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Article: Baseball Caps: An Unscientific Anthropological Study.
- Article from:
- The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO)
- Article date:
- April 8, 2003
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Byline: Rachel Sauer
ABSTRACT:
Once seen only on baseball players and boys nicknamed Beaver, baseball caps have ballooned in popularity.
For a variety of reasons _ such as making a fashion statement or keeping ultraviolet rays off vulnerable noses _ the number of American heads on which baseball caps now perch has grown tremendously in the past 20 years.
Whether worn for form or function, baseball caps are so prevalent that they've become almost invisible, an accepted part of the American outfit.
INTRODUCTION:
It's springtime. Baseball season is underway. Sunshine and blue skies are luring people outside. Baseball ...