A baseball hat is made of triangular panels of fabric sewn together to form a dome. At the top, like an architectural keystone, is a small button; the visor, which is cantilevered off the base of the hat, resembles a duck’s bill, and above the visor there is often a sewn or imprinted logo, sometimes the image of an animal, frequently a small bird or large cat. Invented in the 1840s, the hat was meant to shade the eyes of men looking up at baseballs hit into bright skies. 180 years later, baseball hats are also worn by by football players after their helmets come off, basketball players after their games, or by musicians, mechanics, landscapers, bartenders, cops, tailors, accountants, chefs, illustrators, drug dealers, governors, CEOs, bankers, and manicurists.
