The Mets Police: Black 1964 New York Mets Uniforms?

Black 1964 New York Mets Uniforms?

The Daily News has a piece today about former Mets Stephen Dillon and Bill Wakefield throwing out the first pitch soon at Citi.

It's fascinating for two reasons.

First, look at this picture of Dillon.

That um blue sure looks dark. Bad photo? The News (which was always known for photos) says it is from Spring Training 1964. I need to look into this more (any of you fellow super-nerds have insight into why this looks so dark?)

Also, David Howard who has been the devil at times this season says:

Mets Executive Vice President David Howard stressed the value of honoring lesser-known players like Dillon and Wakefield, who both left the game for higher pay at more workaday jobs.

“Our history is important,” Howard said. “These guys, to us, represent a large number of Mets players who don’t get the recognition or notoriety that some of the more obvious players do.”

Wait....David Howard wants the Mets to honor their history? The Mets want to honor lesser known guys? Are the Mets Police somehow making progress?

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2009/06/30/2009-06-30_amazin_return_for_hurlers.html#ixzz0JutWwvVG&D

I'm all in favor of this kind of event. Dillon and Wakefield are before my time - but I'd like to know about them. When I went to the game last week with Junior he pointed at the Gil Hodges banner and asked who it was. He got a quick lesson in 1969. That's how it works....

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