New Era x New York Mets

I tried getting this posted as early as I could, but couldn't. As long as I make the deadline before Saturday - it's still a legit post. With one of my jerseys posted every Sunday, it gave me more ideas to write about my other hobbies for the different days of the week, just to make this site more full. Today is the inagural day of Fitted Friday. The way how this works is a show and tell for my fitted caps which don't have a matching jersey, but still need to be shown some love. Most will be items I haven't displayed while others are recycled photos with more/different/detailed writing. Tomorrow will be a different item for Saturday, so stay tuned. Now on with the show:


For the first entry of Fitted Friday is a three pieced combo. Here we have the authentic home, road, and alternate colours of one of my favourite baseball teams; the New York Mets. For those who prefer the tongue and cheek term; New York Mess. Regardless of being the lovable losers of New York City, it's still better than being a bandwagon jumper for those damn Yankees. However, you might think I'm a hypocrite at a later entry. I do have a couple of matching jerseys with these caps, but I don't think they're ready for display - yet.


Between the mid 1850s to the late 1950s, New York had 2 National League teams before the Metropolitans arrived in 1962. They were the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants - both are now in Los Angeles and San Francisco. So as the Mets club came to fruition, they subtly honoured the previous New York franchises and chose blue [Dodgers] and orange [Giants] as their team colours. In their first two seasons, they played in the original field of the NY Giants; the Polo Grounds. In 1964, they occupied the historic Shea Stadium for 44 years until settling into Citi Field in 2009.


The Mets would win 2 World Series Championships [1969, 1986] with 11 former players inducted into Cooperstown including Nolan Ryan [above] & Gary Carter [below].