The Texas Rangers have set their rotation to begin spring training, but wholesale snapback caps Ron Washington doesn’t want people to read too much into it.
Right-hander Colby Lewis will start the Cactus League opener March 4 against Kansas City and Scott Feldman also will pitch in that game. Derek Holland and Alexi Ogando will both pitch in the March 5 game.
Left-hander Matt Harrison starts March 6 with right-hander Yu Darvish starting March 7 against snapback hats. Neftali Feliz will get the March 8 start before the Rangers go into the second round of the rotation.
“That doesn’t mean anything right now because it’s Cactus League games,” Washington said.
Washington said at some point he’d like to split up left-handers Holland and Harrison.
About two weeks ago, as pitchers and catchers were getting ready for their annual pilgrimage to Florida and Arizona, A’s pitcher Brandon McCarthy listed his three least-favorite things about spring training, one of which led to some raised eyebrows throughout the uni-verse:
The hats. … I think this is the most common complaint. MLB issues these spring training hats that are pretty universally hated. They usually have a silly line(s) on them so they’re different from the regular season wholesale new era snapbackhats, and the material feels like a wet dish rag if you sweat in them (which you will). Every day that you put them on, you get the same sad feeling Ralphie got in ‘A Christmas Story’ when he’s wearing the footed pajamas.”
Thirteen years later, the concept of having separate headwear just for batting practice is, well, still pretty silly, but BP caps have become part of the MLB firmament all the same. There’s even a fairly routinized design rotation: MLB tends to stick with a given BP cap template for three or four seasons and then introduces a new one for all 30 teams. As a result, BP cap history can be broken down into major four eras. To get a sense of this progression, let’s take a look at the BP cap timeline of the Texas Rangers, whose headwear stylings provide a good look at where the BP has been and where it has gone.
Era 1 (1999-2002): Meet the Mesh. As you can see here, the first generation of BP caps were just normal-looking designs rendered in mesh fabric, instead of the usual wool. Uni Watch never liked this look, because mesh (a) isn’t a good baseball fabric and (b) isn’t a good cap fabric. A lose-lose. Back to the drawing board, guys.
Era 2 (2003-06): A Tasty Sandwich. Here’s where things got interesting. The mesh was replaced by a piqué-style polyester fabric, the brims were curvier and had contrast-colored edges (this is known in the cap biz as a sandwich brim, because the colored layer sits between the top and bottom layers), and many teams used fun alternate logos. If you absolutely have to have a BP cap, this strikes Uni Watch as the right design approach. It has youth appeal (which, let’s face it, is the whole point of new era hats without pandering, and it’s playful enough to say “This doesn’t have as much gravitas as our game cap” without looking like a complete joke.
Left-hander Joe Beimel, who is day-to-day after experiencing some inflammation in his left elbow Sunday, doesn’t think the setback is a big deal.
Beimel spent more than six weeks on the disabled list with Pittsburgh last season because of what he called golfer’s elbow. He said what he’s experiencing now isn’t the same.
“I didn’t want it to turn into that, so after last year I’m trying to be a little smarter this year and not try and throw through something like that,” Beimel said. “Get the rest early in camp new york yankees capsand be able to compete when the time comes. It’s not as severe as what it was last year.”
Beimel did not have surgery on the elbow last year, but did have a cortisone injection.
Right-hander Colby Lewis will start the Cactus League opener March 4 against Kansas City and Scott Feldman also will pitch in that game. Derek Holland and Alexi Ogando will both pitch in the March 5 game.
http://www.neweracapsfactory.com/
“That doesn’t mean anything right now because it’s Cactus League games,” Washington said.
Washington said at some point he’d like to split up left-handers Holland and Harrison.
About two weeks ago, as pitchers and catchers were getting ready for their annual pilgrimage to Florida and Arizona, A’s pitcher Brandon McCarthy listed his three least-favorite things about spring training, one of which led to some raised eyebrows throughout the uni-verse:
http://www.neweracapsfactory.com/
Thirteen years later, the concept of having separate headwear just for batting practice is, well, still pretty silly, but BP caps have become part of the MLB firmament all the same. There’s even a fairly routinized design rotation: MLB tends to stick with a given BP cap template for three or four seasons and then introduces a new one for all 30 teams. As a result, BP cap history can be broken down into major four eras. To get a sense of this progression, let’s take a look at the BP cap timeline of the Texas Rangers, whose headwear stylings provide a good look at where the BP has been and where it has gone.
Era 1 (1999-2002): Meet the Mesh. As you can see here, the first generation of BP caps were just normal-looking designs rendered in mesh fabric, instead of the usual wool. Uni Watch never liked this look, because mesh (a) isn’t a good baseball fabric and (b) isn’t a good cap fabric. A lose-lose. Back to the drawing board, guys.
Era 2 (2003-06): A Tasty Sandwich. Here’s where things got interesting. The mesh was replaced by a piqué-style polyester fabric, the brims were curvier and had contrast-colored edges (this is known in the cap biz as a sandwich brim, because the colored layer sits between the top and bottom layers), and many teams used fun alternate logos. If you absolutely have to have a BP cap, this strikes Uni Watch as the right design approach. It has youth appeal (which, let’s face it, is the whole point of new era hats without pandering, and it’s playful enough to say “This doesn’t have as much gravitas as our game cap” without looking like a complete joke.
http://www.neweracapsfactory.com/
Beimel spent more than six weeks on the disabled list with Pittsburgh last season because of what he called golfer’s elbow. He said what he’s experiencing now isn’t the same.
“I didn’t want it to turn into that, so after last year I’m trying to be a little smarter this year and not try and throw through something like that,” Beimel said. “Get the rest early in camp new york yankees capsand be able to compete when the time comes. It’s not as severe as what it was last year.”
Beimel did not have surgery on the elbow last year, but did have a cortisone injection.
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