Talk:Baseball cap
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The USN also wears that baseball hat (known there as simply a "ball cap") as part of the working uniform. Generally ball caps have the name, hull number (if a ship) and logo on them. Elde 00:31, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)
"The baseball cap of the New York Yankees may be the most popular sports team cap and comes in many colors (including the classic navy blue) and varieties." -- any citation or anything for the "most popuplar" bit? And does it really matter that it comes in "many colors and varities"? So do, say, Red Sox caps. Acheron 01:03, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I doubt you'll find citations for that, but among caps being worn here (Dublin, Ireland), it would be the most popular, possibly followed by the Fred Durst style red NBA cap. --Kiand 09:07, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
"It became popular as the culture of sports increased in popularity, starting (naturally) with baseball". Why naturally ? Does the author suppose baseball is the greatest sport in any way ? I find this should be removed. Ukuk 19:09, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
it says "naturally" because its a BASEBALL cap you moron. baseball caps started, NATURALLY, with BASEBALL!
it says that the popularity of sports started with baseball, not the caps themselves. the naturally should be removed.
What is the historical relationship between baseball caps and polo/cricket and other sports caps?
- Caps in general are all pretty similar so the issue of a resemblence-relationship can be pretty messy (just leave it alone, the internet will quickly make it penile). Nevertheless, if you want to draw a big line, cricket was once popular in the US (it's true) prior to the advent of baseball - became popular due to professionalisation and was a simpler, shorter game which made it much better for working ppl to consume (English sporting cultures were very 'elitist' ie. preppy-like see history of professional cricket & rugby).
Modern history? Cricket players do wear baseball caps when playing (usually one-day matches). The traditional cap is pretty worthless as a sunsafe measure. It may work fine in England but in Africa, the sub-continent, the Carribean and the Antipodes; players have gravitated to the wide-brim sun hat and baseball cap. - Htra0497 16:57, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Adjustors
Should it be mentioned that the adjustable style of baseball cap is a relatively recent innovation? (Probably within the last 30 years.) For more than a century before that, all baseball caps were size-specific. ... Also, even today, all professional baseball players wear size-specific caps. — Michael J 02:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] pictures
some of the pictures in the gallery are just people finding poor excuses to put pictures of themselves on wikipedia. some of them are really bad quality and should be removed. SoyseñorsnibblesDígame 15:54, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
- I agree. Actually, I'll go so far as to say the gallery is superfluous and should be replaced with a link to the related category on Commons ({{Commonscat|Baseball cap}}. →Wordbuilder (talk) 16:10, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
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