Missives of a Baseball Milquetoast

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!  This design is permanently etched into my memories as I had a fair amount o...

Ok so before we get started here, I have something to admit: this week's edition of Fresh Fitted Friday features photos of a cap that isn't actually in my possession but it's one that I just had to share as the cap logo  worn by the Winston-Salem Spirits from 1990 through 1995  is a Carolina League classic that evokes warm memories for me when I look at it. As long as I've been into minor league baseball, there have been hats that piqued my interest yet never committed to buying. This Spirits hat is a great example of that because there were so many other logos that drew me in while this one was in its prime that it got lost in the mix but oh, how I pine for it now that I rarely see it for sale anywhere. What's worse is I'm feeling a sort of double regret because I came across one that was too small a while back but the seller wanted $100 which I felt was too much to spend on one hat. I'm sure I would have appreciated this hat as much as four $25 hats ...