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Paul Lukas on Twitter: "Notable Moments in NOB History: MLB's 1999 " futuristic" uniforms featured vertical NOBs, but Mets P Jason Isringhausen's name wouldn't fit in that format, so he just wore "Izzy."
In 1999, baseball imagined the world of 2021, and it looked weird. The 'Turn Ahead the Clock' promo, revisited - The Athletic
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