Seven Minutes on Mercury

[G-Fafif]

Murph and Gary from 2021 via 1999...



https://youtu.be/oSCqwd5zTMghttps://youtu.be/oSCqwd5zTMg

[Benjamin Grimm]

That was such a stupid idea, but since it's still remembered 21 years later, I guess it was successful, in a way.



Nice to hear Bob Murphy again. I had forgotten how he pronounced the days of the week... Mundy, Tuesdy, Wednesdy.

[Guest 41Forever]

I think the Turn Ahead the Clock concept was really cool, and some of the uniforms with the oversized logos, or the Diamondbacks with the snake wrapping around the jersey was pretty neat. That's why whole Mercury Mets concept was a huge disappointment to me. They had so much to potentially work with -- a skyline, an apple, the Unisphere, Liberty, bridges, Mr. Met -- and they came up with Mercury Mets? Any team could have done that. I don't know if the team came up with that, or MLB. But someone should have sent that back to the drawing board.



That said, I have a Mercury Mets jersey and cap!

[Edgy MD]

I think they did better than most teams.



Stupid? Sure, but at least they went their own way with it. That's a pretty rare thing.

[LWFS]

=41Forever post_id=37641 time=1590865694 user_id=69]That said, I have a Mercury Mets jersey and cap!

[Willets Point]

I never understood the hate for Turn Ahead the Clock Night. It was one night and it was funny. I 'spose it's all part of the long history of the "no fun in baseball crowd."

[batmagadanleadoff]

=LWFS post_id=37657 time=1590879991 user_id=84]
=41Forever post_id=37641 time=1590865694 user_id=69]That said, I have a Mercury Mets jersey and cap!

[Guest 41Forever]

That said, I have a Mercury Mets jersey and cap! Where'd you snag them sumbitches?

It's been so long. I think I got them from a place called "Manny's Baseball Land." It was a mail order place, but they were based in Hobe Sound, Fla. and had an outlet store there. It wasn't far from my parents and I got a lot of things there.



You can see a photo of my cap and jersey in the greatest book ever about Mets uniform numbers!

[Ceetar]

Mets have the whole broadcast. they should air it instead of '86 WS for the 700th time this wee.k