The news of the recent fires in Southern California over the past few days has rattled my brain and left my heart heavy, thinking of everyone who has experienced great loss as well as those who have not yet faced the wrath of this event. I thought about featuring a hat related to Los Angeles; however, all I have are ones from teams playing further inland and south.
Because of this, I decided to follow through on my original plan for this week, which was to commemorate Save the Eagles Day, a national holiday established in 2015, which is celebrated today to spread awareness about eagles and advocate for their conservation.
There is a correlation between the eagle featured in this 1990-94 Winston-Salem Spirits cap logo and the quote from the iconic film, The Big Lebowski, which takes place in L.A.: "I hate the f&ck!ng Eagles, man!" However, in the case of this hat, we actually love the eagles, man!
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| This design is permanently etched into my memories as I had a fair amount of baseball cards featuring players on those early 1990s Winston-Salem Spirits teams. |
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| The flat-back with no MILB batter man makes me very happy from a historical accuracy perspective! |
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| I bought this cap in the late fall of 2020, and at that point, I was simply happy to be living and breathing. While those things are still true today, having more of a sense of security that the world is going to be okay makes me care less about whether or not a hat was made in China, although of course I would definitely prefer a Made in U.S.A. version! |
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| Doug Glanville is the only name from those early 90s Spirits teams whose name rings a bell for most folks, although to be fair, not a high percentage of players make it past the Low-A level, which was what the classification of the Carolina League was until 2021. |
This week's Fresh Fitted Friday selection is not going on the Trading Block however please don't hesitate to reach out if you want any other cap from that list and you are willing to part with any of the hats on my Wish List.
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