Mad O's Custom Fitted Cap ( Wool Blk )

Still pissed year after year. Angelos, please let the birds go!

Logo hand screened and sewn felt

Brat Line Custom Fitted Cap

Toronto Maple Leafs (late 1970s)—line of Dave "Tiger" Williams, Jack Valiquette, and Pat Boutette was called the Brat Line.

Logo is hand screened and sewn felt

Orlando Gulls Custom Fitted Cap

The Orlando Gulls played in the Florida State League 1937.

Logo is hand cut and sewn felt

New York Eagles Custom Fitted Cap

The New York Eagles were a professional soccer franchise that played in the American Soccer League from 1978 to 1981, with a one-year hiatus in 1980. The franchise played its first season in , then moved to Albany, New York for the 1979 and 1981 seasons, playing at Albany's Bleecker Stadium.

The Eagles' top scorer, Vogislav "Billy" Bolevic, led the ASL in scoring in both 1981. The Eagles sat out the 1980 season due to financial constraints. The franchise made the playoffs in both the 1979 and 1981 seasons, but did not advance past the first game in either playoff appearance.

Logo vintage felt jersey letters, back patch hand screened and sewn felt.

Pittsburg Pirates Custom Fitted

The postwar Pirates would have only one winning season until 1958, Danny Murtaugh's first full season as their manager. Murtaugh is widely credited for inventing the concept of the closer by frequently playing pitcher Elroy Face late in close games. The 1960 team featured eight All-Stars, but was widely predicted to lose the World Series to a powerful New York Yankees team. In one of the most memorable World Series in history, the Pirates were defeated by ten or more runs in three games, won three close games, then recovered from a 7–4 deficit late in Game 7 to eventually win on a walk-off home run by Mazeroski, a second baseman better known for defensive wizardry. (The 1960 Pirates were the only team between 1945 and 2001 to have not succumbed to the so-called "Ex-Cubs Factor" in the postseason. They were also unique for winning a World Series on a home run, a feat duplicated by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1993, though it should be noted that Joe Carter's home run came in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series--Mazeroski's is the only Game 7 walk-off in World Series history.)

The 1960s would continue with extremely solid defensive play by Mazeroski and the first Puerto Rican superstar, Roberto Clemente. Clemente was regarded as one of the game's best all-time hitters, and possessed a tremendous arm in right field. Although not the first black-Hispanic baseball player (an honor belonging to Minnie Miñoso), Clemente's charisma and leadership in humanitarian causes made him an icon across the continent. During his playing career, Clemente was often overlooked. Looking back, however, many consider Clemente to have been one of the greatest right fielders in baseball history.

Even with Clemente, however, the Pirates struggled to post winning marks from 1961–64, and Murtaugh was replaced by Harry Walker in 1965. With Walker, a renowned batting coach, at the helm—and the hitting of Clemente, Matty Alou, Manny Mota and others—the Pirates fielded contending, 90-plus win teams in both 1965 and 1966. However, Pittsburgh had no answer for the pitching of the Dodgers and the Giants, and finished third each season. In 1967, they fell back to .500, and did not contend through the rest of the 1960s.

Logo is vintage 1960's patch made for kids baseball team jacket

Yomiuri Giants Custom Fitted

The Yomiuri Giants (読売ジャイアンツ, Yomiuri Jaiantsu?) are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League of Japan's top-tier major league, Nippon Professional Baseball, and they play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The team is sometimes called the "Tokyo Giants" in the English-language press, but like the Hanshin Tigers and Orix Buffaloes, the team is officially known by the name of its corporate owner. The team's owner is the Yomiuri Group, a media conglomerate which includes two newspapers and a television network. The Yomiuri Giants are regarded as "The New York Yankees of Japan" due to their wide-spread popularity, past dominance of the league, and polarizing effect on fans (baseball fans who feel ambivalent about other than their local team often have an intense dislike for the Giants; on the other hand, the Giants have a large fan base even in areas with a local team).

The Giants are the oldest team among the current Japanese professional teams. Lefty O'Doul, a former Major League Baseball player, named the team "Tokyo Giants". Yomiuri Giants name and uniforms were based on the New York (now San Francisco) Giants. The teams colors (orange and black) are the same colors worn by the National League's Giants, both in New York and San Francisco. The stylized lettering on the team's jerseys and caps is similar to the fancy lettering used by the Giants when they played in New York in the 1930s, although during the 1970s the Giants modernized their lettering to follow the style worn by the American Giants. The Giants' main rivalry is with the Hanshin Tigers, a team especially popular in the Kansai region.

The Giants are also unsurprisingly the richest club in the league after winning the championship continuously for the past years. They won nine Japanese Baseball League titles before the establishment of the two league system in 1950. Starting in 1965, the Giants won nine consecutive Central League pennants and Japan Series titles, in large part because of the hitting of Shigeo Nagashima and Sadaharu Oh. The Yomiuri Giants have won more pennants and Japan Series titles than any other team in the NPB. In 2008 season, they also managed to achieve a biggest comeback victory in Central League history, by recovering a 13-game defecit to Hanshin Tigers to the place of Central League Champion.

The team is often referred by fans and in news headlines and tables simply as Kyojin (巨人), Japanese for "Giants", instead of the usual corporate owner's name or the English nickname.

Logo "G" is taken from the 1st team flag

Logo is hand screened and cut felt

LA Custom Fitted

LA custom fitted based on Lakers colorway. Letters are die cut twill on felt.

1923 New York Giants Custom Fitted

The 1923 New York Baseball Giants finished the season with a NL Pennant but loss to the Yankees in the World Series 4 games to 2.

Logo is hand screened and sewn felt

Vero Beach Dodgers Custom Fitted

Another Vero Beach Dodgers fitted.

Bronx Bombers Custom Fitted

27 Championships. Nuff' said.

Hartford Whalers Custom Fitted

The Hartford Whalers were a North American professional ice hockey team based in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.. Known as the New England Whalers when they were members of the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972–79, the club played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1979–97. In 1997, the Whalers franchise was originally moved to Greensboro, NC and subsequently to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1999, where it became the Carolina Hurricanes starting with the 1997–98 NHL season. As of 2009, the Whalers are the most recent NHL team to relocate.

More Tees

I've been working on some limited run sport theme tees. They are hand screened a due to that no two are the same. Store coming soon ( no really ). I'll be posting more soon as well as a s**t load of caps.

Store Opening

Finally, I've gotten some caps on store site. I'm going to try and laod some more soon. Check'em out and buy some. I need to pay rent.

www.ajballcaps.com/store

Versus Tee Shirts

Versus Tee Shirts is an other project that I've been plugging away at. Each is hand screen and no two are alike. Most are limited to a run of ten some less. Will be posting more soon.

King of Rock ( RUN-TMC ) Tee

Black Mamba ( Kobe ) Tee

Miami Marlins Custom Fitted Cap

The 1955 Chiefs, an affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, finished only two games out of the playoffs, but drew only 85,000 fans, last in the eight-team league. In the Marlins' debut season in Miami, the club finished third and attracted 288,000 spectators, second in the IL circuit. Attendance dwindled in the years that followed, however, and by 1960 the Marlins were at the bottom of the IL, with fewer than 110,000 paying fans. The franchise moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1961, but after little more than a month of play the Marlins moved again to Charleston, West Virginia on May 19. In 1962, the franchise moved to Atlanta, Georgia. In 1966, when the Milwaukee Braves moved to Atlanta, the franchise relocated to Richmond, Virginia, where it played as the Richmond Braves for 43 seasons, through 2008. The franchise is scheduled to move to Gwinnett County, Georgia in 2009.[1] The current Syracuse Chiefs club, reformed in 1961, is actually the transplanted Montreal Royals.

Notable Marlins during the 1956-60 period were Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the great former Negro Leagues pitcher then in his 50s, three-time league all-star infielder Forrest "Woody" Smith, 1959 IL earned run average champ Artie Kay, and future big-leaguers, infielder Jerry Adair and pitcher Rudy Arias. On August 7, 1956, the largest crowd in minor league history (57‚000) came to see Miami's 50-year-old Satchel Paige beat Columbus at the Orange Bowl.

Mad O's Custom Fitted

O's Bird with gold tooth. Hand screened and sewn felt.

Vernon Tigers Custom Fitted

The Vernon Tigers were a minor league baseball team which played in the Pacific Coast League from 1909 through 1925. Vernon, California was and is a small town in Los Angeles County. The Tigers, together with the Sacramento Solons, joined the PCL as new teams in 1909 as the league expanded from four teams to six. The Tigers effectively were a second team in Los Angeles, rivals of the existing Los Angeles Angels. Why Vernon, a small town? Simply because Vernon was one of only two cities in Los Angeles County that was “wet” (i.e., where the sale and consumption of alcohol was legal)! All other incorporated cities within the county were "dry" by statute, and alcohol was illegal in the unincorporated areas of the county as well.

Vernon used its "wet" distinction to its advantage. The largest enterprise in the town at the time was Doyle's bar, advertised as the "longest bar in the world" with 37 bartenders. Doyle was also a sports promoter, building an arena where world championship boxing matches were held. Tigers owner Edward Maier built Maier Park, home field of the Tigers, next to Doyle's bar, which had its own entrance to the park.

Vero Beach Dodgers Custom Fitted

The Vero Beach Dodgers were a Florida State League minor league baseball team that existed from 1980 to 2006. Located in Vero Beach, Florida, they were affiliated with the Los Anglels Dodgers. From 2006 to 2008, they were called the Vero Beach Devil Rays. The Vero Beach teams played their home games at historic Holman Stadium at Dodgertown.

Logo is hand screened, cut and sewn felt.

Customized Digital Camo O's Cap

New Era Digital Camo O's cap Customized by Attica Jailhouse.

Len Bias Pack

Custom Fitted Cap and Hand Screened Tee

White Elephant Custom Fitted Cap

The "Athletics" name originates from the late 19th century "athletic clubs", specifically the Athletic of Philadelphia. They are most prominently nicknamed "the A's", in reference to the blackletter "A", a trademark of the team and the old Athletics of Philadelphia. This has gained very prominent use, and in some circles is used more frequently than the full "Athletics" name. They are also known as "the White Elephants" or simply "the Elephants", in reference to then New York Giants' manager John McGraw's calling the team a "white elephant". This was embraced by the team, who then made a white elephant the team's mascot, and often incorporated it into the logo or sleeve patches.

Oakland Oaks Custom Fitted Cap

The Oakland Oaks were a minor league baseball team in Oakland, California that played in the Pacific Coast League from 1903 through 1955, after which the club transferred to Vancouver, British Columbia. The team was named for the city and used the oak tree and the acorn as its symbols.

In 1916, a struggling Oaks team made history by (inadvertently) breaking the professional baseball color line, as Jimmy Claxton pitched in both ends of a double-header on May 28th, 1916. He was introduced to the team as an American Indian, but once the team discovered that his ancestry was both Native American and African, he was fired.

Fleetwood Old Fashion Pillbox Fitted Cap

First of a series of fitted pillbox caps modeled after baseball caps worn in the early years of baseball.

The series is named after Moses Fleetwood Walker who is credited with being the first Afro-American to play at the Major League level.

This model is named "The New Yorker"

Logo is hand cut and sewn felt.

Back on the East Coast

Ok, for you that check me out here, you may have noticed that I have not posted for a bit. Well that's because I'm back on the East coast now. So now that I'm done moving you must check the blog for more custom fitteds and the store will be up shortly for you that still have some loot to spend. Plus some Trunk sales in NYC planned. I also have some short run hand screened tee-shirts that I will be posting on the site as well.

Thanks to all that have offered their support. Now that I'm back home, I'll be swinging for the fence!

Venice Tigers Fitted Custom Cap

In 1913 and 1914, the Tigers played in the oceanside community of Venice, and were known as the Venice Tigers during those seasons. Not coincidentally, Venice was the only other "wet" city in Los Angeles County. On Sundays and special holidays, in which alcohol sales were not permitted, the Tigers played their home games at Washington Park, which was primarily the Angels' home field. The team did not draw well in Venice, and the Tigers moved back to Vernon in 1915.

Saginaw Krazy Kats Custom Fitted ( ALT. )

The Saginaw Krazy Kats played in the Southern Michigan League in 1911.

New York IRT Custom Fitted Cap

New York IRT, also known as IRT F.C., was an early twentieth century American soccer team sponsored by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company.

The origins of the team are unknown, but in 1916, it entered the New York State Association Football League. In 1918, it went to the fourth round of the 1918 National Challenge Cup where it fell to Paterson F.C. In 1919, New York IRT entered the National Association Football League, but withdrew after only five games.

Brooklyn Longfellows Custom Fitted Cap

The Brooklyn Longfellows played in the New York State League. They lost to the Fall River East Ends in the 1891 American Cup.

San Diego Sockers Custom Fitted

The San Diego Sockers were one of the most successful indoor soccer teams in the sport's short history. The team won ten championships in both the original Major Indoor Soccer League and the North American Soccer League.

The team began as the Baltimore Comets in 1974 but moved to San Diego as the San Diego Jaws in 1976. After a one year stay in Las Vegas as the Las Vegas Quicksilvers, the team returned as the San Diego Sockers in 1978.

The San Diego Sockers, one of the most successful indoor soccer teams in a number of national leagues, kicked off in 1974 as the Baltimore Comets. Within a year, the team packed up for a cross country move to San Diego where they were renamed the San Diego Jaws. After a few rocky seasons, the Jaws departed for Las Vegas in 1977 but moved back to San Diego in 1978, where they were finally dubbed the San Diego Sockers.

Initially, victories came slowly for the San Diego Sockers but mounted quickly. With a building fan base and budding talent pool, the San Diego Sockers won the North American Soccer League (NASL) Championships of 1982 and again in 1984. Success was far from over for the San Diego Sockers. When the NASL folded, the San Diego Sockers moved to the Major Indoor Soccer League and won eight championships: 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992. The San Diego Sockers carried their success from one league to the next. They switched to the Continental Indoor Soccer League for three more years from 1993 to 1995. However, after several ownership changes, the San Diego Sockers folded after the 1996 season.

Baltimore Blast Custom Fitted

As a kid I remember watching channel 45 after school and the Blast commercials would come on. They were loud and fast and so where the games. Good times. Here's some info.

The Baltimore Blast were a longtime member of the original MISL. From 1978/79-79/80, the team was the Houston Summit but moved prior to the 1980/81 season. The team won the league's championship in 1984. The team folded when the MISL ceased operation in the summer of 1992. The team used the Kool & The Gang classic "Celebration" after scoring goals.

Kev!!!! What up!!!!

Showtime Custom Fitted Cap

By the 1984-85 season, the Lakers' so-called "Showtime"era was in full swing. Showtime was a fast-paced style of basketball, described as a mix of "no-look passes off the fastbreak, pin-point alley-oops from halfcourt, spinning feeds and overhand bullets under the basket through triple teams.

Oh's Custom Fitted Cap

Oh!!!! Baltimore's 6-2 and in first ( AL East )

Logo is hand screened and sewn felt

Go ride a bike!!!!!!

Boston Birds Custom Fitted Cap

One of my NBA Stars Custom Fitteds. Logo is hand screened ,cut, and sewn felt.

Len Bias Custom Fitted Cap

Leonard Kevin Bias (November 18, 1963 – June 19, 1986) was an American college basketball player who suffered a fatal cardiac arrhythmia that resulted from a cocaine overdose less than 48 hours after being selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA Draft. Bias was the second player selected in the draft, after Brad Daugherty of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Wearing number 34, Bias impressed basketball fans with his amazing leaping ability, his physical stature and his ability to create plays and considered one of the most dynamic players in the nation. By his senior year, scouts from the various National Basketball Association viewed Bias as the most complete forward in the Class of 1986. Bias was favorably compared by some to Michael Jordan, even though Jordan himself was only in his second professional season with the Chicago Bulls at the time Bias was drafted by the Boston Celtics.

I've always been a big Terps fan and Bias was by far my favorite college player at that time. What a loss.

Some comps!!!!!

I've been a little busy with work and getting store together. It's just about done. I wanted to share some comps with you all since I haven't been in the studio in a minute but get ready for some butter joints!!!!! I also have a hand screened limited edition line of sport themed tees call Versus. Check for that. I'll post some pics of them soon.

For all you folks that check the blog thanks. There's a lot more on the way.

The first comp. reps the Lakers of the 80's, the second reps by beloved Baltimore Orioles ( hope we do better this year ).