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Chapter 8 · A book in progress by Dan Sfera

The Permission Slip

The 1996 World Series phone call that put a red Yankees cap on Spike Lee and changed the rules.


When a non-standard red Yankees fitted appeared courtside in 1996, it opened the door to the custom-colorway world we live in now. A chapter on the single moment that gave everyone permission.

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