Whole Lotta Little d's

batmagadanleadoff · February 17, 2014

Mets change 'd' look with 3 in camp
By Adam Rubin | ESPNNewYork.com

Matt den Dekker's uniform now reads: "den DEKKER."

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The Mets would set an MLB record this season if three players whose surnames beginning with a lower-case "D" simultaneously end up on the roster.

And that could be the case at some point, with Travis d'Arnaud, Matt den Dekker and Jacob deGrom in camp.

The Mets already have matched the MLB record with d'Arnaud and den Dekker active last season. According to research by ESPN�s Doug Kern, that matched the 1988 and '89 Kansas City Royals, who carried first baseman Luis de los Santos and pitcher Jose de Jesus for two Septembers.

Meanwhile, there's a new style on the Mets uniforms for those lower-case letters, with den Dekker's now reading: "den DEKKER" as opposed to the upside "P" of last spring training or the all caps later.

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/81239/mets-change-d-look-with-3-in-camp?ex_cid=espnapi_public

Edgy MD · February 17, 2014

What's wrong with small caps?

DEN DEKKER

D'ARNAUD

DEGROM

Isn't this how this sort of thing is generally handled?

I hate it to turn into a clubhouse distraction!

Benjamin Grimm · February 17, 2014

I don't know what's wrong with DEN DEKKER or D'ARNAUD. If they're capitalizing the RNAUD part, they can capitalize the initial D.

G-Fafif · February 17, 2014

Again we are reminded of the difference between the perennial juggernaut Yankees and their hopelessly outclassed crosstown neighbors. The Yankees strut confidently without the need to introduce themselves one by one to their opponents. All that matters is the interlocking NY on the front at home, the big, bold block letters spelling out NEW YORK on the road. The game is half-over and those hapless bands of pastel-tinged Royals and Rays are already beaten before they know who and what has hit them.

The Mets? Lower-case letters for a lower-caste kind of baseball team, one too hung up on punctuation to pack any meaningful punch. It's bad enough the Mets have never had a Jeter. It's worse still they'd have to spell it out if they did. The next commissioner should do everybody a favor and airlift David Wright one borough north to fill in for Alex Rodriguez. He deserves a better fate than that Mets uniform.

His current teammates, sad to say, do not.

Score this one another TKO for the Bronx Bombers. It's enough to make The Great Mariano emerge from his richly deserved retirement and throw a few more perfectly formed cutters.