Looks like the blue uniforms the Mets wore for Fiesta Latina weren't a fluke after all. Apparently the team was testing fan reaction and was impressed with the positive response:
"“We did receive quite a bit of feedback, almost all of it anecdotal, but fairly extensive and fairly uniformly positive about the blue jersey,” [Mets executive VP for business operations Dave] Howard said. “It’s something we wanted to try. We had been discussing it internally. And we had been hearing from fans -- and observing on blogs and things like that -- of people having a view that they’d like to see more of the blue and orange. So with the “Los Mets” jersey, obviously it’s something you wear for one day for a promotion. And we thought it would be a good opportunity to try out this particular design. And it was very well received.”"
Everyone from David Wright (via Metsblog) to Metsblog readers (91% in favor) to me weighed in on the blue jerseys, nearly all of it in favor of the blue.
The only drawback of this is Major League Baseball's uniform rules are so ridiculous, teams have to submit their uniforms for the following season prior to opening day of the current season. Meaning, if the Mets wanted to make the blue uniforms part of their regular jerseys for next season, it would have to have been submitted for approval to the league offices this past March. How ridiculous is that?!?
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