Baseball Caps and Punch Out

Friday, May 9th, 2008 | Plugs, Site News, Sports

Happy Friday!

Baseball Caps

Yesterday I took in my first St. Paul Saints game with my friend Peggy. You’ve got to love Independent League baseball. These guys aren’t affiliated with any Major League club. They are in a very loose sense, a step below the minors. Players in this league may be grasping to the hopes of making it big, but they are for the most part, playing because they love it. Got to admire that.

Field of Dreams-like nostalgia aside, the game was ok. Actually, I was thrilled to learn that both teams playing were actually worse defensively than the Skirt Turtles.

Skirt Turtle daydreams aside, I bought yet another baseball cap to add to my collection. I now have somewhere around 30. Well, 20. I’m missing about ten of them, including my prized and beloved Yomiuri Giants cap. I feel lost without her. If I ever came over to your house with a box of hats and forgot them, please mail them back to me. I will pay the shipping. Anyhoo, I am now the proud owner of a St. Paul Saints home baseball cap. It’s a real beaut, but the cap needed some work to reach full awesome-tude. Pay attention kids. If you want a truly awesome worn in look to a cap, without actually having to wear it everyday for a year, follow these steps:

1. Beat it against something. Anything. Beat the shit out of it. Especially the front of the cap, which has the hard backing. Hard backing is your enemy. Beat the fuck out of it.

2. Take a shower wearing the cap. Just do it. Soaking the cap and then wearing it on your head until it is dry, is the only way to assure a worn in look.

3. Dump a bunch of dirt on it. This is optional, but necessary if you want your hat to look like it has had a bunch of dirt dumped on it.

Punch Out

HUGE (Me, Joe, Jill, Butch BUT NOT NELS) VS. 123 Improv. 11pm. BNW. Tonight. Be there so that you can one day tell your grandchildren about the massacre you witnessed. Your story will start something along the lines of, “Truth be told, 123 Improv never had a chance…”

I’m off to record the first episode of Dinner With Fotis. It should be ready sometime early next week! Woo hoo!

Mike

7 Comments to Baseball Caps and Punch Out

josh
May 9, 2008

fuck yeah you gotta shower in that thing, or work up a wicked sweat. Specially if it’s fitted. I got thoughts on baseball cap breaking in. We gotta talk.

Courts
May 9, 2008

Did you see a dude at the game working the crowd with either an accordion or juggling? Yeah, that’s my ex.

Thami
May 9, 2008

I’ve never been to a Saints game, but I hear they are more about drinking than baseball.

I’m going to the Twins game tonight, woohoo!

Scott Pakudaitis
May 9, 2008

Aren’t ALL baseball games more about drinking than baseball? Are there any sober fans at Twins games?

I used to go to Milwaukee with my friends when the White Sox (sorry Mike) played there and we’d start our tailgate party at noon for a 7pm game.

Mike Fotis
May 9, 2008

Josh-Yes, let’s talk. It’s an artform.

Courts-I saw a lumber jack dressed as a Mexican wrestler, a stepford wife, a Japanese karaoke singer and a super fan, but no juggling accordianist.

Thami-Most people were there for the drinking, but there was a small but impressive crew who really knew there baseball.

Scott-The White Sox should never be mentioned on this blog.

Thami
May 9, 2008

I don’t drink and I am a super Twins fan! hehehe

Dennis Cass
May 9, 2008

Thanks for telling me to whale on the front of the cap. I’ve been beating the shit out of the back of my cap and nothing happens. Damn back just takes it and rolls with it. But the front . . . .

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