Whether playing the game or simply supporting your favorite team, the baseball cap is a popular article of many people’s wardrobes. But did you ever wonder how it became so popular?
During the first years of major league baseball, it was actually the individual player’s responsibility to wear something that could keep the sun out of their eyes while playing the game. (Imagine the rainbow of colors they must have worn.)
In 1849, the New York Knickerbockers were the first to wear hats of straw. It wasn’t until 1954 that the “59 fifty-style” baseball cap became the official hat for all baseball teams.
The hats became so popular that baseball fans and non-baseball fans alike wear the hats for their practicality and comfort.
Today as we all know, baseball caps come in all types, teams, slogans, colors, and they aren’t just for baseball anymore.
What’s your favorite type of hat to wear? Do you have a team hat you have to wear while doing a certain chore or do you prefer a straw hat? Let us know.
If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1910, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.
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i like wearing all kinds of hats.
I’ve often thought that the billed cap that is more commonly known as the baseball cap is almost as good for protecting the eyes as sun glasses. I almost “never leave home without it”.
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