Boston braves caps [Archive]

pgsuperfan

07-07-2009, 11:17 PM

Does anyone know where I could get a BOSTON BRAVES cap like the one worn in 1952 ?

penncentralpete

07-09-2009, 09:50 AM

Does anyone know where I could get a BOSTON BRAVES cap like the one worn in 1952 ?

http://www.dugout-memories.com/bosbra.html

pgsuperfan

07-09-2009, 01:06 PM

http://www.dugout-memories.com/bosbra.html

Thanks Pete ole buddy

jackwood

07-09-2009, 06:49 PM

There is http://www.ballcap.com , the Cooperstown Cap Company.

It seems that Dugout Memories gets many of their caps from there, and the quality is much better than American Needle caps.

And you can get just the cap the Braves wore in '52.

Does anyone know where I could get a BOSTON BRAVES cap like the one worn in 1952 ?

penncentralpete

07-09-2009, 07:25 PM

Thanks Pete ole buddy

This is my Boston Braves disguise...............

pgsuperfan

07-10-2009, 07:15 AM

You look much better as a Boston Brave than Brooklyn Dodger my friend. lol
Hey I watched the Brooklyn Dodger movie on HBO the other day, speaking of the Braves, go over to Sim Central I finally finished my Braves replay on BASEBALL MOGUL 2010 and now working on a ST LOUIS BROWNS replay.

penncentralpete

07-10-2009, 07:52 AM

pgsuperfan

07-10-2009, 02:11 PM

You are a very busy man! I will check it out.

Busy lol been out of work since January gotta keep busy I mean something other "than sex and rock and roll " lol

penncentralpete

07-10-2009, 02:25 PM

Busy lol been out of work since January gotta keep busy I mean something other "than sex and rock and roll " lol

"sex and rock 'n' roll" have kept me very busy all these years................

Ralph Zig Tyko

07-10-2009, 04:32 PM

"sex and rock 'n' roll" have kept me very busy all these years................
You, me and Mick Jagger, Pete. :-)

penncentralpete

07-11-2009, 06:03 AM

You, me and Mick Jagger, Pete. :-)

Mick Jagger ranks right up there with Duke Snider on my list Zig...............

pgsuperfan

07-11-2009, 07:15 AM

Well I liked Duke, but I grew up a MICKEY MANTLE fan. Let's see how does that song go "Willie, Mickey and the Duke" ???

Ralph Zig Tyko

07-11-2009, 06:27 PM

Mick Jagger ranks right up there with Duke Snider on my list Zig...............
Right up there with Duke, Pete, but not Willie. Buck breathes rarefied air, as do you and I. :-)

ol' aches and pains

07-14-2009, 01:50 PM

This is my Boston Braves disguise...............

Not to nitpick, but that's a Milwaukee Braves Jersey, they didn't use that "laughing Brave" patch until 1957.

Los Bravos

07-15-2009, 11:55 PM

I've always called it "Cherokee having a fit"

penncentralpete

07-16-2009, 06:22 AM

Not to nitpick, but that's a Milwaukee Braves Jersey, they didn't use that "laughing Brave" patch until 1957.

Nitpicking is not only allowed here, it is encouraged! Yes, this is my 1957 Warren Spahn road jersey from Mitchell & Ness. I also have a Milwaukee Braves cap, but thought the Boston cap fit this thread.

penncentralpete

07-16-2009, 06:30 AM

There is http://www.ballcap.com , the Cooperstown Cap Company.

It seems that Dugout Memories gets many of their caps from there, and the quality is much better than American Needle caps.

And you can get just the cap the Braves wore in '52.

This is true, but the cap you'll get from ballcap.com will set you back $48. The one from DugoutMemories costs $24.95.

pgsuperfan

07-16-2009, 06:47 AM

This is true, but the cap you'll get from ballcap.com will set you back $48. The one from DugoutMemories costs $24.95.

That is my price range, I paid $30.00 for my RENO ACES cap.

penncentralpete

07-16-2009, 06:50 AM

That is my price range, I paid $30.00 for my RENO ACES cap.

..........and that's the one I'm wearing in my above post ($24.95).

pgsuperfan

07-16-2009, 07:46 AM

..........and that's the one I'm wearing in my above post ($24.95).

Saving my pennies to get one lol

ol' aches and pains

07-16-2009, 08:19 AM

Nitpicking is not only allowed here, it is encouraged! Yes, this is my 1957 Warren Spahn road jersey from Mitchell & Ness. I also have a Milwaukee Braves cap, but thought the Boston cap fit this thread.

If that's a Spahn jersey then carry on, all is forgiven.

penncentralpete

07-18-2009, 12:29 PM

If that's a Spahn jersey then carry on, all is forgiven.

Thanks. Ol' Spahnie was something, wasn't he? I saw him pitch at the Polo Grounds when I was a teenager.

pgsuperfan

07-18-2009, 01:10 PM

I never saw Warren pitch in person, cause growing up in the Boston area the BRAVES had already escaped to Milwaukee and the only TV games we got were the RED SOX. Their home channel was an NBC affliate and they would not show national games. Gee wasn't TV boring before cable and satellite ?

SamtheBravesFan

07-19-2009, 06:23 PM

This is true, but the cap you'll get from ballcap.com will set you back $48.

Not if you join the Ballcap of the Month club there. For $300, you can order 12 caps and they'll send them to you throughout the year. That's $25 a cap. :)

penncentralpete

07-19-2009, 06:27 PM

Not if you join the Ballcap of the Month club there. For $300, you can order 12 caps and they'll send them to you throughout the year. That's $25 a cap. :)

If you lend me the $300, I'll send you a few.......................

penncentralpete

07-19-2009, 06:30 PM

Actually, I just checked their website, and unless I've lost my ability to read, they claim that "club" will receive their caps @ $33 each....................

SamtheBravesFan

08-17-2009, 08:20 AM

Actually, I just checked their website, and unless I've lost my ability to read, they claim that "club" will receive their caps @ $33 each....................

Huh, I remembered it wrong. Still, that is a $17 discount from regular caps for each one, so if you're willing to invest $400 in 12 caps, you'll get your money's worth.

Joe Barrie

07-18-2010, 05:39 PM

Auctions are the only reliable source. The caps had the Wilson label, and the "B" was sewn-on cloth. The imitations have lettering that's too large, and improperly made.

I donated one several years ago to the U.S.S. Saratoga museum for a fundraiser, and pictures of that cap exist on the 'net. The hope was that Saratoga (on which I served) would be a museum, like the Intrepid in NYC. Naturally, the Kennedy family spinmeisters went to work, so we have just been told that the JFK will be the museum ship for Rhode Island.