The Seattle Mariners hold the first ever Turn Ahead the Clock Night in a game against the Kansas City Royals. The success of this one-time promotion will prompt Major League Baseball to hold 14 such promotions in 1999. Those games, however, will be a tremendous flop and the idea will be quietly dropped. In the debut of the failed promotion, the M’s win, 8 – 5.

On July 18, 1998 — The Seattle Mariners hold the first ever Turn Ahead the Clock Night in a game against the Kansas City Royals. The success of this one-time promotion will prompt Major League Baseball to hold 14 such promotions in 1999. Those games, however, will be a tremendous flop and the idea will be quietly dropped. In the debut of the failed promotion, the M’s win, 8 – 5.

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Baseball Reference July 18