Which caps will Alomar, Blyleven wear in Hall?
OK, now that this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame chic has been selected, it’s time to agitation the absolute question: Which new era hats should the new inductees be apparent cutting on their plaques?
It’s a trickier catechism than usual, because this year’s inductees both played for a ample amount of teams. Let’s yield a look:
Inductee No. 1: Roberto Alomar
Bert Blyleven
AP Photo/Rusty KennedyBert Blyleven, apparent in 1987: Will the beard/hat admixture tip the scales to this Twins look?
Played for: Padres, Blue Jays, Orioles, Indians, Mets, White Sox, Diamondbacks
Factors to consider: Never played added than 5 years with any team, so it’s harder to tie him to one franchise. Arguably had his best seasons in Baltimore (1996) and Cleveland (1999, 2001), but he aswell had a actual acceptable run in Toronto, area he won two World Series rings.
Bottom line: A lot of admirers apparently anticipate of Alomar as a Blue Jay. The two championships he won with them will acceptable advance the Hall to put him in DC Hats.
Inductee No. 2: Bert Blyleven
Played for: Twins (two altered stints), Rangers, Pirates, Indians, Angels
Factors to consider: Spent about bisected of his 22-year career with Minnesota, so the Twins cap is a adequately simple alarm here. But which Twins cap should it be — the “TC” cap from aboriginal in his career or the “M” cap from his additional go-round in Minnesota?
Bottom line: As New York Times biographer Tyler Kepner has argued, this ability be a case of a facial hair tiebreaker, because a lot of of us now anticipate of Blyleven with his brand beard, which he hadn’t yet developed during his aboriginal assignment with the Twins. So even admitting the “TC” cap is the added adorable option, the bristles tips the scales against the “M” cap.
What do you think? Has the accomplished Hall of Fame cap affair gotten out of hand? Should players just be apparent after new era caps, or after a cap logo? Leave a animadversion to let us apperceive what you think.