Comments on: Idea: All Mets Fans Should Wear Blue to Citi Field

By: metsfan82

metsfan82 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:37:43 +0000

i totally agree however i wish all metsfan would read your blog; cuz there would b many a fan who would dawn those awful black jerseys. Blue is the way to go!

By: racemccloud

racemccloud — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:48:08 +0000

First of all, I love the blue BP jersey. Probably my favorite jersey. If I were actually to plunk down 100+ dollars on a shirt, that’s the one I’d get (Reyes, 7). I’d love it if that made the transition to a game jersey.

Secondly, I get your point, that blue and orange honors the Mets NL heritage… but then why are we all expending so much energy screaming that “THERE’S TOO MUCH DODGERS/GIANTS REMINDERS IN THE STADIUM” while at the same time we’re all screaming “THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE BLUE AND ORANGE IN THE STADIUM”… when Blue and Orange are colors that were chosen specifically to be reminders of New York’s NL heritage; AKA the Giants and the Dodgers. You just can’t have it both ways.

So I say this: either embrace the idea that the Mets were ALWAYS conceived in part as a way to honor the NL past of NYC (i.e. the Dodgers and the Giants) and Citi Field and the Wilpons are just doing their part to continue the grand tradition… or get rid of all ties to the NL past that is part of the Mets heritage, including changing the team colors AWAY from the blue and orange that were initially chosen specifically to remind NY baseball fans of… the Dodgers and the Giants.

I’m fine either way. Either way, I’m rooting for the Mets. I want to see good baseball. The trappings and color schemes in which the good baseball is played are meaningless to me.

(For the record, my LEAST favorite Mets jersey is the pinstriped one. Just another desperate attempt to look like the Yankees.)

By: KD

KD — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:01:45 +0000

While I like the idea of solidarity, it’s already been mentioned in the comment section that there’s no blue jersey (except for BP.) And going to the ball park is the best time to wear the jersey that we’ve spent so much on. (Though everyone wearing black with the classic college idea of “black out” could be fun.)

As for the Mets colors, the clash doesn’t bother me. It’s the Mets roots — a NY NL team to replace Dodger (blue) and Giants (orange.)

By: racemccloud

racemccloud — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:28:42 +0000

All right, keep Blue and Orange on the unis. The original criticism was that they’d look tacky in the stadium, and they would. I have no problem with the color scheme at Citi, nor the Citi branding.

By: theperfectgame

theperfectgame — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:39:39 +0000

Yeah, let’s all go Citi wearing blue shirts. And instead of wearing random Mets hats, we should all wear blue hats with white stitching. But what should be the letters on the hats? I’m thinking “LA” for “Let’s A-Go”. I don’t know about you, but that would just scream “Mets solidarity” to me!!

And, hey, if you forget, I think there are plenty of blue caps sporting a white “LA” available in the various Mets gift shops around the stadium. Let’s go Dodg… er, Mets!

By: dave27

dave27 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:47:42 +0000

We’re talking about sports team colors, not Calvin Klein’s fall line.

Anyway royal blue seems to work for Freddie’s beloved Dodgers, so why not the Mets.

I am already fearing an ill-advised change to something like the Broncos and Islanders switched to – navy and orange. It’s not like they haven’t taken enough of a dump on Mets heritage.

By: dave27

dave27 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:44:09 +0000

Agreed on all fronts…this comment is yet another indicator of the lack of understanding the Mets have of their own fans, which often borders on outright condescension.

Blue and orange are tacky, but a dozen tiled panels of Jackie Robinson, including pictures of his family and Dodger teammates, was deemed just right.

Bottom line, the Wilpons and their executives don’t give a crap about their fans – they will invest in whatever they think will make them money.

By: racemccloud

racemccloud — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:41:22 +0000

“This is the second time that Matt’s quoted a high-up source in the Mets organization that’s left me feeling bad about being a Mets fan. The other time that I felt like this was when the Mets didn’t sell out the 1969 reunion game, and an executive blamed the fans for clamoring for more history, and then not showing up to pay for it when the Mets finally delivered.”

And that exec… has a point. You know what’s as unattractive to big-time free agents as the organization itself? The team’s fans. We are a bitter (rightfully so), unforgiving lot.

By: racemccloud

racemccloud — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:38:25 +0000

The upper-tier Mets management guy… is right. The REAL problem started when whoever-it-was decided in 1961 or so that the Mets colors should be blue and orange which, let’s be fair, are a pretty tacky combo. Painting the stadium blue and orange would be pretty garish.

I can’t believe Mets fans are still complaining about the color scheme at Citi Field. The ballpark is beautiful. It’s the ballclub that’s ugly. If the Mets wanted to change their colors officially to blue, black, and a little bit of orange detailing, I’d have no problem with that. In fact, I’d encourage.

Besides, black and blue seem like fitting colors for the Mets these days.

By: starz31

starz31 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:01:07 +0000

well said.