We’re trying to connect the fan base with the British public.’’ “And some of that it isn’t necessarily related to the narrative of the game. “There is a huge market here for MLB merchandise,’’ said John Boyd, the chief executive of Baseball Softball UK. Hopefully these Yankees-Red Sox games here will get more Europeans to not only wear the NY caps but also know who the team is, and like baseball as well. I went to Africa in the off-season and I saw a bunch of people wearing Yankees caps. “I just think it’s the New York logo, the NY. “I’ve been here a lot and I am aware of it,’’ Sabathia said. It’s a great rivalry.’’Īnd as Lee said, the Yankees caps aren’t just worn in Europe, as New York pitcher C.C. But I’ve only been in London for about 24 hours. “The first one I saw was a Red Sox cap, and then the Yankees cap. “I saw two baseball caps, one of each,’’ former Yankees manager Joe Torre said Friday. I also saw a few Washington Nationals caps but never a Seattle Mariners cap. The second most seen usually are Los Angeles Dodgers caps and then Boston and Atlanta Braves. Not that Yankees are the only baseball caps worn in Europe. There have been a variety of styles for sale in the great French outdoor markets as well. And sometimes the caps are different colors – red, blue, orange, white or camouflage. Sometimes it is much smaller and tucked into the lower left corner just above the bill. Sometimes the NY logo is larger than on a Yankees cap. Sometimes the caps are somewhat different from a real Yankees one despite the traditional NY logo.

“You don’t see football players wearing the cap while they play.’’ “Baseball is known for its caps,’’ his brother, AJ Shaw. A lot of people will go to New York and come back with a t-shirt and they won’t know what they’re wearing.’’ “The logo is fashionable more than any other team in any sport anywhere in the world,’’ Meera Shah said. Two English brothers who are actual Yankees fans at Friday’s practice agreed that many of those wearing the caps were doing so for fashion. I think it’s made its way into fashion.’’ Yankees pitcher (and former Mariner) James Paxton agreed: “I think it’s like a fashion thing for a lot of people. They don’t even know who the Yankees are or what baseball is, but they’re rocking and interlocking the NY. “Everybody in the world is wearing Yankees caps,’’ Lee said. He’s obviouslya fan, but says he has been in Europe many times and seen a lot of NY caps.

Movie director Spike Lee was at the Yankees practice Friday afternoon and wore a Yankees cap. “It represents New York and I think that’s very much it,’’ one said. Two other men told me they had no interest in baseball nor the Yankees but they still like the cap and its logo. And a lot of people in France get the cap. “I don’t support the Yankees but it is my baseball team cap,’’ one man said. Several in Paris told me they just liked the logo. An English girl, Lily Leary, at the Yankees-Red Sox practice game, was wearing a Yankees cap but said she didn’t know who they were before now. Still, as Judge said, there’s not much familiarity with baseball or the Yankees. Baseball has a little growth going on – Twins outfielder Max Kepler is from Berlin, where his parents were ballet dancers – and several countries are hoping to compete in the sport at the 2020 Olympics. The majority of wearers are not American tourists but natives of the continent. The Yankees cap is worn in Europe by many more than one might think. The SW logo is pretty recognizable and worldwide famous.’’ “I was walking near the London Eye and I ran into a couple people who had the TSA hats on and they had no idea who I was or anything about that,’’ New York outfielder Aaron Judge said. Something is happening here that the players are noticing in the city. LONDON – The Yankees and Red Sox are playing the first regular-season major league baseball games in Europe this weekend. Ex-Mariner Raul Ibanez sports the famous Yankees logo.

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