yeah, not much meat on that bone.

[Farmer Ted]

Why are they honoring the Jets?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

longtime tenant of big shea.

[Farmer Ted]

Interesting. Can't wait to see Richard Todd again.

[G-Fafif]

Officially speaking, no Richard Todd (he was gonna come, but he was intercepted on the way):

]JETS NIGHT AT SHEA RESCHEDULED: The New York Mets and New York Jets rescheduled Jets Night at Shea for Tuesday, July 8 before the Mets host the San Francisco Giants...Jets Night at Shea � originally scheduled for Monday, April 28 � was postponed due to inclement weather...Former Jets Pro Bowlers Joe Klecko, Wesley Walker, Jets Linebacker Legend Greg Buttle, and Super Bowl III Champions Emerson Boozer, Randy Beverly, and John Schmitt will return to Shea Stadium...These players and others will appear at a 5:30 p.m. pre-game fundraiser in Shea�s Picnic Area to benefit area charities through the Mets Foundation and New York Jets Foundation...A limited number of tickets to the Picnic Area Meet and Greet are $20 and are on sale now at Mets.com...The Mets will salute their former Shea housemates � both teams won World Championships in 1969 � during an on-field, pre-game ceremony including the first pitch and the Shea Countdown of games to be played at Shea in its final season; in-game video programming; and the opportunity for fans to have their photos taken with both the Mets� and Jets� 1969 World Championship trophies.

A one-night patch might be appropriate, but green and white jerseys? C'mon... They are selling overpriced Mets/Jets t-shirts at Shea ("Guaranteed. Amazin." Illustration of modern Shea, not the one the Jets played in.) for $28 and wildly overpriced sweatshirts (same design) for $70.

The Mets never cared this much for the Jets when they were there.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

MGiM, are we talking about Chris Creamer's board?

Looks to be pretty much shot down.

]I was at Shea on the original date for Jets Night (not to see the old Jets, mind you, I'm a Giants fan). There was no sign of any green jerseys/hats, only a Jets flag on the CF flagpole. Then again, I only caught glimpses of the players in their BP jerseys since they called the game around an hour before game-time, if memory serves, so I guess green jerseys are still possible. And this is all in honor of Shea's last year. The Mets' announcements have said that they're honoring their former Shea housemates (even though the Giants also called Shea home in 1975, there are no plans I know of to honor them, or the Yankees who played at Shea in 1974-75, but that is probably for the best).

Ya never know, though.

[MFS62]

G-Fafif wrote: Officially speaking, no Richard Todd (he was gonna come, but he was intercepted on the way):

That line should be remembered when we hand out the kudos.

Later

[stevejrogers]

="G-Fafif"] A one-night patch might be appropriate, but green and white jerseys? C'mon... They are selling overpriced Mets/Jets t-shirts at Shea ("Guaranteed. Amazin." Illustration of modern Shea, not the one the Jets played in.) for $28 and wildly overpriced sweatshirts (same design) for $70. The Mets never cared this much for the Jets when they were there.

Modern Shea with the neon ballplayers? Because the Jets were here when it became the Purple Palace.

You are right about the Mets caring more now than when they played at Shea. Even Doubleday/Wilpon continued the harshness of the Grant era relationship.

Who knows what might have been if the relationship through the years wasn't so frothy? Heh, Citi Field could have been the first dual-sport facility of the post-cookie cutter era!

[seawolf17]

StevieJeets means "frosty," not "frothy," but I'd like to go on record and state that "frothy" is one of my favorite words of all time, as in, "a cold frothy beverage."

I'm going to write to Sesame Street and suggest it be the Word On The Street some time.

[G-Fafif]

The Jets indeed bled into the blue exterior era but the neon boys weren't installed until the big green men were long ensconced at the Meadowlands. Also, the modern Jet logo on the shirt doesn't match up with the Shea portrayed. The whole thing just doesn't come off Metically, Jetically or aesthetically.

All that is my way of saying I'm continually tempted to buy the darn thing but at $28 and with all those inconsistencies, I'll wait 'til there's a massive markdown.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

="OlerudOwned"]MGiM, are we talking about Chris Creamer's board? Looks to be pretty much shot down. ]I was at Shea on the original date for Jets Night (not to see the old Jets, mind you, I'm a Giants fan). There was no sign of any green jerseys/hats, only a Jets flag on the CF flagpole. Then again, I only caught glimpses of the players in their BP jerseys since they called the game around an hour before game-time, if memory serves, so I guess green jerseys are still possible. And this is all in honor of Shea's last year. The Mets' announcements have said that they're honoring their former Shea housemates (even though the Giants also called Shea home in 1975, there are no plans I know of to honor them, or the Yankees who played at Shea in 1974-75, but that is probably for the best). Ya never know, though.

Ah. Yup, that's where I saw it. Thought it sounded odd. Then again, these are the people who brought us the Mercury Mets...

[Willets Point]

When the Jets played at Shea:


Those temporary seats by the scoreboard? Yep, those were the ones my Dad always got. Yep, it was cold as hell



I like the mud on this one.

[Benjamin Grimm]

For Jets day, they should roll out the field-level seats to the football configuration.

There would be a lot of cheap home runs. The Mets might even score two or three runs!

[Guest AG/DC]

They had stopped doing that by the time I started paying attention. If you look at that last-season shot, the field level seats are still in place in their baseball diagonal positions and they've built some temporary extensions parallel to the sidelines.

I'm going to guess that the City of New York just stopped oiling the giant gears the things rolled on and they stopped working. RFK Stadium had similar rotating field-level seats that they rolled back and forth as recently as last summer, as soccer games and baseball games shared a season. There was a big track ripped across the outfield grass where the giant wheels would roll. Ryan Church would tell you about it.

If he remembers!

[Gwreck]

The first of the pictures Willets posted does not appear to be of the Jets playing. Assuming it's a legitimate photo, it must be from one of those random soccer games they played there.

[HahnSolo]

Gwreck wrote: The first of the pictures Willets posted does not appear to be of the Jets playing. Assuming it's a legitimate photo, it must be from one of those random soccer games they played there.

It's a photoshop. You can see the Keyspan sign in left field.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Dynomite photo!

[Farmer Ted]

I think Shell needs to turn around NOW!!

[metirish]

Three ex Jets the night of the rain out.



Can you name them?

[Guest AG/DC]

I going with Bruce Harper and Wesley Walker for the last two. Don't have the first one.

[Willets Point]

Farmer Ted wrote: I think Shell needs to turn around NOW!!

That's Matt Snell, a running back and Jets lifer.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

>http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/2566068163_2fd9d98bd1.jpg?v=0
Hmmmm. It looks like the Nats are commemorating the Jets!


Even worse, they're promoing Discovery Channel's "Planet Green" shew. It's a bleeping ad!!!!

[G-Fafif]

="Willets Point"]When the Jets played at Shea:

First image is a Photoshop special. That Bud ad didn't exist in the Jets' day, nor the neon figures, nor...well, you get the picture.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Here's what Wikipedia says:

]Shea was originally designed to convert from a baseball field into a football field using two motor-operated stands that allow the field level seats to rotate on underground tracks. After the New York Jets football team moved to Giants Stadium in New Jersey in 1984, the Mets took over operation of the stadium and retrofitted it to be exclusively for baseball. As part of the refitting, Shea Stadium's exterior was painted blue, and neon signs of baseball player silhouettes were added to the windscreens between 1986 and 1988.

There's nothing in the article about the Jets giving up on moving the field level seats, but what Edgy says about that does seem familiar.

I also wonder when it was that the giant shingles came down? Was there a period in between the shingles and the neon? I don't remember such a time, but at the same time, it doesn't seem like we went right from one to the other.

[G-Fafif]

The shingles disappeared in 1980. I thought they were coming back. I guess they're not.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I had a dream that I found the shingles, and was trying to convince Frank Cashen to hang them on the fa�ade of Citi Field.

[G-Fafif]

Shove over Dr. King...somebody's had a dream even more awesome than yours.