The New York Mets Uniform

A few thoughts concerning the Mets uniform, inspired by Paul Lukas' Uniwatch column on page 2 of ESPN.com

The Mets should never have added black to their uniform colours. This has ruined the Mets uniform and given them a very bad look. Espeicially the black and blue road cap is really ugly. Not only does black and blue not compliment each other, but the red and blue NY lettering is also hardly visiable on a black background and looks purplish.

Unfortunately the Mets have had the very bad habit of wearing this cap more often than their very stylish blue ones, even at home games. According to internet sources (Uniwatch and ultimatemets.com) the reason for this sad state of affairs is that the equipment manager thinks the blue cap clashes with the Mets' black dugout jacket. The blue caps are therefore only worn on warm summer days, when the players do not wear jackets in the dugout.

I agree completely with the equipment manager that black and blue clashes on a baseball uniform, which is why the black and blue cap shouldn't be worn at all.

The Mets have one of the all time great baseball uniforms in their traditional blue and orange. This colour combination is unique in baseball and is a great tribute to New Yorks two previous National League teams, the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers.

It is therefore time for the Mets to abandon black as a uniform colour.