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PROMO HAS 'EM ALL TALKING: PLAYERS WONDER ABOUT THE FUTURE

          Last night's Pirates-Mets game was the latest in the
     MLB/Century 21 "Turn Ahead The Clock" promotion, although
     "none" of the players "seemed to appreciate what they saw as
     another in a series of promotional duds," according to David
     Waldstein of the N.Y. POST, who writes the game featured
     "silly-looking 'futuristic' uniforms" and a Mets logo that
     was "a cross between some kind of demonic woman's symbol and
     the Tinky-Winky character on Teletubbies."  Mets P Orel
     Hershiser, on the MLB promotion: "If we can't sell the
     product the way the product is, let's just give it a rest." 
     In looking ahead to MLB in 2021, the Shea Stadium scoreboard
     showed a photo of Mets LF Rickey Henderson with "Yoda-like
     ears and a third eye," to which Henderson said, "Everyone
     looked silly, but they went overboard on me.  The umpires
     were laughing at me" (N.Y. POST, 7/28).  Prior to the game,
     the Shea Stadium PA announcer said, "Greetings, Earthlings. 
     Welcome to Shea Station 4C."  Mets manager Bobby Valentine
     called the idea "progressive."  But in N.Y., Lisa Olson
     writes that MLB is "doing a poor imitation of the NBA," and
     players "have groused" that the promotion "is akin to
     turning their backs on the game's true spirit."  Olson: "Why
     not just give them big red noses and make them dress up like
     clowns?" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 7/28).  In Newark, Pat Borzi, on
     the concept: "All the scene lacked was a keg at third base
     tended by a Martian" (Newark STAR-LEDGER, 7/28).
          UNIFORM OPINIONS: Reax to the futuristic uniforms --
     featuring sleeveless jerseys, horizontal surnames, and
     enlarged logos -- was mixed.  NEWSDAY's Marty Noble writes
     that some players "enjoyed the evening.  Some wondered why." 
     Mets bullpen coach Al Jackson: "I don't know what to make of
     it.  I've been here seven weeks, and I've worn more uniforms
     than I did the whole time I pitched" (NEWSDAY, 7/28).  Mets
     P Al Leiter: "We got 900 different uniforms anyway.  What's
     the difference with one more."  In N.Y., Dave Anderson
     writes that "as goofy as last night's uniforms appeared,
     don't be surprised if they're in style in 2021 in the
     natural evolution of baseball fashion" (N.Y. TIMES, 7/28). 
     But FSN's Keith Olbermann said, "The Mets unis are great, if
     you're Marlon Brando in 'Superman'" ("Primetime," 7/27). 
     Pirates manager Gene Lamont: "They're a little bit like the
     hockey uniforms.  Hockey's gone a little bit wacko, hasn't
     it?" (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 7/28).

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