With a lot of infighting going on in the forums recently, I thought I'd start a new positive maybe nostalgic thread to turn the tide of the forums.

When I was a youngster, I loved everything baseball but ESPECIALLY the history of baseball.

My elders would love talking about the good ol' days of baseball in the 40s and 50s. Dimaggio, Mantle, Mays, Robinson, etc....

So I use to love buying old time baseball hats. Back then, there was no internet so you had to write a letter to the MLB or Cooperstown and they would mail you a catalog in the mail where you could buy old time hats. I think the only place that made them was somewhere in Virginia or NC.

Anyway, what are your favorite baseball hats? They don't need to be MLB always. Here is my list (hopefully this forum's picture thingy works).


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5. 2001 Angels Road Cap

I always liked the color scheme and the wings. The special thing about this hat is it's not that old of an hat but it looks like a hat that was made back in the 30's or 40s. Very cool sky blue lid.



4. : 80s Brewers Road Cap

I know the Brewers brought this back for a long time it was a classic. What a great logo, Milwaukee Brewers baseball, all in that one logo with the gold background and the surrounding blue. Don Draper eat your heart out. Brewers should have never been forced to leave the AL.



3. 1911-1913 Brooklyn Dodgers

Love the diamond around the B. The colors are nicely faded too to match. Beautiful hat. Just screams baseball.



Honorable mention : their 1913 version of the hat was nice as well :




2. : 50's Go Go White Sox

Even I as a diehard Cubs fan cannot ignore how beautiful this hat is. I owned this hat but never wore it in public as I didnt want to get beat up by my fellow Cubs fans. I would never put it fully on my head but just wave it around my head in the mirror to see how it looked. It is the White Sox hat. They should bring this back and keep it forever.



1. 40s/50s New York Giants

This is the best hat I've ever owned. It looks great and wears great. The black and the Orange are a perfect color combination and the old style NY logo is beautiful. It also represents a time in baseball long gone. Only baseball people know this hat. When I wear this hat you can tell who's a real fan and a regular fan. Hey why you wearing a Mets hat? No fool. It's not a mets hat.








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Most Overrated Hat : 40s/50s Brooklyn Dodgers

It's TOO blue and TOO bright. And I always thought the B was too big and unimaginative. Dodgers did a good thing by darkening the hat over the years and the LA logo looks more fitting.




Most Unintentionally Offensive Hat : Cubs 1908 - 1924 hat

Yes it looks like a masturbating bear

Great topic...,terrible hats.

Where is giants hat? Where is the padres brown and yellow?

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Giants Hat is #1 on my list. That brown yellow padres hat was shit. Reminds me of shitting and puking at the same time.

That angles hat by the way is one of the worst in history. The lower case a Angels hat is phenomenal though.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

So much for keeping it positive Urchalcer's entry I suppose

Chicago American Giants - Negro League

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damn thats a nice hat

http://www.negroleagueshop.com/cat_negro_league.cfm

Here are some other Negro League hats.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

best fictional hat ? NY Knights

Last one- 1917 White Sox

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

thats a nice one. but screams CHARLIE SHEEN to me after watching the 1919 movie.

my favorite Chicago American Giants hat

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I can't believe that no one brought up the "We are family" Pirates hats of the late 70s.

While I loved those hats & Pop's game stars, you couldn't wear them on the south side unless you could box or were a Disciple.

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

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Still have this one somewhere in the basement... loved this hat.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

The original of that was my first hat. Wore it out until it became dust just about.

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Elections have consequences.

The 1959, '72, '76 Sox hat and 1908 Cubs hat are personal favorites of mine.

I was wearing my '72 Sox hat a couple years ago and a millennial asked me when Boston used that hat because he was a Red Sox fan all his life.

FWIW, I love the current Sox hat but always believed the black button on top would look better white.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Kent Tekulve looked great in this hat

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I had one of those hats as a kid. My dad would buy us a hat a year for a few years at a game growing up but not a Cubs or Sox hat as we already had those. So I ended up with an Expos, Brewers and Giants hat for sure and I think my Brother had a Jays and Rangers but I can't remember as it was 30 plus years ago.

I also had a lot of Pirates gear as my Grandmother lived out near Pittsburgh and was a sports Junkie. I remember having a pillbox pirates hat like that one but without the stars so I'm not sure what era that was. '83 maybe? Had a bunch of Steelers and Pitt stuff too.

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Same, but a little later timeframe. Between going to Sox games and playing little league, I had a random collection. Off the top of my head, late 80's era Mariners and Rangers, plus Tigers, Twins, Indians, Expos, Brewers, Marlins, Rockies, Red Sox, Blue Jays, and Astros.

Wound up picking up an Expos hat a few months ago, and it's been my go to ever since.

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I actually do like the Angels hat, but I think I just like powder blue.



Montgomery Biscuit cap supremacy.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

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Expos for sure. I still wear it.

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And men have lost their reason.

Gotta be Carter and Matt

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