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Article: HIGH-TECH HATS Major League Baseball has flipped its lid with sweat-free, space- age, high-tech caps; so long grungy salt rings, old-time charm of wool caps
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- Dayton Daily News
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- July 24, 2007
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Cooler heads have prevailed in Major League Baseball this summer.
Players are donning a different look, a new stain-resistant polyester
fabric model. It's the first major overhaul of the baseball cap since
1954.
The new-age cap is designed to make players as cool as possible in
July and August and to keep sweat off the eyes.
Gone will be those stinky, grungy, crusty white salt rings. No
longer will sweat stream down a player's face. The new model reduces
stains, odor, shrinkage and fading.
New Era Cap Co. of Buffalo N.Y., had a two-year off-field testing
period prior to this season.
"The polyester fabric is designed to channel moisture away from
the skin (wick) and move it into the ...