Transcript: Commentary: An ode to baseball caps

STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
12-14-2005
Commentary: An ode to baseball caps

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

STEVE INSKEEP, host:

OK. You might not think that President Bush, Britney Spears and Spike Lee have very much in common, but commentator Frank Deford has been studying their choices in head gear.

FRANK DEFORD:

An ode to baseball caps. Oh, baseball cap--I know. I know. Why in the world are you talking about baseball caps at all, let alone in December, when it isn't baseball season? But, you see, that's exactly the point. Baseball caps are now bigger than baseball. Around the world, they now may well even be the most familiar American artifact passing ...

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