i respect the game to the highest bar. I love the game, a baseball cap is a small fraction of how to present yourself. Disrespecting the game is probably a pant leg up, a pant leg down looking gangster, and big jerseys ment to be big so they could look "cool."
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We allow the kids to wear their hat the way that they want. However, those that wear their hats off to the side, backwards unless they are a catcher or with their bills turned upward are wearing those hats from behind the fence or in the stands. You wouldn't belive how important this is to me. Not only does it say something about the discipline of a team, it also says something about individuals trying to standout from their teammates in any other way than performance. JMHO! However, around here "My Humble Opinion" is all that matters. LOL
I apologize, I forgot I was on For Players only. I'll let this stand unless someone is upset and wants it removed.
"There comes a time when you have to stop dreaming of the man you want to be and start being the man you have become." Bruce Springsteen
I apologize, I forgot I was on For Players only. I'll let this stand unless someone is upset and wants it removed.
"There comes a time when you have to stop dreaming of the man you want to be and start being the man you have become." Bruce Springsteen
Coach B
I am happy to hear your message.
My brother had a young kid make it up to the big club 2 years ago wearing his hat off to the side. He went up to him and adjusted the lid to fit squarely on his head and said:
"This is the way we wear our hats."
It was understood...the same way you make it understood.
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I am happy to hear your message.
My brother had a young kid make it up to the big club 2 years ago wearing his hat off to the side. He went up to him and adjusted the lid to fit squarely on his head and said:
"This is the way we wear our hats."
It was understood...the same way you make it understood.
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By the time you learn how to play the game...
You can't play it anymore ~ Frank Howard
respect the game on and off the field. If you are seen walking around with your jersey hanging out and your hat turned around backwards, people aren't going to respect you as a baseball player
First off, I would like to address the hat issue from a college perspective. Under no circumstances would my coach ever let us where a hat to the side, backwards, or ever a bit cockeyed to one side or the other. The game of baseball, like documented in many movies, is about honor, respect, the thought of the greats that played in the past. Would you ever see Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Nolan Ryan, or any other player for that matter ever turn there hat to the side for any reason? I see it more of a fashion statement. I heard one poster say, "I think it's cool that the kid from Long Beach has a fro and cocks his hat to one side." How is that cool? The fro doesn't make you **** your hat to one side or the other. One of the greatest baseball players, EVER, in Ozzie Smith started his career with a fro and I never, not once, saw his hat cocked to one side or the other, not even if the sun is in his eyes. They make sunglasses for that sort of thing.
I really find it disturbing that some people can actually agree with wearing the hat to one side. I ecspecially hate it done in the college and high school ranks. Other than certain individuals (not going to mention names because they aren't worth me mentioning) in the big leagues, 99% wear their hat the way it is supposed to be worn, letters/logo straight. Be proud of those that played the game before you and that will play after you. So many people these days, including myself, wear hats in so many different styles. By no means am I saying that it is wrong, but when you step into that dugout where so many baseball icons have laced up and played there heart out, show them some respect. Wear the uniform the way it's supposed to be worn. Be proud of the fact that you are playing the best sport ever. Respect yourself, your family/friends, your coaches, your teammates, your oppponent, and lastly those that played before and after you.
From the beaches....
baseball4life23
I really find it disturbing that some people can actually agree with wearing the hat to one side. I ecspecially hate it done in the college and high school ranks. Other than certain individuals (not going to mention names because they aren't worth me mentioning) in the big leagues, 99% wear their hat the way it is supposed to be worn, letters/logo straight. Be proud of those that played the game before you and that will play after you. So many people these days, including myself, wear hats in so many different styles. By no means am I saying that it is wrong, but when you step into that dugout where so many baseball icons have laced up and played there heart out, show them some respect. Wear the uniform the way it's supposed to be worn. Be proud of the fact that you are playing the best sport ever. Respect yourself, your family/friends, your coaches, your teammates, your oppponent, and lastly those that played before and after you.
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baseball4life23
u see em on tv wearing to side why aint it rigt fer me cuz i like being me. this is now our game not thoze of the past.
porkchop - You might not like it, but to get to the next level you will be evaluated by "those of the past" on everything you do, whether on the field or off. Attitude and appearance will be judged along with your talent. Is it fair? Doesn't matter, its reality.
Pchp---U cn b u on yer own tim. Don't disrespect your team,coach or school. TOO many kids growing up these days who want to make it all about "me". Try taking "I" and "ME" out of your conversations and put a little more "YOU" and you'll go a lot further.
Good Luck!
Moc1
Good Luck!
Moc1
Porkchop ... unless you are running a 6.2-6.3 60 yard, are hitting 400+ foot bombs regularly and/or throw 94+ accurately and consistently you have to learn to come across to college recruiters as a team player.
One of the major skills of a sucessful college recruiter is the ability to judge character. They don't want someone who may create friction on the team. There are too many skilled guys out there that you are competing with to come across "wrong" or "selfish".
One of the major skills of a sucessful college recruiter is the ability to judge character. They don't want someone who may create friction on the team. There are too many skilled guys out there that you are competing with to come across "wrong" or "selfish".
Hat story - one of my favorites.
I had a centerfielder 3 years ago who wore his hat to the side.
After repeated warnings from the head coach - he continued to wear it sideways once he got out into the field.
Our head coach did nothing.
In the 4th inning of the game - I called time out. I walked slowly to CF. (I dont think anyone in the whole ballpark knew what was going on.)
I "politely" requested that the hat be worn straight - and discussed the immediate consequences of the hat being worn sideways for even one more second.
The player - fortunately for all of us - accepted the "friendly advice" and straightened the hat for the rest of the season.
I had a centerfielder 3 years ago who wore his hat to the side.
After repeated warnings from the head coach - he continued to wear it sideways once he got out into the field.
Our head coach did nothing.
In the 4th inning of the game - I called time out. I walked slowly to CF. (I dont think anyone in the whole ballpark knew what was going on.)
I "politely" requested that the hat be worn straight - and discussed the immediate consequences of the hat being worn sideways for even one more second.
The player - fortunately for all of us - accepted the "friendly advice" and straightened the hat for the rest of the season.
i think you are thinking i put it totally to the side, i lean the hat to the right a little bit, could barely be noticed.
Dont Try..
You Already Lost..
Dont Try..
You Already Lost..
The way you wear your hat shouldn't effect your play on the field, but personally I like the traditional straight foward cap.
It's all an issue of Old School vs New School. I dont wear mine to the side, but thats just me. The Coach also has alot of say in the matter, in my high school if you wear your cap to the side you will be running, but thats just because the head coach is an Old School guy.
How about the brim, Straight or Curved?
How about the brim, Straight or Curved?
wherever the sun is, is where my cap is gonna be turned...
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLet's Go!
- Captain Tenneal (MXC)
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLet's Go!
- Captain Tenneal (MXC)
There is only one way to wear a baseball cap---THE RIGHT WAY !!!!!!! and there are no variations on the theme
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Well said TRhit
okay. people should be able to express the way they wanna wear their hats on the baseball field if they want. if they wanna wear their hats a little off to the side, then why say anything to them?..however, i do believe that if u wear ur cap backwards or completely to one side, then that is disrespectful to the game of baseball. let people express themselves with the exception of wearing ur hats backwards or to one side.
My dad never let me wear my hat backwards, or to the side, even when i was a little kid, so im not at all foreign to it. i never have to urge to turn it any which way, i prefer it forward (im catcher, so i get away with backwards, but only when im catching).
but my coach is also very big on hats being straight. "youll never see joe dimmagio with this hat to the side", he always says. one time i was talking to someone with his hat backwards, and i see my coach from behind him, sneak up and yank the cap off his head. he didnt return till the next day. thats not the 1st time hes grabbed hats, though.
i know im going on for a while here, but i just have to say that i do kinda like looking "proper" on the field. idk why, but i like it.
but my coach is also very big on hats being straight. "youll never see joe dimmagio with this hat to the side", he always says. one time i was talking to someone with his hat backwards, and i see my coach from behind him, sneak up and yank the cap off his head. he didnt return till the next day. thats not the 1st time hes grabbed hats, though.
i know im going on for a while here, but i just have to say that i do kinda like looking "proper" on the field. idk why, but i like it.
Straight ahead is the most respectful and is the classiest way to wear your cap, therefore I wear my cap straight because I love and respect the game of baseball.
I heard once that the way a ball player wears his hat is a good indication of the direction he's going in life....being a goal oriented kinda guy I've always thought that going straight ahead is a good idea.