Which Royals Minor League Affiliate Has The Best Cap?
by Freneau on Jun 30, 2010 1:30 AM EDT
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- I tried to find the team's "main" cap, which in some cases was tough to find, since minor league baseball is fairly gimmicky now. Crazy names! Weird logos! Fun! When in doubt I went with the team's home game cap.
- Uniforms will be another discussion.
- I couldn't find caps for the Arizona team and the Dominican team. If you can, feel free to share.
So starting at the top, here's the O Royals' hat:
I'm honestly not sure if this is the cap the Omaha Royals wear or just the one with a "O" by itself. I don't spend much time looking at pictures/video of the O Royals. I'll resign tomorrow if you find this troublesome.
Here's what the Naturals are rocking:
I don't really get the font the Naturals use, pulling in the lightening bolt thing. Natural! Really, I just don't like anything about the name of the entire team. Just saying.
Up next, Wilmington:
The Blue Rocks appear to change their cap all the time. And, they have a zillion mascots, so it's a perfect storm of cap options. Although their team name seems to be crab-based, their cap pays homage to Rocky Bluwinkle, a mascot which totally exists because of a fairly weak pun. So there.
And here's one of the two Burlingtons:
A solid look from the Bees here.
And now the other Burlington, I think:
Lastly, the Chukars:
I don't know what I expected, but everything the Chukars are doing is not it.
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so i was wrong
they have ONE team that isn’t the braves
how could I be so silly
what an annoying organization
aren't the Myrtle Beach Pelicans a Braves affiliate - or am I severely outdated on that also?
by royalstern05 on Jun 30, 2010 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I used to go to Myrtle Beach with my family every summer.
I’ve been to about half a dozen Pelican games. Great Minor League park. $15 gets you behind a dugout or the backstop if you get to the park early enough. Minor League Baseball is the most underrated thing in America. I love it.
by royalstern05 on Jun 30, 2010 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions
and call me sentimental - but the Burlington Royals hat with the crown on the "B" is friggin' cool.
I love anything with a Crown – except the Saudi Royals. And which ever son of Princess Dianna’s that dressed as a Nazi for Halloween.
by royalstern05 on Jun 30, 2010 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
The O-Royals
used to have AWESOME hats. In the 80s it was a cursive O, then in the early 2000s it was just a white O on a blue hat.
http://www.royalskingdom.blogspot.com
Yeah, I still don't have an O-Royals hat
Because I don’t like the current style. I’m hoping it gets revamped with the new stadium.
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by MinnesotaRoyal on Jun 30, 2010 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
golden spikes
I own a golden spikes hat, only because I went to a game the year (was it more than a year) they were the golden spikes
go royals
I think it was only one year
it will be interesting to see what name they use in the new stadium. I would not be at all surprised if they go with something different.
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
Went with Wilmington
They’ve had some awful caps but I personally think that one is the best of the bunch.
Minor league baseball...
…is gimmicky “now”? As opposed to the old days when it was a serious game played by serious men? I’m pretty sure that it’s always had the faint whiff of carnival to it. Especially at the lower levels. If anything, with all the new glittering, Populous-designed stadiums, it’s closer to a major-league experience than it’s ever been.
The constant changing of the different caps and uniforms to spur merchandise sales
is a relatively recent development in the last 20 years. Before that, teams generally wore the same caps and uniforms every year (unless there was an affiliation change), often just knockoffs of the major league team. But when the sports merchandising trend took off in the early 1990s, the minor league teams became popular because people liked wearing caps that were unique (and teams got smart and began redesigning their caps to increase appeal). The catalogues of minor league caps became popular before giving way to the internet.
There have always been giveaway and theme nights in the minors too, but there was a resurgence starting in the 1990s with the success of the St. Paul Saints, which received a lot of national attention. Despite being an indy ball team largely composed of minor league castoffs, the team was making millions of dollars through goofball promotions at every game, between inning entertainment, and merchandising beyond a souvenir stand at the ballpark. Other minor league teams starting following suit.
by Gopherballs on Jun 30, 2010 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Is Rocky Bluwinkle wearing a cap?
If so, what’s on his hat? There’s an opportunity for infinite recursion which would be the best gimmick.
by Trey Hillman's Chin on Jun 30, 2010 7:38 AM EDT reply actions
It's the BR for Blue Rocks
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by MinnesotaRoyal on Jun 30, 2010 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions
The Wilmington Fractals
The Wilmington Fractals
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by Crooow on Jun 30, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
awesome!
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jun 30, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
speaking of merchandise
what’s a good time(i.e. sales/discount/cheap period) in the year to buy Royals merch through MLB.com(becoz I am not living in the US)?
by Yamfun Cheng Kamfun on Jun 30, 2010 8:42 AM EDT reply actions
September
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is it me or is it awkward calling hats "caps"?
i can’t remember ever doing it
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 30, 2010 8:42 AM EDT reply actions
It's you.
A cap is a kind of hat. There are many styles of hats (bowlers, fedoras, berets, cowboy hats, sailor hats, etc.). Baseball wears a baseball cap, not a baseball hat (shudder).
haha
must be a regional thing, as I don’t think I’ve ever heard them referenced as caps
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 30, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
what region are you from?
Yeah, nobody says “baseball hat,” other than maybe four-year-old girls.
As Superintendent Chalmers would say, “I’m from Utica, and I’ve never heard the expression, ‘steamed hams.’”
by mikewormdog on Jun 30, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
probably the same region that calls
football helmets, hats.
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by MinnesotaRoyal on Jun 30, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
mid-mo
nobody says "cap’ or “baseball cap” or “baseball hat.” They’re just hats.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 30, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah,
you could say just “hat,” in a non-baseball sense. Like, “nice hat,” or something, but if you put the word “baseball” in front of it, it definitely has to be “cap.”
It’s not like calling a football helmet a “hat,” which is an insider term/coachspeak…“put a hat on somebody.”
Calling a baseball cap a “hat” is less formal and less precise, like calling Abe Lincoln’s top hat/stovepipe hat a “hat,” or a Wagner-esque Viking helmet a “hat,” or a sombrero a “hat.” They’re all technically correct, but people who like words to be more precise are left slightly cold.
Saying “baseball hat” is just wrong, though.
I've always called them a baseball hat
because, they are a hat used for baseball. However when referencing a baseball hat more quickly I do call it a cap.
As in; “Hey, you Yanky douche, stop knocking my cap off my head!”
This is a regional thing, sorta like people in the midwest call carbonated refreshments “soda”. While I’ve always had been around people referring to it as “pop”, or even “coke”….(for any dark colored beverage)
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jun 30, 2010 12:24 PM EDT up reply actions
now I have had the exact opposite experience
I grew up in the Northeast and we called it soda, when I went to graduate school in Kansas, it was pop. I have a friend in Boston who calls it “tonic”.
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
I've always enjoyed this graphic.
by Trey Hillman's Chin on Jun 30, 2010 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Calling it Coke is just stupid but I would expect nothing else from Texas
Checkout Royals minor league notes at www.14for77.blogspot.com
it's more of an Atlanta deal since that's where Coke is based
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 30, 2010 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
What always confused me was that in SE Kansas
it was always pop OR Coke, but the grocery store I worked at sold the shit out of Pepsi! Almost two to one on two liter bottles, just odd.
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I also think it's really random how Crawford County has been one of the most liberal counties in Kansas the last two presidential elections.
I mean, I know, college town, but you don’t see the same thing in Manhattan, Emporia, or Hays.
Guillen has been a baseball magnet lady.
by KeepItCopacetic on Jul 1, 2010 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions
AHAHAH!!!!
Effing St. Louis is spreading Soda like wild fire !!!! That’s where it’s coming from!
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by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jul 1, 2010 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
The Naturals
Pretty sure the Naturals logo and name are references to The Natural. Wherein the title character fashions a bat named ‘Wonderboy’ from the a tree struck by lightning.
Reread the plot synopsis on wikipedia, how is this movie not in the running for worst baseball movie ever? It’s so cheesy. I guess there have been alot of really bad baseball movies…
Have you ever seen The Scout?
The O-Royals should change their name to the Steve Nebraskas.
by Trey Hillman's Chin on Jun 30, 2010 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Partly
But Arkansas is also known as “The Natural State.”
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
It's meant to refer to both
The Natural as an iconic baseball movie and Arkansas’s nickname “The Natural State.”
Chaim Mattis Keller New York City's # 1 Royals fan!
and they didn't think that a tree or
a rolling hillside was as intimidating as a lightning bolt (not that I disagree)
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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Jun 30, 2010 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
it's actually one of the best
it’s better than bull durham’s romanticism.
I would associate the word "romanticism" with The Natural before I would Bull Durham
Unless you’re referring to the love triangle shenanigans and whatnot.
I love that movie.
You get a look at old time baseball. Yeah, it’s cheesy, but baseball appeals to our youth and sense of innocence. That’s one reason people make such a big deal out of steroids in baseball: It’s destroying our national innocence! It also appeals to our underdog sense and our desire to redemption. Besides, there are some classic scenes in that movie: breaking the clock, hitting the lights, the three-pitch strikeout, and the broken bat.
I reread sfeldkamp's post...
How is this post not in the running for worst baseball movie commentary ever? I also read the Wikipedia summary of Citizen Kane, the Wikipedia article on Exile on Main Street, and the Wikipedia description of Chartres Cathedral. None of those things seem that great. Very overrated.
Seriously, the Natural is good. The book by Malamud is a bit different (also good), but the movie is good, too.
by mikewormdog on Jun 30, 2010 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
I actually...
…don’t like ‘The Natural’ all that much. I own it, like every good baseball fan, but it’s not my favorite. Is that some kind of crime against baseball fandom?
WTF, self?
I'm not that crazy about that movie, although I appreciate it's iconic moments.
I would say don’t judge a movie based on it’s Wikipedia description. It tends to describe the forest by detailing a couple of random leaves on a tree 3rd from the back – it’ might be accurate, but it doesn’t really give you a true feel for the thing, you know?
I went with the Burlington Bees hat – the crown is just so jaunty! – although I like the O-Royals hat, too. I think the Naturals logo works better on t-shirts than on hats.
Those are all quite terrible
The O Royals looks like a cap for a hardware store or something.
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I blame the lame caps on:
Pods, Guillen, and Kendall. Just like everything else.
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Cool piece
this makes me want to go get a minor league Royals hat for sure
by I need more Esteban on Jun 30, 2010 11:16 AM EDT reply actions
I'm surely biased, but
I really love the Omaha home hat (which is, indeed, the one in the post). It looks awkward in this particular picture because it is photographed from straight on. Here’s a pic of it actually being worn.
I also like the dark blue and yellow Burlington one, with the bee. Very good hat.
WTF, self?
I went with the Burlington Bees, Bee hat
You know that Bee is pissed, and gonna hit a home run; RIGHT NOWA!
Given enough velocity even a pig will fly
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jun 30, 2010 12:27 PM EDT reply actions
Bees are the truth
grew up in Btown, lived in KC. such a unique logo that is awesome. Also one of the smallest communities to support a team in the country. RESPECT
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I would just like to go on record
that I hate alternate color bills on caps. I much prefer one solid color. Just looks much more professional IMO. That is all.
Oh, and if the Naturals had a cap with that crazy, hairy hill monster that scares little kids and chases them around the stadium, I would buy one of those in a heartbeat. Maybe even with an alternate color bill.
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I'm with you there
I also like my cap designs simple, so the B-Royals is my favorite of the group, followed by the Naturals (despite the odd lightning bolt).
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by SagehenMacGyver47 on Jun 30, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I liked the BB's Bee
hat, er cap. Insects on caps are cool!
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
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I've been meaning to ask about this since I saw it
What’s the deal with Mr. Celery? Why does he exist as a half-mascot?
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by MinnesotaRoyal on Jun 30, 2010 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
well if he were a full mascot
he would be either just a stick of celery or just a man
hence the half-man half-celery…..
:)
Given enough velocity even a pig will fly
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jul 1, 2010 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Though I voted for Wilmington here
The best minor league hat has to be the Albuquerque Isotopes.
Guillen has been a baseball magnet lady.
your point is sound
Given enough velocity even a pig will fly
by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Jul 1, 2010 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
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