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I Brought My Own

by on 6 April 2009 12:12 am

With Citi Field sadly lacking an explicit tribute to half of the Mets’ forebears, I installed my own New York Giants homage atop my noggin for the day.

FYI, in the interest of old-timey accuracy, the Dodgers didn’t wear white jerseys that said Brooklyn. That’s something you do in your road grays.

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6 comments to I Brought My Own

  • Anonymous
    April 5th, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    HA! True, but how will poseurs and wannabes know the difference between a Brooklyn or LA Dodger shirt without being explicitly told!

  • Anonymous
    April 6th, 2009 at 11:40 am

    The Dodger love would bug me a little less if they at least had some Willie Mays Giants merch in the clubhouse. That would make sense.
    And it probably wouldn't bug me at all if they moved a Giants/Dodgers section into some back corner of the Team Store. It's the fact that the Dodgers merch is up front and displayed in the windows that drives me f'n crazy.

  • Anonymous
    April 7th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    “FYI, in the interest of old-timey accuracy, the Dodgers didn't wear white jerseys that said Brooklyn. That's something you do in your road grays.”
    Hi Greg,
    The first thing I noticed watching MLB's replay of Don Larsen's perfect game was that “Dodgers” and not “Brooklyn” appeared on the team jerseys. I couldn't tell if they wore their home uniforms for a game played in Yankee Stadium since there was little contrast in the kinescope to differientiate between subtle shades.

  • Anonymous
    April 7th, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    You know what, good catch.
    http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1956_brooklyn.gif&Entryid=891
    The Brooklyn Dodgers went from 1946, through their final year in Brooklyn without their native borough displayed on their uniform. In fact, their first year in LA the road uni still said “Dodgers!”
    That spans the entire era that all of the Brooklyn throwbacks really represent. I mean is anyone going gaga over Babe Herman or Zach Wheat era merchandise?

  • Anonymous
    April 8th, 2009 at 7:19 am

    I have seen the way older stuff for sale in the Cyclones store at Keyspan Park.

  • Anonymous
    April 8th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    Hi Greg,
    You did say “old-timey accuracy” so not commenting about any specific time-frame means you were indeed not guilty of being inaccurate.
    Cousin Vinny