Minor league baseball mascots are baseball's hidden gem. Here are the sweetest caps on the market.
Sick of rocking the same hat as everyone else in your town? Go back to the minors. Minor league baseball teams have some of the coolest mascots you’ll ever see (chupacabra, anyone?) and the most creative logos out there. Here are some of our favorites.
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When else are you going to get to wear a banana on your head? The Savannah Banana’s official game hat is beautiful in its simplicity. Plus, it’s a banana swinging a baseball bat. What more can you ask for?
Everyone: You can’t capture the essence of the south in a team name. The Florence Y’alls: Hold my beer.
When your mascot is a sasquatch, you really can’t go wrong. The Eugene Emeralds nailed it with this bigfoot chowing down on an evergreen tree for the team’s on-the-road hats.
The Richmond Flying Squirrels’ mascot is not only adorable, but it also looks great on the team’s home cap. Look at that bad boy flying majestically through the air.
You’d think there would be more knights in professional sports, because the classic knight imagery on the Charlotte Knights at-home cap is as heroic as the team’s mascot.
If you could go back in time, wouldn’t you want to party with George Washington? Now you can (in a way) with this Harrisburg Senators cap showing #1 celebrating the team’s MiLB World Series win, complete with goggles and champagne.
Bats seem like a no-brainer mascot for a baseball team. The Louisville Bats take the concept to new heights with the team’s home game caps, with the Aztec-inspired stylized gold bat on the front panel.
Are chupacabras real? They’re real cool. Just look at the home cap for the Round Rock Chupacabras. This hat is a great argument for adding more mythical creatures to the mascot roster.
As far as mascots go, it doesn’t get much better than a fightin’ narwhal. Just take a look a this home cap from the Norwich Sea Unicorns. Not only does the team have an awesome name, but a harpoon-wielding unicorn graces it’s players foreheads during home games.
Love baseball AND beer? The Hillsboro Hops have you covered with an angry hop on the team’s home caps.
Here’s one you’ll never see anywhere else: The Sugar Land Space Cowboys. With a star-studded robot cowboy on the team’s tie-dye cap, you won’t just be wearing a hat, you’ll be wearing a conversation starter. Better memorize some stats.
Montgomery Buscuits: The name alone gets the mouth watering. Add a butter-stuffed biscuit peeking out from behind the logo on the team’s home cap, and you’ve got a heck of a baseball cap.