Best Uniform

[UAalum72]

And to think of all the time I spent growing up taking flat caps and wrapping a rubber band around a baseball to get the proper curve in the brim.

[Eli]

And to think of all the time I spent growing up taking flat caps and wrapping a rubber band around a baseball to get the proper curve in the brim.

 

I have curved my flat bill slightly, but not as much as that lol.

 

Times and styles change

[madDOG]

And to think of all the time I spent growing up taking flat caps and wrapping a rubber band around a baseball to get the proper curve in the brim.

 

so true. breaking-in a hat and getting the right curve is an art form. kids these days

[alum73]

Oldtimers, we prefer curved bills and we prefer our pants up.

[uofalbany]

[Clickclack]

Oldtimers, we prefer curved bills and we prefer our pants up.

 

Evolution...

 

[Eli]

Not everyone who wares a flat bill cap without curving it to the point that it's a U is a ghetto thug who wears his pants by his knees lol.

[uofalbany]

But they all look like the guy whose photo I posted

[Phoenix]

Not everyone who wares a flat bill cap without curving it to the point that it's a U is a ghetto thug who wears his pants by his knees lol.

 

Says the guy who suggested any young person who wears a non-flat bill hat must have grown up on a farm.

 

While I'd love to see better products in the bookstore..I'm glad there are new and unique UAlbany items in stores in the mall and other non-campus places. Helps encourage those who aren't students, alums and staff to be fans.

[Michigan_Dane]

I like the New York State outline. Maybe because I live out of state.

 

Also two of my previous home states had an 'Albany', which is Georgia and California. It cuts the confusion.

[Eli]

But they all look like the guy whose photo I posted

 

I have all my teeth. See?

 

 

Not everyone who wares a flat bill cap without curving it to the point that it's a U is a ghetto thug who wears his pants by his knees lol.

 

Says the guy who suggested any young person who wears a non-flat bill hat must have grown up on a farm.

 

While I'd love to see better products in the bookstore..I'm glad there are new and unique UAlbany items in stores in the mall and other non-campus places. Helps encourage those who aren't students, alums and staff to be fans.

 

 

That was more of a tongue in cheek type comment...meaning anyone outside of the urban centers or possibly even suburbia and you know it's true (only talking about the young population meaning under 30 or maybe 25). Go into Albany High and see if you'll find a kid like that (wearing a hat that has the brim bent so far it might as well be a circle). Now, go into Cobleskill High and see if you can find a kid with a flat brim...more than likely the percentages will be 9 out of 10 one way or the other depending on which locale you visit.

Personally I wouldn't look down upon ones fashion sense based on what hat they wear...but that's just me. Different strokes for different folks. Unless it's a Patriots hat. Then I want to punch you in the face.....jk (or am I?).

I'm just saying that the majority of todays youth does not wear hats the 'old' way...there is nothing wrong with that. But in order to reach those fans, in terms of selling gear and stuff to make $$$, you need the hats to be more fashionable and NOTHING on the bookstore website says fashion.

Edited October 13, 2015 by Ilko

[Clickclack]

you guys will argue over anything...lol...I think I may be getting to old, I don't know.

[UAalum72]

At least I see Fernando Rodney (Cubs) has moved his hat to almost straight instead of 45-degrees off-center like he used to with the Rays.

[UA_MA_2000]

Those flat bill hats are surely a passing fad. Reminds me of those squared boxy dress shoes that littered the shoe stores for several years (a fad that seems to be in its twilight).