Straw Hats

What fans used to wear when they went to the ballpark

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  • Make a fashion statement! Wear a straw hat!
  • Protects scalp from scorching day-game sun!
  • Straw hat season: Memorial Day to Labor Day!
  • Popular in '30s and '40s, an era when men. . .
  • didn't wear baseball caps to the ballpark!
  • Added bonus: you can doff hat & use it as fan!

    • Don't do this with your straw hat!

  • In 1946, a fan sitting in Fenway Park's right field bleachers. . .
  • . . . watched a Ted Williams home run blast head his way. . .
  • . . . sized up the situation and stuck out his straw hat to snag the ball!
  • It went right through the hat and sailed a dozen more rows before landing!

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