Vintage replica baseball caps

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Gary one of my favorite memories of my 1989 trip to Cooperstown was being fitted for a 1908 St. Louis Browns cap at Cooperstown Cap Co.. I still have those neat little card sets they used to send out promoting their caps.

When my cap arrived about six weeks later I pulled out the T205 Collins I purchased next door to them and sat out on the patio reliving the trip in my mind! Great memories.

[accidental]

An obvious name to add is Ebbets Field Flannels (www.ebbets.com), they make some outstanding hats and jerseys and all of them are made in the U.S.

Unfortunately, they don't have a license for MLB teams. They did however produce some of the best MLB replica hats for Mitchell & Ness, which are now highly sought after.

American Needle in my opinion are some of the worst replicas out there (they are made in Bangladesh as well) and lack any detail a true vintage replica cap should have.

The sad fact is, that at the current moment there are no high quality MLB replica hats available. The last company that produced a well made replica hat was Roman Pro, but they are long gone.

[icollectDCsports]

I found purchasing American Needle caps online to be frustrating because their sizing is very inconsistent.

I liked Roman Pro replica caps but it always bothered me that their Senators '68 - '71 replica cap had a black outline (instead of the correct blue color) around the white, curly W.