![]() This year for the first time I asked myself why do I have all these hats? Once every summer I take a headwear inventory, wash them as needed and discard one or two beyond hope. ![]() That is, when not on my head or strewn randomly around the house. Only 60 remain today, stored in a laundry basket. My own stash once numbered close to 200 hats before I made the conscious decision to put a lid on the lids. Whether kept neatly organized or loosely tossed onto a closet shelf, our hats say something about us as fans. We accumulate caps as fashion statements, souvenirs, and perhaps just because we couldn’t resist the clearance rack. We wear our favorite teams’ colors with pride. Off the Top of My Head: A Sports Fan’s Life in Ballcaps Dan has his own cap story, which I’m pleased to have him impart to you all. In fact, the most expensive cap I ever purchased was the original green fitted Uni Watch cap from Ebbets Field Flannels. And with two exceptions, I tend not to spend a lot on my caps. So, I wouldn’t say I’m a collector so much as I’m an aggregator. I myself probably have over 200 caps, about 90% of which I have purchased, and there isn’t a cap I own that I haven’t worn at least a few times. I’m sure many of our readers are cap collectors - a category into which Dan squarely fits, although his collection has grown smaller over the years, as he’ll explain below. Once again, we’ve hit a lull in uniform news (although that should change today, when the Suns are expected to unveil a new uni), but I’ve got another fun article for you from original UW card carrying member Dan Skantar today. ![]() I hope your week has gotten off to a good start!
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