May
20

Yanks to channel Fred Durst on Memorial Day

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When it comes to Yankee hats for different occasions, I consider myself something of a connoisseur. I have hats from various World Series and other special events dating back to 1996 when the MLB patch craze kicked off. I might skip this year’s Memorial Day tie-in.

For the second year in a row, as part of an effort to fund the veterans’ organization Welcome Back Veterans, MLB teams are donning special hats. Last year, the hats were blue with a flag logo. Every team, no matter their regular colors, wore that blue hat.

This year, the hats look a little different. As Darren Rovell reported this week, the Memorial Day hats will be red this year with the stars and stripes logo. At $37, they cost a pretty penny, but all of the proceeds go to Welcome Back Veterans.

Personally, I love the idea but hate the execution. I can’t argue with MLB’s efforts to aid veterans support groups. But can’t we do it in a way that won’t have my favorite team sporting the Fred Durst look on Monday? The Yankees are definitely not doing it all for the nookie, and red hats are so 1999.

A tip of the hat to WasWatching for teeing up the hats this morning.

Categories : News

34 Comments»

  1. Cor Shep says:

    I’m buyin one

    it’s all about the collective hats!
    what?!?
    The collective caps!
    What?!?
    So you can take that cap and stick it in yo $$%#!!

    …..awkward

  2. I need to take a shower now. I feel dirty.

    I can only assume the Red Sox hats will be Blue, since that’s the only color they wear now.

  3. Doug says:

    MOVE IN NOW MOVE OUT
    HANDS UP NOW HANDS DOWN
    BACK UP BACK OUT
    TELL ME WHATCHU WANNA DO NOW
    KEEP ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN

  4. Chris A says:

    Ewww, I can’t believe the Yankees are going to wear a red hat. I know it is a business so they wouldn’t just use the one from last year, but I would have preferred something else. Well, at least its only for a day.

  5. jsbrendog says:

    can we have future uniform day again just s we can see the dejected look on damons face when he has to be subjected to it for the second time in his career? maybe zip up wetsuits? hahaha

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  7. zack says:

    That hat is pure horror

  8. Moshe Mandel says:

    You mean the Yankees are going to produce a ton of bad music, kiss and tell with Britney Spears, and then fade from public view? All on Memorial Day? That’s going to be one busy day.

  9. BronxBomber44 says:

    that hat is ugly. blah. ew. yuck.

  10. [...] But it is what it is. This is, after all, the same team that just went 8-2 on the homestand and is just one game behind the Red Sox for first place in the AL East. Game time is 2:05 p.m., and the Yanks will be wearing the Fred Durst-inspired Memorial Day hats. [...]

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