Eight wool panels on a field in South Brooklyn, and the shape that has barely changed in 150 years.
The story starts with the earliest ballplayers and the long-billed wool caps that set a silhouette we still recognize today. A look at how a working piece of athletic gear became a fixed part of the American wardrobe.
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