Friday, July 03, 2009

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Mets Police Apologize To This Man And His Cool Cap

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Last week when I recapped my latest trip to Citi Field I mentioned this guy's cap and shirt.

I love the shirt.  It's a "Hawaiian" shirt with all Mets stuff and would make a nice present if you ever want to buy me something.

Then I cracked wise about the cap, saying that we should keep it away from the Wilpons because it looked "Dodgery" with a white NY on a blue cap.  I feared that the Wilpons would further Dodgerize the club.


Boy was I wrong!  It isn't Dodgery at all...in fact it is a ...



New York Giants 1936-39 Cooperstown Fitted CapNew York Giants 1936-39 Cooperstown Fitted Cap
by American Needle Own a little piece of history with American Needle's New York Giants 1936-39 Cooperstown Cap, a precise replica of what the legendary pros once wore.


This dude is super-cool and I apologize for goofing on his hat.  He has a kicking shirt and a groovy Giants cap on!

What's also interesting is not one reader nailed me on it.  You know why?  because nobody knows anything about the NY Giants because this whole darn town is Dodgers obsessed.  Of course you don't know what the Giants wore in '36, how would you?  By looking at the Mel Ott rotunda?

I bought the Ott jersey for my self.   It's too nice looking.  If you see a dude in Citi Field with an Ott jersey, heck if you see anyone on Earth in the 21st century with an Ott jersey I'm sure it is me - come say hi.

One of my goals for the weekend is to start accumulating all mentions of the New York Giants to this site.   There's very little out there about them, I have no claim on them (before my time), and I don't really know anything about them - but stuff should live on the internet somewhere so why not here.

If you're in a Giants mood now, here's an old link.

Mr. Cool shirt and classic Giants cap, I am sorry.   I hope you are there the next time I actually use my weekday tickets instead of stub-hubbing them, and I will come shake your hand.

(By the way, if you're about to send me some link from mlb.com that this is indeed a modern New Era Mets variant don't crush my dreams.  Let  me live the lie.  His blue is a little lighter isn't it.)

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2 Responses to "Mets Police Apologize To This Man And His Cool Cap"
Mr. Met said :
July 3, 2009 at 4:07 PM
They had shirts like those at the clubhouse store on 42nd St. a couple of years ago. There were 2 styles. The one I wanted (cotton) wasn't available in my size. The other was polyester and Mr. Met doesn't do polyester.

Another thing I've been looking for is one of those CDs they gave away a few years ago at Shea. 40th Anniversary of something or other. Nowhere to be found. Even the illegal filesharing services don't have it!

As for the hat in the picture... the different styles and colors never appealed to me. The only oddball hat I ever wanted was the green one they wear on St. Patrick's Day during Spring Training. Can't get those, either.

Mets merchandising, like the rest of their marketing over the years, has never been very good.
Sparks said :
July 4, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Note the gray road lid situated next to the Giants cap in question in the mlb.com shop:

http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2208342

Not that I knew it at the time, but apparently my road cap suggestion from last week is actually a N.Y. Giants shout-out. You gotta love it now, huh? ;)

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