{"id":10549,"date":"2023-01-24T12:56:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T12:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/looks-like-some-but-not-all-of-the-2023-mlb-bp-caps-are-now-available\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T12:56:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T12:56:15","slug":"looks-like-some-but-not-all-of-the-2023-mlb-bp-caps-are-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/looks-like-some-but-not-all-of-the-2023-mlb-bp-caps-are-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Looks like some (but not all) of the 2023 MLB BP caps are now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>We&#8217;re less than a month away from the start of MLB&#8217;s Spring Training, and we&#8217;ve yet to see an official release of this year&#8217;s BP or Spring Training Cap. Personally, I don&#8217;t mind \u2014 these caps are just an annual goodie dump \u2014 but I know a lot. <em>you<\/em> Since we care about collecting these caps, new cap designs for 10 MLB teams labeled &#8220;2023 On-Field Batting Practice&#8221; were posted on many merchandise sites yesterday (one like this).  All 10 teams are from the American and National League West divisions.<\/p>\n<p>I put the Oakland cap at the top of the page because it&#8217;s green and the best.<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full mt-2 overflow-hidden rounded-sm float-center glightbox-single\">\n<div class=\"relative w-full h-auto\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumb-xl wp-image-228795 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"1344\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-1344x833.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-1344x833.jpeg 1344w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-300x186.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-1024x635.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-768x476.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-1536x952.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-2048x1270.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-672x417.jpeg 672w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-576x357.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-336x208.jpeg 336w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumb-xl wp-image-228795\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-1344x833.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1344\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-1344x833.jpeg 1344w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-300x186.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-1024x635.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-768x476.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-1536x952.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-2048x1270.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-672x417.jpeg 672w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-576x357.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-1.59.25-PM-1-336x208.jpeg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Do you want to see them one by one rather than all at once? You can, buddy:<\/p>\n<p>At least for now, there&#8217;s no indication of designs for the other 20 teams, but they&#8217;ll probably be coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>Some quick thoughts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Obviously, most of these look ridiculously bland because of the solid white (filled white?) areas.<\/li>\n<li>See how they added the &#8220;SF&#8221; logo to the Giants&#8217; cap. Connect uniform&#8221;? They also did it for last spring&#8217;s hat (and it looked just as silly now):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"w-full mt-2 overflow-hidden rounded-sm float-center glightbox-single\">\n<div class=\"relative w-full h-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumb-xl wp-image-228820 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"1344\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-1344x676.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-1344x676.png 1344w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-1024x515.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-1536x773.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-2048x1031.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-672x338.png 672w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-576x290.png 576w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-336x169.png 336w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumb-xl wp-image-228820\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-1344x676.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1344\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-1344x676.png 1344w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-1024x515.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-1536x773.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-2048x1031.png 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-672x338.png 672w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-576x290.png 576w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-4.58.27-PM-336x169.png 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>I believe the spring caps are the same as these but with the FL and AZ logos on the sides.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Like I said, don&#8217;t care about the design as these are just dumb toy dumps. Your mileage may vary.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Thanks to @Metsfan4life on Twitter for letting us know these things first.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>A uniform is a uniform A uniform is<\/h2>\n<div class=\"w-full mt-2 overflow-hidden rounded-sm float-center glightbox-single\">\n<div class=\"relative w-full h-auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumb-xl wp-image-228830 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"1344\" height=\"1896\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-1344x1896.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-1344x1896.jpeg 1344w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-213x300.jpeg 213w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-726x1024.jpeg 726w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-768x1083.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-1089x1536.jpeg 1089w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-672x948.jpeg 672w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-576x812.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-336x474.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j.jpeg 1452w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumb-xl wp-image-228830\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-1344x1896.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1344\" height=\"1896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-1344x1896.jpeg 1344w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-213x300.jpeg 213w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-726x1024.jpeg 726w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-768x1083.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-1089x1536.jpeg 1089w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-672x948.jpeg 672w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-576x812.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j-336x474.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnLwZWsXEAQso0j.jpeg 1452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Uni Watch contributor Jimmy Parker tweeted this Cub Scout ad in the 1977 issue of Scout Magazine. <em>boys life<\/em>. Some notes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I see that you&#8217;re trying to relate the two uniforms, but it&#8217;s strange that you can&#8217;t even see the Cub Scout uniform. I mean, that&#8217;s what they&#8217;re trying to advertise, right?<\/li>\n<li>Interestingly, the ball player has only one batting glove in his top hand. The style was not unheard of at the time, but rather unusual. I was. Who..?  (Someone on Twitter suggested Cecil Cooper, but I couldn&#8217;t find a photo of him with his gloves on only.)<\/li>\n<li>1977 was the Blue Jays&#8217; first season, and that might explain the somewhat Jays-esque display lettering.<\/li>\n<li>Given all of this, I suspect there was some kind of promotional partnership between the Cubs and the Cub Scouts. It looks natural, right?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>too good for a ticker<\/h2>\n<div class=\"w-full mt-2 overflow-hidden rounded-sm float-center glightbox-single\">\n<div class=\"relative w-full h-auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumb-xl wp-image-228855 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"1344\" height=\"1108\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-1344x1108.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-1344x1108.jpeg 1344w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-300x247.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-1024x844.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-768x633.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-1536x1267.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-672x554.jpeg 672w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-576x475.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-336x277.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w.jpeg 1580w\" data-sizes=\"auto\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumb-xl wp-image-228855\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-1344x1108.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1344\" height=\"1108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-1344x1108.jpeg 1344w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-300x247.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-1024x844.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-768x633.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-1536x1267.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-672x554.jpeg 672w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-576x475.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w-336x277.jpeg 336w, https:\/\/cdn.uni-watch.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FnNHlG2WIAMcK-w.jpeg 1580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s rare to see a baseball team with both the city\/state identifier and the team name appearing on their jerseys, but the 1911 University of Arkansas team spelled &#8220;Arkansas&#8221; on the placket, while the &#8220;Razorbacks&#8221; Compressed by a very strange configuration of the chest. Sensational!<\/p>\n<p><em>(thanks Twitter-er <span class=\"username txt-mute\">This is @charliehog.  )<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiXGh0dHBzOi8vdW5pLXdhdGNoLmNvbS8yMDIzLzAxLzI0L3NvbWUtYnV0LW5vdC1hbGwtMjAyMy1tbGItYnAtY2Fwcy1hcmUtYXBwYXJlbnRseS1hdmFpbGFibGUv0gEA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] We&#8217;re less than a month away from the start of MLB&#8217;s Spring Training, and we&#8217;ve yet to see an official release of this year&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-2.52.32-PM-2-scaled.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}