Baseball Caps

The baseball cap isn't just for baseball anymore!

I was packing some stuff up and I came across some of my old baseball caps.

The Yankee cap is my first Yankee cap. We went to several games one year, thanks to $8 bleacher seats. The bleacher entrance was, in my opinion, the best entrance into the Old Yankee Stadium and perhaps, the best entrance into any ball park. In order to get to the field from the bleachers you had to walk up a ramp. So as you turned out of the dark tunnel under the stadium first you were hit with the smell of the freshly cut grass and the sight of a bright blue sky. Then as you walked up the ramp the stadium slowly opened up to you until finally there you were looking from center field to home plate.

 I saw a lot of good games with this hat. In particular one beautiful July afternoon. July 18th to be exact. The Yankees were playing the Expos and on the mound was my favorite pitcher, David Cone. David Cone was in control from the very beginning and early on the crowd knew something special was happening.  I think it was in the third inning when my Mom turned to us and said he is throwing a perfect game. There were a couple of heart stopping moments. Paul O'Neil made a spectacular catch and Chuck Knoblauch overcame his throwing woes for a day to make perhaps his best throw as a Yankee. The last out was a pop up to Scott Brosius at third base then David Cone put his hands up and dropped to his knees. It is a moment I will never forget.


The Mighty Ducks hat is my first hockey love. I watched that movie over and over.

The Joe's hat is a piece of Highlander memorabilia. Thanks to amazing parents I have the entire tv series on vhs. It was definitely my favorite tv show as a kid. We also had a replica Duncan MacLeod katana sword. One day when I was home alone I heard a noise from my parents bed room. I took the sword and my dog on a leash and walked through the house. Obviously no one was in the house.

In the back is a hat from the FBI. I spent half a summer working as a summer hire for the Manhattan office. It was amazing to be an FBI employee. I worked in closed files and escorted people around the building who didn't have clearance.

The green hat is from the Viking Star Ship out of Montauk, NY. We went whale watching when we were younger and I got the hat. I have to go back this summer before I move (we have a list of must dos).  Not only did I see a whale but we also had dolphins play behind the boat. Oh yeah and a sun fish who has a fin like a shark which can be unnerving to a child with a good imagination :-)


The last hat is from the zoo in Asheboro, NC. When I was younger my Dad worked in North Carolina for a year. We went to visit one week and discovered perhaps the most amazing zoo ever! They were still constructing it but one part that had been finished was the African plains. It actually made you feel like you were really there on the plains. It had beautiful wide open areas where animals could be seen roaming. By now it is finished and I think it will be well worth the drive one weekend to go back and see the finished zoo. Not only does the hat bring back good memories but it is perfect. It sits perfectly just above my ears and the material is soft and light so it doesn't get to hot.