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Cleveland Guardians with Primary Logo Patch (Hat Club Exclusive)

My plan for this week’s post was to feature a whimsical cap for National Popeye Day, but just now learning about Bob Uecker’s passing makes it strange to have any inspiration other than the longtime Milwaukee Brewers radio legend. Uecker and I shared a birthday—which if you are keeping track, is 9 days from today—and as crazy timing would have it, he turned 45 the day I was born, which is my current age now! The main hinderance in my Brewers-themed tribute to Uecker is that I already wrote about my two newest Brewers hats in 2024! While I doubt he saw those posts, I’m glad I shared them while he was still alive. I’m also happy to shift the focus to Cleveland, because for those of us who grew up in the 1980s, our introduction to Uecker was the 1989 movie, Major League. I quite liked the 2014-21 cap logo but this one is a bit more distinctive and its uniqueness appeals to me a bit more. The side patch featuring the "G-wing baseball" design that the team uses for its primary log...
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1990-94 Winston-Salem Spirits (Hat Club Retro)

The news of the recent fires in Southern California over the past few days has rattled my brain and left my heart heavy, thinking of everyone who has experienced great loss as well as those who have not yet faced the wrath of this event. I thought about featuring a hat related to Los Angeles; however, all I have are ones from teams playing further inland and south. Because of this, I decided to follow through on my original plan for this week, which was to commemorate Save the Eagles Day, a national holiday established in 2015, which is celebrated today to spread awareness about eagles and advocate for their conservation. There is a correlation between the eagle featured in this 1990-94 Winston-Salem Spirits cap logo and the quote from the iconic film, The Big Lebowski, which takes place in L.A.: "I hate the f&ck!ng Eagles, man!" However, in the case of this hat, we actually love the eagles, man!  This design is permanently etched into my memories as I had a fair amount o...
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Sandpipers - (by Clinker 40swords)

This week's Fresh Fitted Friday post marks the eleventh time I have shared a cap from The Clink Room, which is fitting as this Sandpipers hat was chosen for the "eleven pipers piping" lyrics in the English Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" as tomorrow is the eleventh day of Christmas. You might be saying to yourself, "sounds great, but today is the tenth day of Christmas." To which I have no good reply other than the last time January 4 fell on a Friday was in 2019, and I did not have this hat then. The next time the days align will be 2030, and my current Christmas spirit is too strong to allow me to wait until then to share this hat with you folks! Sandpipers are a common bird where I grew up in Virginia Beach so this hat speaks to me on that level first and foremost. I also have an affinity for for many aspects of Scottish culture so the only thing that could make this hat better is if it incorporated baseball somehow! The red underviso...
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Richmond Virginians (1961 Ebbets Field Flannels retro)

I mentioned in last week’s post that the San Bernardino Spirit cap would be the last in the “Soto Sweepstakes” series. The news of Modesto losing their team in the 2026 California League Shuffle convinced me to buy a cap from a team that played there. I am not sold on either of the current Modesto Nuts hats so I am looking further back in time at a Modesto A's retro although I would like to stay away from the later era  if possible as the elephant exudes more Oakland energy than I am comfortable with on a cap logo. All this considered, my best option seems to be the "M" script worn from 1977 through 1992. As a San Francisco Giants fan, I am a bit uneasy about wearing an A's-related logo, especially one formerly worn by Oakland superstars such as Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire and most notably, Rickey Henderson who passed away on December 21, 2024. Even though I loathed the A's, I admired Henderson as a young baseball fan so I will make the exception here. If I had to ...
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San Bernardino Spirit (M's - TOPPERZSTOREUSA)

Since the close of the 2024 MLB season, I have had no shortage of blog topics thanks to the flurry of roster moves this offseason. Ass a San Francisco Giants fan I am thrilled at the seven-year deal the team made with shortstop Willy Adames and I am also hoping for a solid addition at first base like Christian Walker and as well as a strong starting pitcher like Corbin Burnes. Even if neither happens, the Adames signing is huge but sadly I do not have a Giants-related cap with a "W" or "A" logo to write about like I did when having a bit of fun  with the "J for Juan" on the Jackson Mets cap for last week's post. Perhaps the "S" can be for Soto on this week's San Bernardino Spirit hat and thus be the conclusion of the "Soto Sweepstakes" celebrations. This week's post is my first featuring a cap from Topperzstore and I have to give them credit for knocking it out of the park with the simple white "S" over the gold st...
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1979-87 Jackson Mets (Fresh Mesh Snapback)

When I sat down to write last week's Joplin Miners post, I had yet not considered how the cap logo's "J" could have been a suitable pre-farewell tribute to Juan Soto and his time ending with the New York Yankees but depending on how you look at things, it could also have been regarded as a plea for him to stay in the Bronx! Either way, the Soto Sweepstakes ended when news broke this past Sunday night that the star outfielder agreed to some comically large compensation amount  by signing with the New York Mets. And t his time I will take credit for the tie-in with Soto and the "J" on the logo of this "Fresh Mesh" snapback the Jackson Mets wore from 1979 through 1987. The last Fresh Mesh cap I wrote about was this 1988 Greensboro Hornets post  back in April 2021 but both logos are very close in terms of my love for them. I'm really surprised how clean the sweatband is on this hat which could very well be 40 years old at this point. I am pretty s...
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1950 Joplin Miners (Ebbets Field Flannels retro)

In honor December 6 being National Miners Day, this week's Fresh Fitted Friday selection is an Ebbets Field Flannels retro inspired by the cap the Joplin Miners wore in 1950. I have had this day earmarked on my calendar for a few years now as I wanted to make sure the post was published on the day itself so cheers to that! And most importantly, thank you to the miners! My preference is to have an embroidered logo on my Ebbets hats but every once in a while I grin and bear it when I have to pick one up with this sort of stitched felt letter. The "Ebbets" and "Made in USA" tag combo is classic. I am thrilled to pop the tag on this one and bring it into the rotation! This is a great team shot featuring Mickey Mantle front and center where he belongs! This commemorative minor league card of Miner Mantle was part of a special and limited 5 card set Topps released in 2012 using the 1952 style.   Mantle's card is fantastic but I am a Giants fan first and foremost ...
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