As of writing this the Braves lead the Dodgers 3-2 in the NLCS and I am calling on every hopeful ounce of my being to send strength to the Braves to clinch the pennant in front of their fans at home as the series moves on to Atlanta. A win in one of the next two games will just the cure after Atlanta's pitching fell apart at the seams during Game 5 in Los Angeles.
There are no Braves caps currently in my cache to write about this week but piggybacking off last week's Jacksonville Braves hat, I am happy to share what I refer to as the Jacksonville Expos "1994 What If?" cap as the team never actually sported the all blue look during their existence from 1985 through 1990.
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| The Jaxpos exclusively wore a pinwheel style cap but I like to imagine that if they had stayed on as a Montreal Expos affiliate through at least 1994, they would have adopted the blue crown and visor combination that their parent team implemented during that season. |
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| As much as I prefer the "Made In U.S.A." construction of vintage caps over their Chinese-made counterparts of today, there is something to be said for the grey undervisor combined with a black sweatband that reassures me that this cap can last a little longer than the older hats. |
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| I always wondered why the Montreal Expos uniforms had a "red, white and blue" colorway but perhaps they simply wanted to be aligned with their hockey brethren, the Montreal Canadiens. |
Ironically enough, I'll be watching the reminder of the NLCS in Florida this weekend although I will be in West Palm Beach and not Jacksonville, so maybe it's not so ironic after all? At any rate, I hope you enjoyed the Florida theme of the past few weeks and that you're ready for a very special post next Friday.
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