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Thread ID: 149765 2021-04-25 23:55:00 Why do they wear American baseball caps at cricket? Roscoe (6288) PC World Chat
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1476746 2021-04-26 08:54:00 You could say the same for Yankee lovers like Zippity.:waughh:

Right, that's it. Next person to mock um.........
the_bogan (9949)
1476747 2021-04-26 09:17:00 But let's get it right here; I'm not so much a Yankee hater as a Kiwi lover.

We have our own version of English in NZ, we have our own accent (which on my trips to Yankee land I have been told that they love) and we have our own version of spelling, all of which is unique to this country and I see no reason to copy the Yanks, and why would you want to when we have what is an almost perfect place to live in our very Kiwi way?

But this is getting right off the topic which only one person, the bogan, has answered. Perhaps we could get back to the question; Why do they wear American baseball caps at cricket?
Roscoe (6288)
1476748 2021-04-26 09:49:00 But let's get it right here; I'm not so much a Yankee hater as a Kiwi lover.

We have our own version of English in NZ, we have our own accent (which on my trips to Yankee land I have been told that they love) and we have our own version of spelling, all of which is unique to this country and I see no reason to copy the Yanks, and why would you want to when we have what is an almost perfect place to live in our very Kiwi way?

But this is getting right off the topic which only one person, the bogan, has answered. Perhaps we could get back to the question; Why do they wear American baseball caps at cricket?


Are they American baseball caps though. We don't want to get accused of cultural appropriation after all. But seriously, I'm too lazy to look up where that cap style originated. As a youngster, I had American football caps like that, Aussie league caps. Roadster branded caps.
the_bogan (9949)
1476749 2021-04-26 11:08:00 Are they American baseball caps though. We don't want to get accused of cultural appropriation after all. But seriously, I'm too lazy to look up where that cap style originated. As a youngster, I had American football caps like that, Aussie league caps. Roadster branded caps.

Well I called them American baseball caps because I have seen the American baseball players wearing them in old black and white newsreel films in the cinema in the 50s, many years before they became popular here, although I could not say for certain that is where they originated - I just assumed from what I had seen.

But you had me wondering, so I looked it up and this is what I found: www.google.co.nz ICCEQFhAdEB4yCAghEBYQHRAeMggIIRAWEB0QHjIICCEQFhAdE B4yCAghEBYQHRAeMggIIRAWEB0QHjIICCEQFhAdEB4yCAghEBY QHRAeOgIIADoICC4QxwEQowI6AgguOggILhDHARCvAToLCC4Qx wEQrwEQkwI6BggAEBYQHlDHF1j44QFghfMBaABwAHgAgAGVAog BszOSAQcwLjEwLjIxmAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpeg&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwiN-ueY1pvwAhWy4jgGHSo5BV4Q4dUDCAk&uact=5

So that seems to be fairly conclusive, don't you think?
Roscoe (6288)
1476750 2021-04-26 20:03:00 But let's get it right here; I'm not so much a Yankee hater as a Kiwi lover.

We have our own version of English in NZ, we have our own accent (which on my trips to Yankee land I have been told that they love) and we have our own version of spelling, all of which is unique to this country and I see no reason to copy the Yanks, and why would you want to when we have what is an almost perfect place to live in our very Kiwi way?

But this is getting right off the topic which only one person, the bogan, has answered. Perhaps we could get back to the question; Why do they wear American baseball caps at cricket?

Dare you to ask the Australian Cricket Team why they are wearing American Baseball Caps. ;)
B.M. (505)
1476751 2021-04-26 20:20:00 The so called base ball cap is a comfortable and practical option for anyone working or spending a lot of time outdoors. Especially if you need to wear earmuffs but don't have the hard hat version with them built in. I don't know why cricketers are using them and I don't care maybe just for the same reasons I have mentioned above. Their must be something that you can find to worry about that is a lot more important to the world for you to spend time on Roscoe. CliveM (6007)
1476752 2021-04-26 21:19:00 Probably one of the reasons could be that they stay on when the are running? Floppy hats tend to disappear fairly quickly.

Ken ;)
kenj (9738)
1476753 2021-04-26 22:06:00 Their must be something that you can find to worry about that is a lot more important to the world for you to spend time on Roscoe .

If you think so, Clive . Then why don't you start a discussion on a topic "that is a lot more important to the world . . . "? I'm certain that you should be able to come up with something much more interesting for everyone to discuss . Let's see what you have to say . :)
Roscoe (6288)
1476754 2021-04-26 22:51:00 Roscoe's weekly anti American rant. paulw (1826)
1476755 2021-04-26 23:04:00 To me the length of the visor looks out of proportion to the rest of the hat, and the way that it's curved annoys me as well.

Definitely of American origin, I think they became really noticeable and annoyingly prevalent as a fashion item or street-ware in the middle 80's.

All that twisting the caps orientation on the head either side and worst of all 180 degrees round the back is particularly irking.
zqwerty (97)
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