A couple of years back, I while browsing at the Mets’ 42nd St. Clubhouse Store and overheard a clerk telling a colleague that Scott Strickland’s wife had complained that t-shirts featuring her hubby reliever’s name and number were tough to find.
I wondered who the heck was going to purchase a Scott Strickland t-shirt, but that’s nothing compared to Metsblog’s Matthew Cerrone, uncovering ample inventory of Country Time and Boogie Shoes swag at the same shop. For $7.99, I’d spring for a Lo Duca tee. But keep in mind, I once wore a Metal Mike authentic to Yankee Stadium right after the Mets catcher had denied playing house with Sam Champion.
If you wait long enough, the prices can go down even further. My orange Tsuyoshi Shinjo name-and-number t-shirt — purchased at least a year after his last Mets AB — is proof of that. So is my fiancee’s and my dad’s. It was a good deal, I’m sorry.
This just might be the year I finally buy that Burrell t-shirt!
If someone can quote me a price on a Glavine XXL tee, it’d be appreciated — I need something to wear for future CSTB & Fans throw-downs I mean get-togethers.
In the end, none of this matter, because you know you’re gonna just pay the extra $22 for “PUTZ”