Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we celebrate the return of the MLB season by discussing our favorite baseball hats. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- We've both purchased many hats over the years
- Back in the '70s and '80s, you didn't have a lot of viewing choices for baseball games
- Baseball cards were a big factor in figuring out the hats and logos you liked
- Hats can fade, especially the dark blue ones
- When you just can't wear a Yankees hat
- Now there are so many alternate jerseys, hats, logos
- You can get hats in different colors and styles
- Old guys like us don't like flat-bill caps
- Other sports don't wear hats as part of the uniform, but you can get hats for their teams
- We often get hats of teams we have no affinity for
- Phil's honorable mentions: Black Sox-era White Sox, Boston/Milwaukee Braves, Cardinals from the '40s, Pirates pillbox hat from the '70s, Cleveland Chief Wahoo hat from the '50s
- Jay's honorable mentions: Reds, Brewers '70s hat with the glove logo, Royals, Expos all-blue hats in the '90s, Mariners '70s hat, Blue Jays original hat
- Phil: Seattle Pilots had a bad hat, with a touch of stolen valor
- To be continued
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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.
