When Nelson Doubleday Jr. died in mid-June, the Mets honored him with a short statement and a moment of silence.
But they did not take a further step to affix memorial patches for Doubleday, their former owner, to the uniform sleeves of the players, manager and coaches for the rest of the season.
The decision not to commemorate a once prominent owner with a patch makes the Mets something of an outlier in Major League Baseball. George Steinbrenner was honored with a patch by the Yankees after his death in 2010.
