Top Shelf Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 What the topic says. The Mets are wearing these tonight for Fiesta Night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I forget, are we supposed to be offended/annoyed by "Los Mets," or by "Fiesta Night?" Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
averyj Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 You know, they probably just took the "Los" from the Los Angeles Dodgers away wordmark, and changed it to their liking. It'd make sense. You know, I rarely visit ccslsc anymore. I really should fix that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I forget, are we supposed to be offended/annoyed by "Los Mets," or by "Fiesta Night?"We're supposed to be offended as design enthusiasts that the team would pander to an entire race by essentially putting the word "the" on the uniforms only in another language when that word, "The" doesn't exist in english on the uniforms usually. But we're okay with them pandering to an entire race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColeJ Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 that's my favorite part...that the normal jerseys don't say "The" so why would spanish night add "Los"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelhouse Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Because it's good for people of Latin descent to feel as if they actually belong here in the United States, if only for a single night. The best way to do that is by adding an arbitrary word from their native tongue to the uniform. A very generous gesture from the very intelligent and culturally aware folks who come up with these sorts of ideas. "Purists will bitch and whine, but so what? Purists will Always bitch and whine. That is their function. Res Ipsa Loquitur."-HST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I think these jerseys are stupid. The fact that the Mets have a majority of Latin American players should be enough to be celebrated on the second post game Lation Music concert of the season. They did not have Los Mets on Merengei Night. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoRsAndTwoLs Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I would normally agree with most of the people here that the "los" is unnecessary and dumb (see the "Los Spurs" bit from the NBA), but in this case, the Mets (or Metropolitans) would still be the Mets in Spanish (I assume: Metropolitanos), therefore I'm ok with it.But if the Giants added "los" to the Gigantes jerseys, or the Brewers added "los" before Cerveceros, it'd be rather dumb. Every Fifth Day is a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColeJ Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 i have no problems with gigantes or cerveceros jerseys... if i were a fan of the brewers, i'd totally buy a cerveceros jersey.it's just adding "the" in front of the regular wordmark is silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 i have no problems with gigantes or cerveceros jerseys... if i were a fan of the brewers, i'd totally buy a cerveceros jersey.it's just adding "the" in front of the regular wordmark is silly.I have to agree there www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 By the way, the jersey in this thread:http://boards.sportslogos.net/index.php?showtopic=55793Has since seen the LOS residue fade more and more over the past 6 months or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erlovepuck Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 By the way, the jersey in this thread:http://boards.sportslogos.net/index.php?showtopic=55793Has since seen the LOS residue fade more and more over the past 6 months or so...Thanks for the update, that thread was actually the first thing I thought of when I saw that they were wearing 'Los' on the jerseys tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 By the way, the jersey in this thread:http://boards.sportslogos.net/index.php?showtopic=55793Has since seen the LOS residue fade more and more over the past 6 months or so...Thanks for the update, that thread was actually the first thing I thought of when I saw that they were wearing 'Los' on the jerseys tonight.But hey, if Wilie was still manager, they could just move the "Los" to the bottom right of the wordmark, and add a "t" to the end, amirite? Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 It's like that Chris Farley sketch."I am El Nino which is spanish for The Nino"And the previous poster was right. 'Metropolitano' is Spanish for 'metropolitan'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkshadow1031 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 It's like that Chris Farley sketch."I am El Nino which is spanish for The Nino"And the previous poster was right. 'Metropolitano' is Spanish for 'metropolitan'.Or Kelso's quote from That 70's Show:"Its an El Camino, thats Spanish for The Camino" 2002-2006 ALUMNI 2007-2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Legend Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 It's about time. Omar has been trying to turn them into 'Los Mets' for years now. At least they are finally being honest about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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