Missives of a Baseball Milquetoast

07/05/2023 U pdate: In honor of being today being National Hawaii Day, I am updating this entry with some new photos as well as some  grammar and formatting modifications which were made with the goal in mind of altering  the original post's content as little as possible. While at a Yankees game recently, I thought back on how many minor league games I attended at Met Park/Harbor Park as a youth and how I spent the majority of my summers trying to obtain autographs from a mixed group of washed-up major leaguers and players who had yet to make a name for themselves. The differences between games of the minor league and MLB are night and day but there are some similarities. While I do enjoy the serious mentality of the major market teams, I also appreciate the laid-back small town approach toward baseball. There are many amenities to be had at major league ballparks but after emptying out my wallet at the concession stands game after game, I often find myself wishing I could pay mino

Alright, this is the last one in the 1983-1993 SF Giants cap. I like this one a lot but haven't worn it in public yet. It might be one that gets used later on but for right now I keep it safe at home! Not much to report on the specifics of the cap but I'm hoping that someone out there can profess some nerdly information on the cap's inside tags!          

Update: I modified some formatting below but mostly kept the content the same otherwise. I'm considering re-writing some of these early posts because these caps are really special to me and I've learned a lot about New Era cap history since writing this one ten years ago so stay tuned! (10/13/2021) This is a great cap that has been seeing some use lately. It's kind of a test-cap of sorts as it came with a glued-on MLB batterman logo patch and I removed it using the heat from a blow-dryer. The cap is fine and there is little evidence that the patch was there.  My main motivation in documenting these caps is to figure out some sort of timeline as to the year in which they were released however, there are stumbling blocks in my speculation.  For example, the rear MLB batterman logo did not appear until 1992, however the "Authentic Diamond Collection" tag on the inside of the cap is only stitched on halfway and does appear to resemble those from caps released before

Update: I modified some formatting below but mostly kept the content the same otherwise. I'm considering re-writing some of these early posts because these caps are really special to me and I've learned a lot about New Era cap history since writing this one ten years ago so stay tuned! (10/13/2021) I own a number of Giants caps from this era for a few reasons with the first being the construction of these caps is top-notch. I also love the fit of the 100% wool caps and the way they eventually mold to the my head. The polyester caps today last a long time and are great if you are out in the rain. In short, the wool caps provide a nostalgic value that the current caps cannot match. As I mentioned in my last post, I've found that the caps from the 1983-1993 era feature a thicker block-style logo than the one on the Orlando Cepeda signed-cap.   I have a suspicion that the lettering variance is situational but I'd like to think that there is some way to track the year-by-yea

I recently picked-up this gem up on eBay for about $35 with free shipping. I didn't know what I was getting into when I ordered it other than the description stated that it was an authentic New Era cap sized 7 5/8 signed by Orlando Cepeda and that the photo showed the San Francisco Giants logo from 1983-1993. The cap's logo reminds me of fond memories growing up watching ballplayers like Will Clark and Matt Williams. I have several hats with that logo style and this one seems thinner overall. Also the orange embroidery is darker than the other caps that I own from this era. While I have no certificate of authenticity to prove that Mr. Cepeda signed this cap I at least have an authentic cap from an era that I greatly cherish. One final note about the cap: the rear MLB logo is a glued-on patch as opposed to the embroidered style that came about more recently. Considering this and the inside tags that I photographed I'm not certain what year this cap was produced. Maybe a fel

I started this blog some years ago and have consistently contributed nothing. Alas, I will finally start posting some content. I will start with a current interest which happens to be baseball caps. I will probably make some general posts about baseball and some about food,wine and perhaps music as well. Might be interesting. 

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