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Daily Geek-Out: World Series Jays

May 19, 2013 – 1:20 pm |

By Tom Jackson
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Second Geek-Out of the day: The Jays’ World Series-era cap!
As you can probably tell, this is one the caps I’ve worn — a lot!…

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Daily Geek-Out: 1989 Road Jays

May 19, 2013 – 1:21 pm |

By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek

My weekends have been busy! I missed last Sunday’s Geek-Out, didn’t get a chance to post yesterday. To make up for that, I’ll post two today!

And, yes, more of the May Jays Days.

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Now with WHITE-thread embroidery!

My first one for the day: The 1989 road jays cap. Like the original Jays game cap, this one is all poly — no wool — and features the  gloriously complex (almost to he point of convoluted) bird profile with tiny maple leaf inside the baseball. It was also worn before MLB put the “batter-man” logo on the back. Differences are obvious: The entire crown is royal blue instead of the original  white front.

And as a result, this logo needed a bunch more thread to be complete.

Since so much of that original Jays logo involves white — large portions of the bird’s face, as well as the whole baseball — which had been filled with the white panel. But this cap, having a blue cap, had to fill in all those spaces with white embroidery thread. And since the Jays would soon make this particular style their full-time cap, home and road, the non-embroidered white parts became a thing of the past with the 1989 home caps. (The white-front-paneled caps supposedly stuck around through 1993 — the year the Jays won their second straight World Series — I seem to recall them going full-blue pretty much from 1990 on.)

Nothing on the back!

Nothing on the back!

I bought this cap at 0ne of the baseball apparel shops outside Wrigley Field back in 1989. I was working for a Chicago-area ad agency and was there in early spring — before the season started — supervising a photo shoot for a client, which had created the doors and frames for what were then the brand new luxury boxes. I had arrived at Wrigley without a cap, but believed I would need one to shield my bald head from the early springtime sun.

At least, that was my excuse for heading into the shop and buying the nifty new cap.

Turned out the skies were mostly cloudy, which actually helped create a balanced exposure for our photos, as we had both indoor and outdoor subject matter in each shot.

Turned out to be a highly successful shoot, pleased the clients, and left me with another valued addition to my growing cap collection.

Next Geek-Out: The World Series-era cap!

Heartland one game away from Enid

May 18, 2013 – 11:34 pm |
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by CornbeltBaseball.com staff
The Heartland Hawks picked the right time to break out of their recent offensive drought, pounding out 12 hits for the second straight day on their way…

IHSA Tournament Tracker

May 18, 2013 – 11:06 pm |

Follow the progress of the local high school teams in the Illinois High School Association baseball tournament. All four classes are being represented by area teams in games being played…

CornBelters win second straight to open season

May 18, 2013 – 10:56 pm |

Evansville, IN – The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, used two big early innings to defeat the Evansville Otters 8-3 on Saturday night at Bosse Field. The CornBelters…

‘Belters win opener over Evansville

May 18, 2013 – 6:23 am |

EVANSVILLE – The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, won the opening game of their fourth season with a 6-4 win over the Evansville Otters on Friday night at…

Wesleyan’s season ends in Terre Haute regional | IWUsports.com

May 17, 2013 – 8:57 pm |

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Despite banging out 13 hits, the Illinois Wesleyan baseball team was eliminated from the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional with a 10-6 loss to Thomas More…

Redbirds clinch share of MVC title | GoRedbirds.com

May 17, 2013 – 8:50 pm |

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Sophomore right-hander Dan Savas worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning, firing his fourth complete game of the season, as Illinois State (35-18, 15-5…

Today’s Geek-Out: Post-Clemens “Muscle Jays”

May 17, 2013 – 10:39 am |

By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek
Funny thing about today’s featured May Jay’s Days cap: When I see it, I think of a juiced-up Roger Clemens, who won a pair of…

Cornball: Diamond Chatter with Tom and Jack, episode 78 (audio)

May 16, 2013 – 10:57 pm |

Dan Blewett and the Warbird Training Academy
Tom and Jack sit down with former Normal CornBelter and owner of the Warbird Training Academy, Dan Blewett. Dan is about 10 months…

Razo fires complete game in win over SIU | GoRedbirds.com

May 16, 2013 – 8:42 pm |

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Senior right-hander Chris Razo fired his fifth complete game this season, four of which have come in Valley games, as Illinois State (34-18, 14-5 MVC) defeated Southern…

Daily Geek-Out: “Gray Jays” BP cap

May 16, 2013 – 4:21 pm |

By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek
Throwback Thursday probably deserves a better cap than this, but I really wanted to show this one off. It’s the BP cap the Toronto Blue…

Titans win to stay alive in regional play | IWUsports.com

May 16, 2013 – 2:44 pm |

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Junior Bobby Czarnowski had a home run and drove home three runs and senior lefthander Nick Mehn tossed a complete game nine-hitter to give the Illinois…

Daily Geek-Out: Original Jays game cap

May 15, 2013 – 4:37 pm |

By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek
Started May’s Jays Days yesterday with the current on-field cap. Next: The first cap the Blue Jays wore in their existence.
Might look pretty familiar:…

Heartland Baseball Update: Week of May 6, 2013 (podcast)

May 14, 2013 – 10:37 pm |

Sorry for the delay, Hawk fans. Production issues and an emergency trip out of state delayed post-production for almost a week. So enjoy this episode that was recorded right before…

Daily Geek-Out: Today’s Blue Jay way!

May 14, 2013 – 4:54 pm |

By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek
It’s still May, and there’s a team out there with a name that rhymes with it! We’re onto the MAY DAYS of BLUE JAYS!
To…

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