As this blog approaches its 14th anniversary, I cannot help but be amazed that I have been writing about baseball hats almost half as long as I have been regularly wearing them! It is hard to believe that even the caps that were brand new when I first started writing are now as old as I was when I first started collecting.
Those older caps in my collection are too small and ragged to wear but I can never part with them as they represent such a big part of my past. Speaking of nostalgia and such, I recognize that I lean extra heavy into such themes in my Fresh Fitted Friday posts ahead of Father's Day when writing about San Diego Padres "Taco Bell" designs which has become a quasi-tradition.
Like the 1978 Reno Silver Sox retro I featured for last year's Father's Day post, hat blog legend Paul Carr tirelessly worked with Ebbets Field Flannels to release this 1983 Reno Padres reproduction which I chose for this year's post for the holiday.
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| As i mentioned in that Silver Sox post, I treat the "R" here a nod to my father's first initial however this one is extra special as 1983 is the birth year of my sister, who celebrates her birthday next week. |
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| Finally ready to pop this tag and use it as a bookmark. |
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| And now for some "looking back" thoughts as we glance upon the cap's rear, I can't help but cringe over the corny joke I made in the last photo's caption on my 1983 San Diego Padres post. Thankfully I won't make the same joke this time even though the |
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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