Watching some college baseball this weekend, I saw that some of them have white rings around the top. Do you know what that is or what it comes from, it looks pretty cool.
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The white ring you see is sweat 
from many games played without washing the hat. I would replace 'pretty cool' with 'pretty disgusting', but what do I know... I'm just a mom. I do respect a superstition, though, and if having a smelly gross-looking hat makes you more confident on the field, I'm all for it. 
from many games played without washing the hat. I would replace 'pretty cool' with 'pretty disgusting', but what do I know... I'm just a mom. I do respect a superstition, though, and if having a smelly gross-looking hat makes you more confident on the field, I'm all for it.
A little Febreeze goes a long way ... these guys hate washing their caps (understandably) so they do get a little odiferous. We have used Febreeze successfully in the past. And if someone wants to wash their caps, having the cap mold for laundry is the only way to go. We always used Spray N Wash INSIDE the cap along the band before laundering ... a little scrubbing with a small brush around the inside of the band helps too.
The white ring you see is salt that is excreted from perspiration...good testament to the dehyration issue that is a serious factor when playing a sport or vigorous exercise...caps can be washed in the dishwasher with great results 
Funny how some look worse than others, on the same team. Junior was disappointed this year when we went to a new style hat - he was hoping to go all 4 years with the same hat - you want to talk about disgusting!!! Tack on the extra sweating he does and the other 'stuff' that resides in his sweat form all his medications -- 3 years worth on his hat was pretty bad, saved from total gross-out by getting rained on a couple times, which 'rinsed' it a little. He has since learned to pack an extra hat to wear when it rains, to 'save' the good one!
For some odd reason, this year's hat, with only a few months of sweat, looked just as bad as the one with 3 years on it.
For some odd reason, this year's hat, with only a few months of sweat, looked just as bad as the one with 3 years on it.
they do look cool, but the smell..... 
quote:Originally posted by AKBaseball13:
Watching some college baseball this weekend, I saw that some of them have white rings around the top. Do you know what that is or what it comes from, it looks pretty cool.
Apparently you don't sweat much in Alaska.
My wife washes my son's hats by putting them in a plastic hat mold and popping it in the dishwasher. Works great.
The sweat in a hat was cool when I was playing college baseball. It showed you were getting some PT.
Some hats though dont hold up to well to washing of any kind. They shrink up, and when they are fitted, that is the last thing you want to happen.
John Wetteland was a good example of being superstitious about the sweaty cap when he was with the Yank's.
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Some hats though dont hold up to well to washing of any kind. They shrink up, and when they are fitted, that is the last thing you want to happen.
John Wetteland was a good example of being superstitious about the sweaty cap when he was with the Yank's.
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My son wore the same hat for 4 years of high school ball. When he was a junior the club changed to mesh hats. My son went in and told the coach he had never had a strike out looking since he started wearing the old style hat. I almost died when the coach told him to keep wearing the hat at games. Son came home with a big smile on his face and a hat that smelled to the heavens. The day he played his last game the coach asked him how many K's he had his since he started wearing the hat. He said he was not sure and the coach surprised him with "son you only took 3 K's looking your whole career her at BHS...but now that your career is over here we all want you to bury that stinking hat".
Dad and I came home that night after the game and found my son with his buds in our backyard diggin a hole. I thought the cat had died...but to my releif they buried that hat that smelled like a dead cat and even said a few words over it. It was one of the funniest and foundest memories I will have about his high school career.
Dad and I came home that night after the game and found my son with his buds in our backyard diggin a hole. I thought the cat had died...but to my releif they buried that hat that smelled like a dead cat and even said a few words over it. It was one of the funniest and foundest memories I will have about his high school career.
Rob:
Now if I could only get the same results when trying to wash my moldy dishes, pots and pans, and flatware in our clothes washer...everything works pretty well until I start passing the items through the wringer...perhaps I should skip that step.
quote:Originally posted by Rob Kremer:
My wife washes my son's hats by putting them in a plastic hat mold and popping it in the dishwasher. Works great.
Now if I could only get the same results when trying to wash my moldy dishes, pots and pans, and flatware in our clothes washer...everything works pretty well until I start passing the items through the wringer...perhaps I should skip that step.