# Worst Sports Uniform? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 25, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902 "2021-11-25T01:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 46
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902/46 "2021-11-26T17:32:39Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > That said, in 1999, MLB did a “Turn Ahead the Clock” promotion, in which, instead of having the teams wear throwback uniforms, they wore putative “uniforms from the future,” which were pretty bad. I just saw this thread and was going to mention that. > [@Sports competition ideas that were so unpopular they were dropped almost immediately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425/31): > > In 1998, the marketing department of the Seattle Mariners got the idea to “[turn ahead the clock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_Ahead_the_Clock)” for one game that season; the Royals and umpires played along for that game. 20 more teams joined in the promotion the following season. Virtually everyone except the Mariners thought this was bad idea. > > Some examples of these “uniforms from 2021” can be found on Topps cards --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sports-uniform/954902)._