Thinking About The Possible Mets 2013 All-Star Game

In 2008 the Mets had the first opportunity in a while to flex their PR/marketing muscle, and they did a pretty good job with it. The final season at Shea logo was fantastic. It blended the old with the new, had a semi-original shape to it, and was rich in detail, but it wasn't cluttered. The Mets were then set to make their inaugural season logo, and just like the inaugural season at Citi Field – it was too awful to forget. The logo was not inspiring, not creative, and just dull. So how will the Mets handle the 2013 All-Star game logo? Well my basic prediction is that it will not be a simple design. The Mets got slammed by the national media for their failure to create a stellar patch so it will be this time around.

Well, what will be on the 2013 All-Star patch? My fear is that it will be the Jackie Robinson Rotunda. Don't get me wrong, I love the rotunda, but it looks too much like Ebbits field and this is our first All-Star game since 1964. One of the most iconic images for the Mets is the home run apple, and I feel that should be the patch. Also, that won't happen, unless they compromise. A good compromise is if the model the patch after the front of the stadium with the Shea apple in the foreground and the rotunda in the background.

Next up is the BP jersey's. Probably the color spectrum will be Orange and Blue. Sadly, it will probably look a like the current BP Jersey and one from a few years ago:

(Baseball-fever and nyny.com)

Of course, the underarms on the orange one will probably look more like the blue one and the script ont he blue one, If I had to guess, will probably be orange (so they are inverses). Now the Mets could keep it really dull and have American and National written in Mets Script, or they can try do something else, like the arch in the Cards jersey, the bridge in the San Fran one, or the halo in the Angels one.

Well I guess time will tell.