Captain Shorts T-Shirt Update: A Quarter Of The Way Home

We're a quarter of the way home already. Larger sizes have been added as well so order yours today! 

Order Your Captain Shorts T-Shirt Today And Support The Movement

He's a man, a myth and a hashtag, and now the time has finally arrived. Captain Shorts t-shirts are now available to order...well sort of.  You see I wanted to make sure people wanted the shirts first so I've started this Kickstarter project to gauge interest.

$20 will get you a Captain Shorts shirt in the size of your choice. $35 gets you two shirts. (Mens sizes S-XXL only...for now).  Those prices include all shipping charges.

Elimination Champions Once Again!

Pop the champagne New York, your Mets are once again champions of elimination! Despite a brief scare in June, the boys from Flushing pulled it together in the second half and brought home another elimination championship. Commemorate their "amazin" run to a 6th straight elimination championship with this officially licensed shirt from Majestic. Get yours now at MLB.com for only $24.99 while supplies last.

5 T-Shirts I Would Wear Before Wearing Tonight's Horrible Verizon/Mets Giveaway Shirt

It's t-shirt night at Citi Field and as such, fans attending tonight's Mets game will receive this nightmare from Verizon FiOS.

Wow! It's almost as if the folks at Verizon had a bet to see how small they could make the Mets logo on this "t-shirt". Whoever designed this is probably the kind of person who only wears the minimum amount of flair for their day shift at Chotchkies.  

Seeing this disaster got me thinking: What t-shirts would I rather wear than this one?  I came up with these five.

Enjoy...

Major League Baseball Commemorating Horrible Mets-Giants Finish With T-shirt

On a day when a former Met threw a perfect game, the current Mets teamed up with the San Franciso Giants for what many around baseball are calling the Sloppiest Game Ever Played.  Now the MLB is commemorating this momentous occasion with a special limited edition t-shirt.

Here's the official description from MLB.com:

Mets Hope To Cash In On Giants Success By Releasing Confusingly Similar Merchandise

If you been in a Modells anywhere near New York lately you've probably noticed an atmosphere similar to the floor of the NY Stock Exchange as Giants fans scoop up every piece of merchandise they can find.  Well the Mets have noticed too and have crafted a clever line of clothing hoping to cash in on the success of the Giants by essentially tricking Giants fans into buying Mets merchandise.

Celebrate The Underdog Yankees Miracle Run To The Post Season With The Official T-Shirt

Yesterday the Yankees completed the first leg of their miracle run and clinched a spot in the post-season.  Closer Mariano Rivera was so overcome with emotion that he told reporters, "No one gave us a shot."  Now starting today at Modell's, join Major League Baseball in celebrating the team that no one believed in with the official t-shirt.  Buy one or buy two hundred million but get them fast because at $39.99 these shirts are priced to move.

Mets .500 Merchandise Flying Off The Shelves

Last night the Mets achieved something.  They caught the unicorn.  They got the carrot.  They reached the .500 mark.  Now you know a Mets marketing department desperate for any small victory to celebrate was not going to take this lightly.

Mets Cashing In On Windblown Debris

By now you probably have already heard Mets VP Dave Howard's comments on the benefits of wind blown debris.  But what you may not know is that Mr. Howard's comments are just the tip of the iceberg.  At a small press conference today, Howard announced that the Mets will be partnering with Majestic to create a line of merchandise made entirely out of trash collected from the Citi Field outfield.

"We have identified a unique marketing opportunity and we wanted to seize it while we had the chance.", said Howard.  "With the growing popularity of items like game used jerseys and game used dirt and equipment we saw a chance to combine both.  This is actual trash that has been on the field at Citi Field.  Some of it was even retrieved by the players themselves and now you can wear it!  Our fans are going to love it."

The shirts themselves will be a patchwork of various windblown debris and garbage which commonly includes hot dog wrappers, napkins, cardboard trays and Phillies caps.  After being collected the trash is washed and sent to a factory in China to be assembled into clothing.

The shirts, which will retail for $34.99 will be available at the Mets clubhouse shop at the Jackie Robinson Rotunda.

 All articles featured on The Apple are fictitious. No Mets were harmed in the writing of this story.