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By Kadeem Roper on Aug 03, 2023 12:01 am
Baseball is many things. It’s America’s pastime. It’s an excuse to sit outside on a warm day and chug beers and down hotdogs in the middle of the afternoon (which on its own has a solid case for being America’s real pastime). It’s also a sartorial goldmine that has influenced fashion in a number of ways that many may not have ever even realized.
One of my most formative forays into baseball fashion came after watching the 2001 movie Hardball and its accompanying music video which featured a bunch of my favorite rappers (I was the #1 Bow Wow fan back in the day, not gonna lie) decked out in sick gloves, eye black, and the coolest over-sized, unbuttoned jerseys that caught 8-year-old me ♫by surpriseee♫. From the jerseys to the hats to the jackets, baseball’s enduring sartorial legacy goes far and wide, and we thought it was time we delved a bit deeper into that side of the fashion ballpark.
Back to the Beginning
1860 political cartoon featuring Abe Lincoln image via BaseballHallHall.org
The roots of baseball trace back to ancient times, with some historians suggesting that it may have been derived from ancient Egyptian or Greek ball games. However, the sport’s true lineage can be traced to England in the 18th century. Various ball games like “rounders” and “stoolball” laid the foundation for what would eventually become baseball. These early versions of the game involved hitting a ball with a stick and running around bases.
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