wezen-ball: Baseball’s Past - In the Future

seaQuest DSV

Maybe this is a bad idea because this exercise is bound to show just how much of a geek I am. This is the first and best example. In 1993, the show “seaQuest” debuted as a sort of “Star Trek of the sea”. It followed a submarine crew 25 years in the future - all the way to the year 2018 - as they explored “the last unexplored region on Earth.” You might remember it for the teenie-bopper status that it levied on Jonathan Brandis, the teenage genius on board.

Anyhow, in various episodes of the series, Brandis is seen wearing a Florida Marlins jersey. That’s kind of neat in and of itself, since the Marlins debuted that same year. But Brandis’s jersey is unique because written across the back are the words “World Series 2010”. I remember watching this as a young kid and making some kind of smart remark to my older brother. Somehow, that’s stay with me for 15 years.