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What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

HahnSolo Oct 04 2010 08:40 AM

As a bit of a Met uniform traditionalist who was about sick to death of seeing the Mets in black, I decided to track each Met home game this year, to see just how often they wore each uniform combination. In 2010, the Mets wore four standard uniforms: - Traditional pinstripes - Snow whites with blue caps - Snow whites with black caps and blue bills - Black jerseys and all-black caps It gives me some pleasure to say that black was not as prevalent this year as I had feared. Here is your breakdown: 28 games - Snow whites with blue caps. Mets went 14-14 in those games. 23 games - Traditional pinstripes. The Mets wore the pinstripes on Opening Day and in 10 of their last 17 Citi games (including the entire 4-game sweep of the Pirates) to pull them into second on the list. The Mets were 14-9 in the pinstripes. 21 games - Snow whites with black caps and blue bills. This combination was second in appearances for most of the season, but they were only worn for two of the final 17 Citi games. Metsies were 12-9 in this combination. 8 games - Black jerseys and all-black caps. Was pleasantly surprised how low this number was. After getting embarassed in the black on Hall of Fame day (Aug 1), the Mets only wore the blacks once in their final 29 Citi games. For the season, they were 8-2 in the blacks. The final game was September 11, in which the Mets wore special white caps (along with the snow white jerseys). The Mets did not wear any throwbacks this year--as they did with their NY Giants throwbacks from 2009). So what does it all mean? Heck if I know, but it seems like the black is being slightly de-emphasized. One final note: while taking the Citi Field tour in August, the guide mentioned that the starting pitcher each day chose the music in the clubhouse and which uniform would be worn. I don't know if this is true...have not heard it anywhere else, but did anyone else who took the tour hear that?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 04 2010 08:42 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

Good work. May I borrow it?

HahnSolo Oct 04 2010 08:45 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

Of course. I didn't bother to do road games, not sure why. I guess the black didn't bother me so much away from home.

metirish Oct 04 2010 08:48 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

Excellent work indeed.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 04 2010 08:48 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

Nice diggin', Hahn. But shouldn't that be "traditional" pinstripes?

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2010 08:50 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

Check out the first post in this thread: http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthrea ... niform-Log

HahnSolo Oct 04 2010 08:54 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

Damn, did all that work and all I really needed to do was click on that link all year.

Edgy DC Oct 04 2010 08:55 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

I feel more disappointed than I should that the Mets let slide the tradition of wearing the service department hats on September 11. It was everything a tradition should be, starting off spontaneously and heartfelt and somewhat subversively, and it was unique to the team. Boo to everything that makes teams similar, and hurray to everything (even stupid stuff) that makes them dissimilar.

Ceetar Oct 04 2010 09:07 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

HahnSolo wrote: One final note: while taking the Citi Field tour in August, the guide mentioned that the starting pitcher each day chose the music in the clubhouse and which uniform would be worn. I don't know if this is true...have not heard it anywhere else, but did anyone else who took the tour hear that? Shannon @ MetsPolice confirmed this with someone as well. I still suspect the Mets 'strongly urge' a choice sometimes, and that sometimes the pitchers don't care/don't pick. Also, Mets are undefeated at home on Tuesdays.

HahnSolo Oct 04 2010 09:18 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

It did seem odd about the pitchers making the choice, since ballplayers are usually such creatures of habit...if it were truly their choice I would figure that they would pick the same uni each time, but that's really not the case.

Edgy DC Oct 04 2010 09:27 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

The Mets wore black and black for a very large percentage of Tom Glavine's starts, it seemed.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 04 2010 09:34 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

So they never wore the pinstripes with the black-and-blue caps this year? I know I've seen that combination in previous seasons. Nice to see that the blue cap was worn 41 times. (More than half of the home games and more than a quarter of the overall games.) I'd like to see them revive the grey uniform/blue cap combo on the road like they did for that one game where Carlos Delgado came back to life in 2008 at Yankee Stadium.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 04 2010 09:37 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

Edgy DC wrote: The Mets wore black and black for a very large percentage of Tom Glavine's starts, it seemed. "With a little squinting, they almost look navy-blue."

HahnSolo Oct 04 2010 09:40 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

Benjamin Grimm wrote: So they never wore the pinstripes with the black-and-blue caps this year? I know I've seen that combination in previous seasons. Nice to see that the blue cap was worn 41 times. (More than half of the home games and more than a quarter of the overall games.) Might have something to do with the tweak to the cream-color pinstripe jersey? They didn't think the black caps went with it?

Gwreck Oct 04 2010 10:18 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

HahnSolo wrote: Might have something to do with the tweak to the cream-color pinstripe jersey? They didn't think the black caps went with it? I think so. When the Mets wore the white pinstripe jersey in prior years, they occasionally wore the blue/black hats. But I believe every wearing of the cream pinstripes had the blue hat.

Centerfield Oct 04 2010 10:33 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

Edgy DC wrote: I feel more disappointed than I should that the Mets let slide the tradition of wearing the service department hats on September 11. It was everything a tradition should be, starting off spontaneously and heartfelt and somewhat subversively, and it was unique to the team. Boo to everything that makes teams similar, and hurray to everything (even stupid stuff) that makes them dissimilar. When did this happen? Was it just this year? (Missed the Sept. 11 game) This is one of the few things I felt the organization did right. Figures if they fucked this up.

Gwreck Oct 04 2010 10:35 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

MLB stepped in and forced every team to wear those ridiculous "stars and stripes" hats.

Edgy DC Oct 04 2010 10:38 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

Started last year.

Centerfield Oct 04 2010 10:47 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

Really? I can't believe I missed this. Fuck MLB. If I'm the Wilpons, I'd pay whatever fine they want and tell the Mets to continue wearing the hats. Where's the team captain on this one? I need someone to be like "Fuck it, I'm wearing it anyway."

Centerfield Oct 04 2010 10:48 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

This would never have happened if Bobby V were managing. He'd dare those fuckheads to enforce a forfeit before giving up those hats.

Edgy DC Oct 04 2010 10:57 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

Agreed. It's worth recalling that the captain that started the tradition was Rey Ordòñez. I'd love to put a pair of bugs in David and José's ears about this.

HahnSolo Oct 04 2010 11:09 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

David, in particular, considering his dad's background.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 04 2010 11:16 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

This is another one of those things the club is just tone deaf to. Of course, Fred and his well-meaning foundation for veterans is one of the heavies behind the leaguewide stars-n-stripes hat movement, I guess on memorial day and July 4. If it came to this I'm sure Fred would go along with the others on 9/11 if they went his on Memorial Day.

metsmarathon Oct 04 2010 11:20 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

how does the uniform selection correlate with the day's starting pitcher?

Edgy DC Oct 04 2010 11:21 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

The thing is, in New York, the impact September 11 wasn't on the beautiful and flawed abstraction that is America, but on the lives and ultimate deaths of actual concrete people. And it was good and right that the Mets made their tribute about those people and not one more orgy of ineffectual flagwaving.

HahnSolo Oct 04 2010 11:31 AM Re: What Metsies Were Wearing, 2010

metsmarathon wrote: how does the uniform selection correlate with the day's starting pitcher? I only started monitoring the starting pitcher with the uniform choice since the last PHillies series (and I can also throw in the games I saw live, and the first homestand). Here is what I got (VERY INCOMPLETE): Niese: Snow white blue cap: 2 starts Pinstripes: 3 starts All Black: 1 start Gee: Pinstripes 2 starts All black: 1 start Pelf: 1 of each of the four Santana: First two starts of the year were in pinstripes Dickey: Snow whites blue cap: 3 starts Pinstripes: 1 start Snow white black/blue cap: 1 start Mejia: Pinstripes: 1 start Misch: Pinstripes 1 start