by My book, GothamBaseball: New York’s All-Time Team, chronicles the best players among the ranks of the Mets, Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers, and New York baseball Giants. My mission was to find a way to represent the players and their respective teams, while also creating a Gotham Baseball squad.
Enter Todd Radom.
I had met Todd years ago at the QBC, and over the years, we stayed in touch. I was fascinated with his work and truly had no idea why he was so nice to me. One day, after we had exchanged emails about a project we had both unknowingly worked on together, he wrote that he would like to work with me on my next project.
It would be more than a year before I had the idea of what that project would be.
I finally realized that putting the players in a Gotham Baseball uniform would be the best way to bring the book together.
I asked Todd if he would be interested, and he said yes. So I made some crude sketches of what I was envisioning, and Todd not only designed one uniform, he designed THREE, with home and road versions of each.
Here they are : 1950s, 1970s, Modern Era.
Each has an element from all of Gotham’s teams.
Maybe if Nike ever wants to create a Citi Connects jersey that is steeped in NY baseball history, they would consider these beautiful designs from the great Todd Radom
