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    History Anyone remember "Turn Ahead the Clock" ?

    I.. don't remember it at all. And I'm glad, woowww.

    In sports, there are moments when time stands still. And thanks to throwback uniforms, there are plenty of junctures where time appears to turn backward. But it's rare when time jumps ahead.
    Uni Watch

    That photo, of course, is from MLB's now-infamous "Turn Ahead the Clock" promotion, which featured 20 big league teams dressed like total freakin' clowns wearing "futuristic" jerseys over the course of 14 games during the summer of 1999. The uniforms were roundly ridiculed at the time, have been ridiculed ever since, and will likely continue to be ridiculed long past the year 2021, which is the year they supposedly represented (a year chosen because the series was sponsored by Century 21, adding the stench of corporate advertising to an already noxious initiative).

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    Re: Anyone remember "Turn Ahead the Clock" ?

    I remember it, and I remember thinking it was dumb.
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    Re: Anyone remember "Turn Ahead the Clock" ?

    Nope, after reading this.... My initial reaction is:

    Where's the barf smilie?

    This got to be the most dumb thing ever in the history of MLB.
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    Re: Anyone remember "Turn Ahead the Clock" ?

    Sounds stupid to me

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    Re: Anyone remember "Turn Ahead the Clock" ?

    Griff with the backwards hat, didn't he always do that, so how is it futuristic?

    And I too am glad that I don't remember that.

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    Re: Anyone remember "Turn Ahead the Clock" ?

    I would have flipped if the Mets consistently dressed in those hideous Mercury Mets Black Unis.

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    Re: Anyone remember "Turn Ahead the Clock" ?

    it sounds vaguely familiar...

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    Re: Anyone remember "Turn Ahead the Clock" ?

    Yes I remember it.

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    Re: Anyone remember "Turn Ahead the Clock" ?

    I remember having a Griffey baseball card that featured him in the futures uniform.

    I burned it.

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