Limiting the design to the visor was a good call the cap would have looked ridiculous if the entire thing was a gridwork. The On Spotz Original 5-Panel Checker Black 9FIFTY is probably one of my favorites here – it's like they looked at Sonic the Hedgehog's 'Green Hill Zone' and said 'let's make a cap out of that.' Against all odds, the end result is something that looks pretty alright. If you're looking for eccentricity, but still want something grounded in the realm of decency, then a visor print is probably more in your ballpark. On Spotz Original Sakura 2014 Navy 59FIFTY ( from On Spotz ).On Spotz Original 5-Panel Checker Black 9FIFTY ( from On Spotz ).Unclear how Animal Fur Yellow Leopard 59FIFTY made its way into this post, but look at how ridiculous that thing is! Of all the various animal print Yankees caps – and there were many, many more than you might initially guess – this one was the best. Paisley's in the midst of something resembling a resurgence, so it makes sense they'd run with this now, and sure, the cap sort of ends up looking like chalk drawings on pavement, but this cap will give any plain outfit some character (probably best comboed with a plain black t-shirt or something similar). This is kind of lame, but otherwise this is a fairly hip deployment of the paisley print. You might not be able to make it out in that small render, but unfortunately New Era has seen fit to print the words 'New Era' along the lines throughout the pattern. I'm also quite fond of the Paisley Neyyan Purple 59FIFTY. Those six would have you go incognito as a survivalist in the woods Tropical allows you to go incognito on some island paradise. 59FIFTY Tropical ニューヨーク・ヤンキース　トロピカル × ホワイト presents a sane alternative to the unrestrained hellscape that was the six – count 'em, six – camouflage-themed caps we witnessed in Monday's forty bad caps piece. New Era are acutely aware of the fact that you've been looking to cover your skull in a quilt, so they've helpfully provided you the On Spotz Original Patchwork Blue 59FIFTY, a thing that has about a 67% chance of looking legitimately alright in real life. The same goes for the other four of these print/patterned caps. It is deliciously eccentric in a way that is totally tolerable, and that's a very, very tough balance to strike, so they've done well here. There is something rad about wearing a cap upon which is printed an idyllic 1940s-style Hawaiian paradise scene. The assertion in the previous paragraph is one that I stand by still: 59FIFTY Hawaiian ニューヨーク・ヤンキース　ブラックハワイアン × スノーホワイト constitutes one of the best Yankees caps. Animal Fur Yellow Leopard 59FIFTY ( from On Spotz ).On Spotz Original Patchwork Blue 59FIFTY ( from On Spotz ).Paisley Neyyan Purple 59FIFTY ( from ).Sadly, I don't believe this works on mobile devices. If you hover your mouse over any text that has a dotted line over it, a little bubble will pop up with a relevant caption (try this on the above). ¡Important note! I've used Google Translate, which I hear is 100% accurate, to provide translations of the Japanese cap names. 59FIFTY Hawaiian ニューヨーク・ヤンキース　ブラックハワイアン × スノーホワイト, like the other caps in this piece, constitutes one of the best Yankees caps. We begin, in that fashion, with the aforementioned cap known as 59FIFTY Hawaiian ニューヨーク・ヤンキース　ブラックハワイアン × スノーホワイト, available only in Japan, upon which is printed imagery of pineapples, and shirtless men drumming on the beach, among other things. This is a staunchly serious examination of the best Yankees-branded caps New Era produces. If you are likely to cringe at the Yankees logo adorning a print of iconic scenes from Hawaii (which you may have already seen, or will see if you scroll down a touch), then I suspect I've already done you wrong! I like crazy prints and off-brand color mashups. This is not that kind of list, simply because I am not much of a traditionalist.

I should warn you: this list does not end with the regular on-field cap at #1. Some respite, now, perhaps, because I've assembled a list of my favorite thirty New Era Yankees caps available in 2015 (and one that's not available, just for old times' sake). Perhaps they just know their demographic well. It was a grueling experience which involved confusing color combinations and bad deployment of logos, and also included our struggle to understand the cap manufacturer's curious affinity for camouflage patterns. If you survived Monday's bevy of crimes against clothing, where we surveyed a range of forty bad Yankees-branded caps produced by New Era, then my congratulations to you.

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