Missives of a Baseball Milquetoast

The last Fresh Fitted Friday post published on Friday the 13th was in October 2023 although that hat actually fell more into the Orange October territory than the spooky zone. That said, I'm happy to offer an eerie entry to the chronicles with this week's selection which is a Clink Room design called "Fantom" that is perfect for a Friday the 13th post as baseball season ramps up. If the timing had worked out differently we could have seen  I am happy this one's got black innards as it'll keep things looking fresher than we would expect in the caps of yore. The white embroidered Clink Kong on a black crown combined with a kelly green undervisor makes this cap a 10/10 in my view. This week's cap is a collaboration between Clinkers Clifton Design Co & Creaturezoid with this being the second design by the former featured here with the first one being the Fan For Life cap I shared here around Opening Day last year. As for Creaturezoid, I was happy to not...

Now that the 2023 ALCS and NLCS matchups are fully fleshed out, this week's Fresh Fitted Friday post seems like a good time to finally discuss the MLB teams that have had memorable campaigns and have earned the chance to compete in this year's postseason. I'd like to begin by first shouting out the clubs who are not moving forward in the playoffs. As a San Francisco Giants fan, my Schadenfreude was firing into overdrive as the "looking good on paper while winning 100 regular season games"  Los Angeles Dodgers were swept in the NLDS  this past Wednesday although I would have taken greater pleasure in that event had it not also meant success for the Arizona Diamondbacks. To their credit the Dbacks finished the season strong and have not lost a postseason game however they are a division rival so that is the extent to which I will tip my cap. I admittedly enjoy watching Zac Gallen pitch and Ketel Marte was a solid performer on one of my fantasy teams this year but I...