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Yall see this? Apparently a handful of teams are gonna do the same. Wonder if the Mets are gonna be there? Guessing not since we know the blacks are gonna show up again this year but who knows.

https://www.mlb.com/news/red-sox-releas ... t-uniforms

https://x.com/RedSox/status/13794 ... t-uniforms

The Mets should do this too and wear uniforms with the official NYC colors.

Can you imagine? The Mets wearing blue and orange.

I'm guessing MFY will get one just because. Since these are basically MLB's version of the NBA City Edition, I'm guessing some schlocky Bronx Bombers uniform, or since Sky Blue FC rebranded to Gotham FC, maybe the unoriginal Yankees steal that.

saw someone theorize that the black might just be part of this, and not an independent decision by any means. Fits with Cohens style of playing coy and promising things that are already happening.

Am I not getting the joke? Those are fugly.

I don't get it either. I suppose those jerseys are supposed to mean something, but whatever it is, I have no idea.

I wouldn't wear that if I were in a dimly lit room playing solitaire.
But in front of a crowd and a TV audience?
What were they thinking?

Later

The Red Sox uniforms are the colors of the Boston Marathon and uses the same font as Boston Marathon branding. They will be worn on Patriots Day weekend which in non-pandemic years is when the Marathon is run. My son has already requested that I buy him the hat, so they're hitting their target audience of young baseball fans.

It's supposed to honor the Boston Marathon, which takes its color scheme from the city flag.

Though I'd be fine without I don't immediately hate these as a thing. MLB has already done worse things with the "Players weekend" series and we know its all about the $$. They obvs are not Red Sox jerseys but they don;t look bad to me.

The Mets one should incorporate that fresh shade on maroony-pink-purple from the 7 train

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:59 pm The Mets one should incorporate that fresh shade on maroony-pink-purple from the 7 train

Which I think is the vibe of QANON FC in Queens.

Yup. I'm totally into them. I may have told ya that the local soccer pro shop 2 blocks away is making their gear in the basement. No kits yet as they have a deal with Spanish outfitter Joma who's been challenged to import guy says. Also COVID set their debut back till next year

I always thought a fun once-a-year look would be to stylize your uniform after that of your sibling franchises — such as the Jets or the Isles in the Mets' case.

MLB could even do NFL weekend and there would be awesome controversy over some sad-sack team forced to partner with a fake sibling. Like the Cubs' uniforms would be stylized on the Bears colors and brand, but the poor White Sox would be rocking the Saints' fleur-de-lis or something.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 2:10 pm Yup. I'm totally into them. I may have told ya that the local soccer pro shop 2 blocks away is making their gear in the basement. No kits yet as they have a deal with Spanish outfitter Joma who's been challenged to import guy says. Also COVID set their debut back till next year

Nah, that's cool. And Joma! Alright! I think the whole league has gone Puma now, so any different kit maker usually means a standout (if nothing else "different") design.

I want a uniform with neon stripes on it to bring to life the figures that were on the outside of Shea Stadium.

I have tons of friends who have run the Boston Marathon and I still totally missed that reference. Maybe because most of the Boston swag I've seen is blue accented with yellow and not the other way around. I think it's also usually a darker or more royal blue than this.

So in that sense it seems like a big ol whiff to me.

apparently Mets are not part of this series but will wear their blacks when they face the Marlins who are.

Willets Point wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:58 pm The Red Sox uniforms are the colors of the Boston Marathon and uses the same font as Boston Marathon branding. They will be worn on Patriots Day weekend which in non-pandemic years is when the Marathon is run. My son has already requested that I buy him the hat, so they're hitting their target audience of young baseball fans.

As a one-off, it's pretty dope.

Apparently, every team in the league-- 7-10 per year-- will do this at least once by the end of 2023 or so.

https://news.nike.com/news/nike-mlb-cit ... es-2021-22

JCL wrote:It's supposed to honor the Boston Marathon, which takes its color scheme from the city flag.

Though I'd be fine without I don't immediately hate these as a thing. MLB has already done worse things with the "Players weekend" series and we know its all about the $$. They obvs are not Red Sox jerseys but they don;t look bad to me.

The Mets one should incorporate that fresh shade on maroony-pink-purple from the 7 train

JCL/LWFS similarity score: like, 98 percent. (I wouldn't mind us going with something street-art themed, or something bold and aesthetically boss that acknowledges the multiethnic stomping grounds-- South/Central American Corona, East Asian Flushing-- we've got flanking the stadium.)

Kinda' retro, but I wouldn't mind the Unisphere dominating the Mets version of these shirts.

I wouldn't mind the Unisphere being moved to Citi Field's campus.

It's very nice where it is. A little more unity between the fairgrounds and the park would be nice but you got the tennis stadium and a big railyard between em.

Ugly, if not fugly, Boston unis pictured above. Horrid, even.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 8:23 pm It's very nice where it is. A little more unity between the fairgrounds and the park would be nice but you got the tennis stadium and a big railyard between em.

It is, indeed. I just don't like the cycle of neglect and rehabilitation it goes through. Maintenance.

And I'm also covetous for cool things going to the Mets. And I always liked the Mets home's link to the World's Fair development, even knowing what I now know about the park and fair being one more Robert Moses debacle.

The fact that the park was built surrounded by freeways - a very Moses design - contributes to the inconsistent maintenance, imho.

Last time I was there, the park was very nice and didn't notice any major
maintenance issues.

I bike by the unisphere a lot. Here she is showing off her South America a weeks ago.