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.
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