A Tepid Defense Of The Black Jerseys

The black jerseys are my fave. I have a black Piazza jersey (that actually used to be my dad’s and he passed down to me) that I love. But the black’s always been my fave jersey. No real argument for it. Just personal preference.

the black jersey implying that the color of shirt makes you badass rather than your play on the field.

Give me pink with hello kitty on it and win WS after WS.

Ain’t what you wear it’s how you play.

The Mrs likes the black jersey.

Guess that whole slimming thing……. better stop before I get into trouble.

But I’d only like to see it once a month. Two at most. It gives me a chance to wear mine. Along with the pinstripes and away gray ones I have.

Although, this suggests they’re underused:

The black jerseys evoke Christian Bale’s Batman.

most for your reason # 2 the stain disguising. Attending a sporting event in a crowded stadium is essentially running a condiment gauntlet. I would simply never wear a jersey to a game if my only choice was white.

I live and grew up in Minnesota, but my dad was from Ohio, so he never liked any Minnesota teams. I never felt any connection to the Twins because of that, but I didn’t get attached to his team (the Indians), either. When I started getting into baseball, I felt pretty free to “choose” a team at random. The team that always stuck in my head was the Mets, because I remember seeing them in the black jerseys, and I guess my ten-year-old self also thought that black clothing was badass. So I guess I wouldn’t be a Mets fan if it hadn’t been for the black jerseys. It’s sad, but true.

but the royal blue piping and lettering isn’t. It just doesn’t work. I’d see it more fit to do a duo of alternate jersey’s. One done after the SF Giants black alternates with orange piping and lettering. The other done in a Dodger blue jersey with all white lettering/ piping. It’d be fitting to pay homage to BDMF’s handle to boot.

I like the gray most I think.

of course the mets would be the franchise to jump on the ice cube/raiders black jersey fad a few years too late and then cling to it like stale dingleberries well past the expatriation date. you knew it was a bad idea when the whole marketing angle was to capitalize on the movie Men in Black (these were the METS in Black, naturally).

repugnant. i’m 100% for expurgating this travesty immediately.

or keep them and make more money on jersey sales, whatever.

more orange.

I agree completely on March, I’m excited for conference tournaments.

they’re my favorite

give David Wright the right to yell SWEAR TO ME like Bale Batman after he hits a homerun?

Maybe they’re worn too much, but worn once a week or so is ok

you don’t see anyone clamoring to bring back the racing stripe just b/c the 80’s teams were great, do you? Let the black uni’s be remembered as the uni’s of the ‘99-’00 team, and be done with them. They’re awful.

with Traditional Home White Pinstripes
        Gray Road

No Black Hats Traditional Blue.

Then again I’m not trying to market a baseball shirt so I can send the proceeds to Madoff and turn a quick buck.

We have four uniforms, only one of which is black.
We have three caps, of which two are black.

We should dump the black cap with the blue brim. If a third cap is needed, I say that we introduce an all blue hat with the Mets logo on front.

The black cap and uniform should only be worn together. All shirts under the uniforms should be blue. To me, the ugliest uni/cap/shirt combo that the Mets currently field is the snow white uni over a black shirt with the black/blue hybrid cap.

As for the black uni, as long as it sells, it is not going away. The Mets should limit its use to once a week. That is probably a good compromise.

As an alternate away jersey I’m ok with it. I do love the grey aways, because I always picture Carlos Beltran in them after he hit a home run in his first at-bat on Opening Day in 2005.

Grey is my favorite though.

The full black uni is a bastard son in the met uniform catalog. I believe it is the extreme next step to the black shadowing of the word METS that appeared on the unis in the 90s.

Black shadowing of the team name is also a terrible 90s trend that id be ok with going away. As much as i tolerate the shadowing the whole black uni is awful, i feel that the black is like the venom alien slime that takes over its host to make that person super powerful(the late 90s/early 00s teams) yet kind of evil.

Black is evil. Evil is associated with the NY Yankees. enough said.

It was a cash grab idea that has lasted too long. Get rid of it. I suppose the fake “old” style cream jersey can fall under this catagory as well. Yet i dont have the hate for the cream jersey cause its closer to the mets proper jersey than the black.

This is the way i’d like the rotation to look. but as a fan i know i have no voice and it will never happen

Home standard-

Road standard-
with blue cap. i’d settle for the two tone but blue hat is always FTW

Sunday alt-

but i’m perfectly partial to the black as well

I hate the pinstriped jerseys. The black jerseys and the white buttoned without stripes are the best. I think one thing we can all agree on is the pants length. Most players wear them way too long.

I associate the black with Omar, it seems to me they thought we would over look the suckiness with connecting this team to the past through the jersey of Piazza.

for Spring training only. For our main uniforms I say just go back to the inaugural jerseys from 1962. The alternates could be the Cream White Jersey for home team and the late 1980’s gray road jersey with the orange and blue piping with New York in capital letters.

they seem to bring back great memories, i don’t remember the days with the blue and orange pinstripes. when i remember these jerseys, i see oliver perez, and i don’t like oliver perez.

I’m fine with wearing black against the Dodgers, Phillies or other brightly colored team. It provides contrast. Against dark-colored teams like the Yankees, Marlins, Pirates, etc. the Mets should wear blue. History could also play a role. Wearing black versus the Braves is cool because it brings back memories of the late 90s rivalry. Wearing blue against the Cardinals makes sense because that rivalry was heated in the mid 80s. The equipment manager should put some thought into this instead of seemingly throwing a uniform together at random.

Also, never, never, never wear the black hat with the home whites again.