WIAKywbfatw's Journal: Happy Birthday Mr Baseball Cap (plus bonus rant/plea)...

The baseball cap as we know it is 50 years old. Rejoice.

On a related note, I'd love to get hold of decent US sports clothing (a Steve McNair Titans jersey, perhaps a Craig Biggio or Jeff Bagwell Astros jersey, nice Titans and Astros caps) without breaking the bank. There are one or two UK importers of US sports merchandise but they all seem to charge an arm and a leg: prices more than twice those on the official MLB, NFL, etc websites are pretty typical, which to me is a rip-off.

All I want to be able to do is to buy a cap and have it shipped to me for a fair price: that's not too much to ask, is it?

Anyone who can help me support my favourite NFL/MLB/etc teams without having to sell a kidney will be on my friends list for life.

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another thing about the baseball cap

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I read about a study once that demonstrated a correlation between an increase in skin cancer among farmers and their switch from wide-brimmed hats (you know, like in all the kids' books) to baseball caps.

if you can't find one

[Shakrai]

If you can't find one on a website somewhere (though I'm sure you can), I'd be more then happy to buy them and ship them to you at cost -- unless your favorite team is the Yankees ;) *duck* (just kidding)

I dunno how that would work with customs and I'm sure you can find a website that would get them to you cheaper and for less hassle. If not though let me know. I'm sure we could figure something out.

I'm a bit of a baseball fanatic myself, so if you don't mind my asking, which are your favorite teams?

Re:if you can't find one

[WIAKywbfatw]

I'm an Astros fan, but I also have a soft spot for the Red Sox (because of their history, I guess) and the Athletics (I love Billy Beane's approach to being a GM for a small market club).

In fact, there's nothing I'd love to do more this September than to fly into Houston to watch Roy Oswalt pitch a game in front of Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell, Lance Berkman and co. But, I'm damned if I'm going to fly into an airport named after Bush Sr. and be fingerprinted and generally treated like a criminal before I've

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Re:if you can't find one

[Shakrai]

I'm an Astros fan, but I also have a soft spot for the Red Sox (because of their history, I guess) and the Athletics (I love Billy Beane's approach to being a GM for a small market club).

Wow. Do you mind if I ask how you became an Astros fan living in the UK? I live in the states (upstate NY) and I don't get any games of theirs unless they happen to be on one of the major networks.

My mother was from New Jersey and my Grandmother was from New Bedford (Mass). I grew up in a household equally split betw