Tuesday, during a Citi Field press conference, Mets players Daniel Murphy, Bobby Parnell, J.J. Putz, Omir Santos and Gary Sheffield unveiled The Players Choice Signature Series featuring jerseys, T-shirts and caps they designed exclusively for their fans, with each product expressing the personalities and attitudes of the individual players who designed them.

The Players Choice Signature Series jerseys, tee shirts and caps will go on sale for the first time during this evening’s Mets game in The Players Clubhouse Store, located in Citi Field, and online at MLB.com. In keeping with the promise of unique player-related merchandise offered by The Players Clubhouse Store, the players produced the products in a two-month design and manufacturing process with the MLBPA and its apparel licensees, VF/Majestic and Twins.

The MLBPA and ARAMARK opened The Players Clubhouse: A Players Choice Store, a first-of-its-kind merchandise store at Citi Field, on April 3. This new concept in stadium retail sales features player-related merchandise licensed by the MLBPA’s Players Choice group licensing program. The store provides the MLBPA and its licensees with a unique opportunity to launch new items, test future products and host player-related events.

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John Maine Design	Santo Design
Parnell Design	Murphy Design
Sheffield Design	Putz Design

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All Images Courtesy MLB Players Association, VF/Majestic

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Designs
written by Danielle, July 29, 2009

I think it's funny how everyone has their own unique design. I mean, Maine has a nice retro-looking jersey with a Mr. Met patch and some orange accents, Omir has a pic of himself surrounded by lightning, Parnell has an axe and a bat crossed over the field, Sheffield has a RIDICULOUSLY awesome shirt with Affliction-like designs that looks bada*s, JJ Putz has an America tribute, tribal-looking design...

And Murph just says "Hey, make a green Mets jersey and throw a clover on the side."

Way to shine, Daniel.

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Omir and Metallica
written by Maury Brown, July 29, 2009

All I can think of when looking at Omir's shirt is "Ride The Lightening"

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Ugh
written by http://letsgomets.vox.com, July 29, 2009

Other than Murphy's, these are all embarra*singly ugly.

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Good grief.
written by John the Mets Fan, July 29, 2009

Can the Mets focus less on hawking cheap and ugly crap to fill their pockets and more on building a farm system, putting together a workable organization, and fielding a major league team that plays ABOVE Triple A ball?

Or is that too much to ask?

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Fun project
written by Bud, August 06, 2009

I was involved in this project and it was a lot of fun. The players didn't spend a ton of time on this. We just discussed the general themes and brought concepts back to them. They were still very focused on work. By the way, it isn't crap. It is the same product format that you see in your regular Mets jersey for sale in the park.

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