Week of April 4th
Oakland A's White w/ Green Brim
Man this hat is so fresh. So Clean. Is there any uniform in all of sport that looks as fresh as the Oakland Athletics home whites? White hat, white uni, white pants, white cleats! I have to admit the cleats seal the deal but this hat starts the party. All the A's are missing with those unis are the white helmets at the dish. How many wins do you think those uniforms get the A's in a year? 15? 20? Half of their home wins?! You look good, you feel good, you play good. No one feels better than the A's in their fresh, clean whites. Maybe Billy Bean doesn't know shit and the Whites have done it all. Is Moneyball the movie going to be about the White Unis? I think it has to be.
Week of March 14th
Kansas Jayhawks
For our Fitted of the Week this week I decided to go with a Jayhawks lid because they are my (not my partner) pick to win the dance. Listen I like Kansas but I'm not a huge Kansas fan, I'm all about the Heels and my partner in crime here at The Booth is a Duke fan. With that said this hat is pretty sick and your crazy if you don't think so. This is the official cap of the Kansas University baseball team who at the moment are struggling a bit but conference play begins soon and who knows maybe the honor of TBR FotW will jump start them into playing some better ball. Hey at least their basketball team dominates year in and year out and hopefully will win me some money in a few weeks.
Week of March 7th
Homstead Grays
Since we started our must have fitted collection (Here), we've been slacking on our Fitted of the Week. Also since were going straight MLB for the collection were switching it up this week and going with a Negro League hat. The Grays were from Homestead, PA and were around for about 40 years. The Homestead Grays were the team of the Negro Leagues at one point winning 9 straight championships (10 total), and 3 World Series Titles (played in 7), so basically the Yankees of the Negro Leagues. You'll probably recognize this hat because just about every year a team in The Bigs will rock Gray's hats and uni's for a throwback day. This hat is also pretty big in the hip hop community by I'm sure you have seen it worn by your favorite emcee or in a music video at one point. The hat is flat out legit and if you weren't familiar with the Grays now you are so go buy this cap, then go impress someone.
Chicago Cubs 2-Tone Bear-Stone
Official 59Fifty Fitted
The Cubs are a baseball team from a city in the midwest. If you have never heard of them it is because they win when it doesn't matter a whole lot. And when winning seems to be the only thing that matters, the Cubs don't always excel. Well fear not because the Cubs have managed to inspire me. I believe every team in baseball and or pro sports has at least one must own hat for their fans, even if the team never rewards their fans with a championship celebration. So today the booth launches "The Booth Must Have Collection". The collection will feature a must have hat from every major league franchise. This is not the Cubs must have hat though. Cubs fans are bitter and probably very mean at this point. Their team hasn't won in a few centuries. So despite the awesome color scheme of Carolina Blue and Light Khaki, I don't expect Cubs fans to run out and buy a Cubs hat with a little cartoon bear on it. Although it is ironic that cartoons are very funny and unrealistic just like the World Series drought the Cubbies are in.
Colorado Rockies Two-Tone Graphite & Cardinal Red Official 59Fifty Fitted
You gotta love the two-tone hats. I wouldn't mind if every team in baseball had a two tone hat to wear as an alternate hat or for sunday day games or something. Gotta love these colors too. Graphite and Cardinal Red. If you're starting a baseball team or softball team, make it easy on yourself and have the sickest hats in the league as well. Just use the letters C and R in the team name and use these legit colors and you instantly have the nicest unis and hats in the league. A few names you could go with. "The Chewed Rawhide", "The Crazy Ringers", The Careless Renegades", "The Coal-mine Raiders", "The Cheesy Ritz". Or you could try to get sponsored by "Charlie and Ricks Tire warehouse". Best of luck.
Week of January 24
Chicago White Sox Vintage 59Fifty
Throwback
I'm not sure we'll get a ton of supporters with this one. This is a true hat wearers hat. I'm a big fan of this hat though. I think you could even go as far as trying to rock this hat with a tux. Why not? As soon as you walk out of your room wearing this hat and a tux I'm sure your significant other will be pissed beyond words. All she'll be able to utter out is "really?" This is a potential crossroads for the relationship. Tell her it could be worse, and you could have painted your tux on instead of actually wearing one, I've seen it done. Ironically, the kid I saw do that just did his hair nice, no sick vintage White Sox hat. Needless to say he lacked a significant other.
St. John's University 59Fifty Fitted
Mean hat. You can't deny that. Is it as mean as a silver and black Raiders hat from early '91? I guess it might depend on who is wearing the hat. I'm not sure any hat is as mean as that Raiders hat w/ all 5 members of N.W.A rockin' it. They could make a purple Toronto Raptors fitted look kinda mean.
The Detroit Tigers Grey & White Alternate Official 59/Fifty Fitted
This is a nice looking hat. This is a must have for a Tigers fan, right? Like if you're a Tigers fan and you don't have this hat, people are allowed to openly make comments to you about your lack of commitment to the team. So if you fancy yourself a Tigers fan, you can purchase this Must Have Tigers Hat here.
The Cincinnati Reds 2-Tone Red & Navy Throwback Official 59/Fifty Fitted
This hat is sharp. And I know "sharp" sounds like a word your grandmother might use but I'm not sure how else to describe it. Just look it it. So clean. The sickest part is that it's cream colored or off white. When you see that color you just think throwback. The Reds should wear these on a regular basis. Sharp.
Week of December 27
The San Francisco Giants 2010 World Championship Ring Official 59/Fifty Fitted
I'm not a Giants fan in the least. Well maybe a lil bit in October when they made a sick run with an awesome mix of grinders and took down the series. Either way this hat is mean. I've know some Giants fans and they love their Giants. If I was from the bay area I'd wear this hat everywhere. If I were a Padres, A's, or Dodgers fan this hat would make me sick to my stomach. So I suppose this one is for the West Coasters. Which doesn't really seem fair seeing all of our featured fitteds have been from the West Coast. Angels, Seattle Pilots, and now the San Francisco Baseball Giants. Do the West Coast athletic teams just have sicker hats? Doubt it, next week we bring it back East.
Vintage 1969 Seattle Pilots Fitted
If you start talking, and you're wearing this hat, people will probably listen. This hat is pretty serious. And this actually isn't an old school Mariners throwback. This hat is worn by the Milwaukee Brewers who were originally known as the Seattle Pilots.
Week of December 13th
Vintage California Angels 2-Tone Fitted
We figured since the Angels literally went out and got nothing done during the winter meetings that we could brighten up their winter by giving them this prestigious award. Although I'm not sure how fired up they'll be when we tell them their vintage hats are much nicer than their on-field hats they wear now. Regardless, you can't deny how sick this hat is. Angels need to rock these with some sick grey and red throwbacks, ASAP. Gotta be good for at least a couple W's come spring time.
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