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1993-1994 Kauai Emeralds Cap

07/05/2023 Update: In honor of being today being National Hawaii Day, I am updating this entry with some new photos as well as some grammar and formatting modifications which were made with the goal in mind of altering the original post's content as little as possible.

While at a Yankees game recently, I thought back on how many minor league games I attended at Met Park/Harbor Park as a youth and how I spent the majority of my summers trying to obtain autographs from a mixed group of washed-up major leaguers and players who had yet to make a name for themselves.

The differences between games of the minor league and MLB are night and day but there are some similarities. While I do enjoy the serious mentality of the major market teams, I also appreciate the laid-back small town approach toward baseball.

There are many amenities to be had at major league ballparks but after emptying out my wallet at the concession stands game after game, I often find myself wishing I could pay minor league prices on beers and such. One of my favorite aspects of minor league baseball is that the ballcaps that the players wear can have silly logos and designs yet still remain timeless.


I'm happy that I was able to secure this cap as I had a fair amount of minor league baseball cards from players on this team Psych! I was definitely thinking about the Eugene Emeralds!

The stains on the sweatband are to be expected as I'm taking photos over ten years after the date of the original post. 

The lack of embroidery on the back of the cap is due to this one being produced by Pro-Line. If you take a look at fitted New Era versions of this cap, there is a ginormous logo that is almost as big as the one on the front of the cap. 

Just had to have an outdoor shot of a team that played in Hawaii didn't I? 


One of the benefits of revisiting old blog posts is being able to dig up and share articles related to that post's featured team. If you'd like to read more about Winter League lore, I recommend this write-up on Winter League lore from MLB.  And if you want to check out some of those older photos I mentioned earlier, keep scrolling!


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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