While last week's theme focused on David Wright's induction into the Mets Hall of Fame, the ceremony for the National Baseball Hall of Fame takes place this Saturday so this week's hat closes the loop on my 1994 Appleton Foxes retro from this past January when it was announced that Ichiro Suzuki would be the first Japanese-born player to receive a plaque in Cooperstown.
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| This "What If?" or "Reimagined" retro of the Riverside Pilots is another banger from the New Era Buffalo flagship store and this colorblocking cleverly inverts the navy and teal placement on the cap the team wore during their brief tenure. |
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| Truth be told the crown features a brighter hue than the original teal but it's a fun cap nonetheless. |
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| The absence of the MILB batterman is a welcome touch here as the suspension of disbelief needed for this one has us imagining this cap to be from 1993. |
As I mentioned in that Foxes post, Ichiro did not have to toil on any MILB teams on his way to Seattle. Still, in addition to the Foxes the teams where I could envision him playing would be the Riverside Pilots in 1993 or perhaps the Peninsula Pilots in 1992. After witnessing the beauty of this cap, I can only dream of how gorgeous a Peninsula cap would be with a little tealism!
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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