I liked the Mets black jerseys and hats, a lot

[Guest cooby]

Didn't anyone else?

[Guest d'Kong76]

I have a fake road one, I like it.

[Guest themetfairy]

Black is beautiful!

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I have black Santana and Ventura jerseys, but I like the blue jerseys much better.

[Benjamin Grimm]

cooby wrote: Didn't anyone else?

Not me, no.

They're fine in the gift shop; I even have a black cap with the blue brim myself, but I didn't like seeing the Mets wearing them in games.

[Gwreck]

They were an abomination. Very happy to see them gone.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Guess I won't bring up the orange ones.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

As batting practice jerseys go, they were OK.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

this is an obvious troll post. Ban this Fake Cooby immediately.

[Edgy MD]

Orange on black works. Royal blue on black not at all.

[Guest cooby]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: this is an obvious troll post. Ban this Fake Cooby immediately.

Lol, not at all. Just reminiscing.

[batmagadanleadoff]

cooby wrote: Didn't anyone else?

I'm so done with you. Don't even ....

[Zvon]

I bought one of each & a Jacket. Black hats long gone, still have the jersey & jacket (jackets pretty beat). For fan-wear I thought it was great. A black jacket went with anything. But I didn't like the black look used on the field. I'm old-school, pinstripes or snow white. I don't mind a blue (or even orange) jersey if they are going to mess with it, but not the black on the Mets. That was always unappealing to me on the field.

They did do some great things in that black top, so there's that.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Cooby and batmags... hmmm.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Have a circa-2000 away jersey someone got me as a gift, and keep it around for old times' sake.

But, yeah, black-on-blue has NEVER 'worked' on anyone, ever.

[Ceetar]

we need to bring the black back.

[dgwphotography]

I despised the black jerseys, and I'm glad they're gone. I don't think it was a coincidence that they disappeared as soon as Charlie Samuels was shown the door.

[metirish]

I liked them , hey just wore them way too much. When I think of the black I think late 90's and early 2000s Mets teams, some good years in there.

[Guest cooby]

Yeah, and I loved those guys! Maybe that's why I liked the black.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Remember your wedding day? Remember how great that day was? Remember that pushy, high-strung aunt who gave you backhanded congratulations, or that drunken ex-college-friend who vomited on the dance floor and kinda groped your new bride AND your mom?

Just because something was around during a good time doesn't make it, in esse, good.

[Guest cooby]

I WAS the new bride (snicker)

[Edgy MD]

Come on! I haven't touched a drink in six months! You need to keep bringing up the wedding?!

And I don't really want to say it, Leiter, because your mother's a great gal, but she's being a little paranoid. I SLIPPED, MAN!!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I know what I saw, bud. THE SQUEEZE PLAY WAS ON.

[G-Fafif]

The black stuff was introduced as alternate. Had they remained alternate, they'd have been a shrug in the great sweep of Met history. Instead, as is the case when the Mets don't have enough faith or patience in whatever it is they were doing five minutes ago, it overwhelmed the color palette and getting rid of it became a cause.

Bring back c. 1999 Edgardo Alfonzo to play second and black would be more beautiful than ever.

[Edgy MD]

Remind me: What was the reason they nearly invariably wore black with Glavine on the mound?

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: Remind me: What was the reason they nearly invariably wore black with Glavine on the mound?

The rule/rumor/theory is that the starting pitcher got/gets to choose the uniform. Glavine liked the black.

[Edgy MD]

I think it was that plus something more.

There was also a problem with Rick Peterson, I think. Something about how he never went without a jacket, and there was a kit or two that didn't have a coordinated jacket.

[Gwreck]

dgwphotography wrote: I don't think it was a coincidence that they disappeared as soon as Charlie Samuels was shown the door.

To the contrary, I believe.

First, Charlie Samuels was shown the door in November 2010. Black uniforms were still around in 2011.

Second, I actually had a chance to chat with Charlie a few years back (he was on the field pre-game near the stands and I engaged him in conversation). His take on the uniforms was that black was far and away the players' favorite. He also revealed that it was no coincidence that for "big" games, he would have the Mets in blue hats and pinstripes (think, for example, NLCS Game 7 in 2006, or the final day of the season in 2007, etc.)

[Centerfield]

I don't miss them since I think their time is past, but I liked the black uniforms at the time.

I also liked the drop shadow on the other jerseys.

I think the blue uniforms are a cool alternative though.

Would love to see the end of the orange dot.

[Guest themetfairy]

Centerfield wrote: Would love to see the end of the orange dot.

Definitely!