RSSMets Lack the Gusto with New Logo
Jan 12
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To celebrate the first season in Citi Field, the new home of the New York Mets, the organization has designed a whopper of a logo. The patch will appear on uniforms throughout the season and already has fans and foes alike making derisive comparisons to the domino’s pizza logo. If nothing else, the new logo seems to lack any punch, and is so overly simplistic, it’s hard not to be embarrassed for the guy that designed it.
What were the Mets thinking when they adopted an ugly and amateurish design that could have been put together from a Windows Paint application? Even stranger, there’s no mention of the word “Mets” “New York” or “Citi Field” anywhere on the patch itself. The sole indicator of its purpose is the year 2009. It could literally be the inaugural patch for the debut season of Kara DioGuardi on American Idol.
Knowing that comparisons to the New York Yankees’ inaugural season logo were inevitable, maybe the Mets’ management was trying to distance themselves from seeming to follow in the Yankees’ footfalls. But I don’t think “laughingstock” was the message they were hoping to convey. Here’s hoping this is all a feint and the real logo debuts on uniforms before the start of spring training. 
