Summertime Fine...My Latest, My Latest & My Greatest...
No, this time I'm not talking about my woman, I'm referring to my Spring/Summertime tradition and my new edition. If you know me then you know that I usually have some sort of hat on, fitted, kangol, soggy pimp hat (prom), cowboy hat, straw hat, Raiden (from Mortal Kombat) hat from Kings Dominion, or whatever I feel fits for the moment. But the past few years I've been buying a White Sox & a Nationals fitted hat yearly (if you wear them as often as I do they will only last a year) but also adding a new alternative hat from either of the teams. This years hat, Nationals New Era "59 Fifty MLB Graphite", was the last that they had in stock and it was in my size. I had to get it. Not to mention its in my favorite color combination being that I grew up a Bulls fan and I went to Suitland High School Red & Black aren't strangers to my closet. However I do feel inclined to find a certain pair of J's (Jordans) to go with this hat perfectly. I will be finding a reason to wear this hat as much as possible, but not too much because I usually try to make my "alternates" last me 2 or 3 seasons.
Below here are my "alternates" from previous years. Last year I actually bought two, I was looking for the Nationals hat in Dodger colors because of a few shirts that I just bought so the Nats New Era "59Fifty MLB C-Dub" was perfect, but I didn't expect to see this throwback White Sox New Era "59Fifty MLB Cooperstown" hat in the style that I remember as a kid and have baseball cards of players wearing it, I couldn't pass up on it.
The hat from the year before that was a little different from the ones that came to follow, as you can see one year I went with a football hat to rep for my favorite team the 49ers. I had recently lost my regular 49ers hat and I needed a new one, so I went with this Mitchell & Ness Alternative Logo Throwback just to switch things up, I've only had a few outfits that I've been able to rock this with, but honestly no hat fits better than a New Era...no offense.
...and just as a shout out to two great songs from two different genre's in music, which I used to create the title to this blog. Teddy Pendergrass "My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration" followed by J.Cole "In the Morning". You gotta enjoy good music!
GREAT Post!! I LOVE the Nationals ever since they came back...They're memorabilia is much more versatile than Redskins, which makes it much easier to peace together outfits and represent the DMV. I have to say I go through two "W" or "DC" Nationals hats a year, usually sticking with the classic all red, or navy blue, or black. Im going to step out the box this year and grab a different colorway to match some new shoes i've been eying. Also check out New Era "59Fifty MLB Authentic Collection Stars and Stripes " version for Memorial Day weekend and the 4th of July...
ReplyDeleteLids has so many different ones, I usually just hit up Arundel Mills or Columbia, any further North and I'll only find Oriole's Hats. But you can get them online too, I just like to try the hat on first. The New Era hats are each handmade, so the same hat in the same size might not fit the same.
ReplyDeleteGo here for their list of Nats hats. http://www.lids.com/MLB/Washington-Nationals/Hats/Brand_new-era/Department_Fitted?recs=all
I have a couple other Nats hats, a brown one and a trucker hat thats camouflage, that curly W is just so classic. You gotta love it. I love when I see people from other places rocking a Nats too.
Hardly home but always reppin'!
ReplyDeleteGood post homie. Interesting to learn that Frank Thomas is related to your step-dad, that must have been pretty cool.
Like you, I'm always rockin the Nats hat even though I live in Baltimore and I'm a Nats fan by default.
one mistake I made on this one, the Royal Blue Nats cap I have actually has DC on the front, not the curly W. I think the DC logo reps even harder than the W at times.
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