Recently, I saw someone wearing this hat:
In a word: Why? I’m fairly certain that the wearer was not Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, the only person I can think of for whom this awful hat might make sense.
I’m also completely certain it was not another Rob, Rob Lowe, who is rather infamous for once wearing a ridiculous “NFL” hat:
Sports!
No, this was a common man, wearing a thankfully uncommon hat for reasons I can’t comprehend. It would be strange to simply be a fan of baseball, without some allegiance to a particular team. But even in that weird case, the MLB has a fantastic logo, one which has influenced the logos of many other American sports leagues:
That’s a good looking hat! There is simply no reason to junk it up by festooning 30 disparate logos on it all willy-nilly.
Previously in terrible MLB hats: Those Are Some Bad Hats, New Era