Spike Lee unveils World Series cap
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Spike Lee and his hats are quite the scene. Known for his films and antics during Knicks games, the Brooklyn-based movie director is also a big Yankee fan, and in the past, he has worked with New Era to produce a hat commemorating Yankee World Series victories. With the playoffs upon us, Lee has issued another cap in his Spike Lee Joint line of baseball apparel. The cap, shown above, is quite the overload of numbers.
“When it came time to design another cap with New Era, it seemed fitting that it represent the most decorated franchise in professional sports – the New York Yankees,” Lee said on Friday. “On the cap, I inscribed each year the Yankees won the championship, Now, I’m hoping we can add the year 2009 to that list come October.”
The cap will be available as a Limited Edition release only. New Era plans to make just 750 of these caps, and they will retail for $75 each. For that price — approximately double the cost of an undoctored 59Fifty hat — Lee’s cap comes with a commemorative box too.
Reaction to the cap has been mixed. In principle, the idea is interesting, but Jason at IIATMS called it some combination of hideous, monstrous, dumb and ugly. While I like my patches and will hopefully be adding a 2009 World Series cap to my collection, I think I’ll stay away from the $75 Spike Lee Joint.
$75?? holy smokes.
I wouldn’t wear that hat if Spike Lee paid me $75.
We do people insist on messing with a classic? Just wear the regular old blue hat with the interlocking NY, no one will think you’re any less cool.
Mike, you hit the nail on the head. Don’t mess with a classic!
Eh, I think its OK, not too bad and not too ugly. I think age has a lot to do with liking it or not (and although I dont want to go there, maybe race does too)
*too good
Seems like a nice waste of 75$. And who says the economy is bad???
Just a 50 year-old trying to be hip and relevant…
In my best Charles Barkley voice: “That’s just turrrrible.”
That’s a pretty cool hat. You guys are just haters.
that hat is pretty ballin
i’d get it if it wasn’t 75 dollars
too bad it will be obsolete in a month or so
Hideous.
I’d buy it if it were normal price. I still have a long sleeve white shirt tha had interlocking NY on the front and all the world series years on the right sleeve. Doesn’t fit anymore since I got it in the 80’s. And 1978 was the last date.
I’ve loved that cap since I first saw Spike Lee wearing it. The cluttered aspect + flashing all the WS championship years = pretty damn sweet.
But at $75 I will have to continue to admire it from afar.
That is damn nasty looking…and somebody teach him how to roll the brim of his cap so he doesn’t look quite so dumb!
eh :/
I’ll pass on this overpriced joint from Mr. Lee. Remind me the next time he comes out with his fall Knicks fashion collection.
1923 – first yankee world series. subway series.
2009 – first ws championship in the new stadium. against the dodgers. in five.
i love the internet. im in the rockies hanging out with cowboys and i still get my yankee updates. they better not block out the fox game tomorrow. *&(&$(#Q)#)# bitches.
“do the right” thing colorized american cinema. deal.
Not that I’d buy it, but they really jumped the gun with this hat. Why not wait a month longer to see if the Yankees can put the cherry on top of a great season with World Series No. 27?
“Not that I’d buy it, but they really jumped the gun with this hat. Why not wait a month longer to see if the Yankees can put the cherry on top of a great season with World Series No. 27?”
Exactly.
And truth be told, it’s as cluttered and/or ugly as the other similar multi WS-celebrating Yankees merch.
When does this thing go on sale anyways? I like the hat, I wish it wasn’t so expensive.
If they make the world series this year, will they have 2 patches? The WS logo and the season patch
thats my question too! will they have two patches? i think that wud be awesome lol