sc49erfan15 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I recently bought a lot of hats from Ebay, included was a white (navy bill) mid-90s Houston Astros hat. It has this sun design over the MLB logo on the back:Here are the only possibilities I can think of so far - it's a Spring Training hat, a Venezuelan or Dominican Summer League hat, or a hat from an Astros promotion. As you can see, the sun is teal and gold, not Astros colors.The only thing with the Venezuelan/Dominican league is I'd assume those hats would have the MiLB logo on the back, not the MLB. But who knows, I've never seen a VSL/DSL hat.Anybody seen this before and can verify what it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc49erfan15 Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 Ok, making some headway here:The sun design looks like the logo for the Grapefruit League. That pretty much seals the deal, but I can't find any other examples of the design on any other hats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrbaseball Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Similar logo for the Cactus League:And the Mothership gives us this team-specific version, and states it is from 1998: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutmasterflex Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Does that explain the origin of this then? Go A's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 No.... the sun in that A's logo has different rays, and they also used that in the regular season on their batting practice hats. POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 It has to be a hat from the Grapefruit League. They play in Kissimmee, and I'm assuming they did back then too. @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutmasterflex Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 No.... the sun in that A's logo has different rays, and they also used that in the regular season on their batting practice hats.Which also was used during spring training. Well, whatever. To me that A's logo is underrated Go A's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 No.... the sun in that A's logo has different rays, and they also used that in the regular season on their batting practice hats.Which also was used during spring training. Well, whatever. To me that A's logo is underratedThe Spring Training logos are actually compasses, with sun rays filling in the 22.5 degree diagonals. The overall idea is kinda like the Mariners' compass. The A's sun logo is just a sun. Great logo though. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRice16 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I believe that is a hat from the Arizona Fall League. Over the years, rather than spending money on jerseys and hats, players have worn uniforms and hats (sometimes both, sometimes one or the other, sometimes a variation of one or both) from the club that sent them there with accents like these added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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