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2004 Richmond Braves - Fresh Fitted Friday!!!!

My prayers to the baseball gods for the Dodgers' elimination from the NLCS have been met with smiles as the Atlanta Braves emerged victorious. To show my appreciation for this miraculous event, I dug up a 2004 Richmond Braves hat which I was not planning on writing about until now.

I grew up seeing the R-Braves quite often when they came to play my hometown Norfolk (then known as Tidewater) Tides however I associate with the team with the navy crowned version of the cap rather than this red and black version which appeared around 1996 at the earliest.

The satin taping in the crown is consistent with hats from 2002-04 as are the New Era and size tags although the MILB tag is something that I have only seen on caps from 2004 so that is my best possible guess of years that this one was worn. 

I really like how the black pops on the MILB batterman here but I'm still not crazy about red hats so one day I would love to see a retro feature a reversed colorway of this cap with a black crown and red brim.

By this time next week a World Series champion will be determined and I'm really hoping it's the Braves but they'll need to pray that the baseball gods provide a solution to their pitching troubles as Charlie Morton is out for the rest of the series and Max Fried looks spent. This rotation is a far cry from the squad from the 1990's but hopefully the staff can figure something out!

This week's cap is a size 7 3/8 which fits me perfectly but as I've mentioned before, I'm not a big fan of caps with red crowns so this one will be going on the Trading Block. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you want this or any other cap from that list with a trade offer such as one of the hats on my Wish List or even just something you think might be interesting to me!

As always, thanks for coming back to read about baseball hat geekery. I've got comments disabled here so if you'd like to discuss a trade or simply just chat about hats, please feel free to connect via the following social sites:

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