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Cheers To The Baseball Cap

Fastuni

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But as the old saying goes: Boys wear caps, MEN wear hats.

As to the wearing of hats and caps in the ¨Golden Era¨:
When in a correct suit about town this was true (more so for the middle class and above), but for a suit, combination or outfit that was more sporty or workwear a flat-cap was very appropriate regardless of age or status. Plenty men also wore caps for normal suits.
 
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tommyK

One Too Many
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I'm occasionally in NYC and often see businessmen in custom tailored suits, Rolex, nice overcoat, otherwise dressed to the nines topped off with a cheap ballcap. You don't have to be into fedoras to think this looks awful. Otherwise I think ballcaps are fine, just not with a suit.
 

fedoracentric

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Streamwood, IL
I can see wearing a ball cap when exercising, playing sports, or even working at manual labor where a fedora can oft times be found a bit clumsy and in the way (tho I realize laborers back in the day wore fedoras on the job). There is a place for them, I suppose. But I see the ball cap as an extension of the odious Peter Pan syndrome that too many men in western society suffer from these days.
 

FrankMc

Familiar Face
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memphis
Sometimes I feel like a fedora, other times I feel like a cowboy hat, and there are days I wear the ball cap, and as with all my lids, I have some great ball caps. Different courses for different horses. I don't believe it is a "Peter Pan" syndrome, just a functional lid that does it's job very well.
 
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DougC

Practically Family
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San Antonio
Yeah-it's just a cap in the end. Covers your head and gives some protection. I'll wear a cap, a fedora or a cowboy hat, too, depending on what I'm doing. signed...Peter ;)
 

ingineer

One Too Many
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Clifton NJ
I always remember what my mother said when I put one on.
"You look stupid in that, put a proper hat on!!"
However, I have owned several team hats.
Also they make a small bump cap insert for work.
High pressure steam pipes always seem to be installed by someone 4 foot tall and
Wearing a hardhat is sometimes too much.

Richard
 
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10,883
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Portage, Wis.
I prefer the look of a fedora to anything, but a ball cap has its place, too.

I wear one to work every day. It's easier and less complicated in a factory setting. I also wear them for chores (oil changes, lawn care, construction work) where a fedora is not only often impractical, but could get easily ruined.
 

HamilcarBarca3

One of the Regulars
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201
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Houston, TX
I have nothing against baseball caps. Pretty much all of my friends wear one and they're good, hard working and honest people. I don't like them on me but they look fine on everyone else.
 

WesternHatWearer

A-List Customer
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366
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Georgia
I have over 100 baseball caps. I have a few that wear I when I am not wearing a western hat. I posted a comment on another thread about baseball caps as well. I wear baseball caps when I go shooting, hiking, or camping. I also wear them at baseball games. :)
Most of my baseball style caps have firearms company logos and sports team's logos. The rest were given to me for a number of reasons.
 

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