Universal Article Archives
Universal Article Archives
Reintroducing the original Universal Article blog from 2006-2011.
Rock N Jocks LBJMVP 15% Sale from April 16th - 21st
Rock N Jocks will offer 15% off all New Era fitted caps starting tomorrow, the 16th, through the 21st. Here is a shot to snatch up some sleepers such as the 96' TB Devil Rays black/purple cap, two tone aqua SA Spurs, and the B'More Orioles royal blue face fitteds, just to name a few. Enter promo code LBJMVP at checkout and save a little something!
Early April Custom Color NHL MLB and NBA 59Fiftys @ ECAPCITY
ECAPCITY just dropped these custom color 59Fiftys this past week in various leagues, teams, and sneaker hook colorways. In the NHL fitted category, the Edmonton Oilers get tricked out in stone, brown, olive and bright red embroidery, on a white two tone with brown visor. The Philadelphia Flyers are the latest to get a hook to the Nike Air Jordan Spizikes in deep purple, white, and patina green. The Detroit Redwings get a gray, red, black and white colorway, while the Tampa Bay Lightning go with white, black, red and silver embroidery on a white and black two tone fitted. 
Edmonton Oilers New Era Hat
Philadelphia Flyers Fitted Hat
Detroit Redwings Fitted Hat
Tampa Bay Lightning New Era Hat
In the MLB fitted category, ECAPCITY is featuring a metallic gold embroidered, red and blue Houston Astros 59Fifty which hooks to the Quagmire Nike SB Dunk High. The Toronto Blue Jays get a gucci inspired black on green colorway, while the Montreal Expos' famous Cooperstown Collection logo gets tricked out in shades of gray. Lastly, the Oakland Athletics go basic with aqua blue embroidery on a black crown and visor. 
Houston Astros New Era Hat
Toronto Bluejays New Era Hat
Montreal Expos New Era Hat
Oakland A's New Era hat
Finishing the round off with NBA custom fitteds, the Phoenix Suns are featured in a black, white, teal, and red colorway, while the San Antonio Spurs get a graphite, metallic silver, and orange release. Visit ecapcity.com for more info on these exclusive custom color 59Fiftys by New Era. 
Phoenix Suns New Era Hat
San Antonio Spurs New Era Hat
New Era "Hall Of Fame" Cooperstown Collection Fitted Caps @ Onspotz.com
ONSPOTZ.com has just received new, Cooperstown Collection fitteds from New Era. Each cap is a tribute to baseball hall of famers of the game. The first run starts off with Carlton Fisk in Chicago 72, The Wizard Ozzie Smith in St.Louis power blue, Tony Gwynn (not shown), and Milwaukee lifer Robin Yount. Each cap features jersey wordmarks, name / number backs, player signature embroidered on the undervisors, and a special patch commemorating their active years. These crisp wool fitted are made on New Era's 59Fifty model. Now available at Onspotz.com. 
Custom 59Fiftys dropping in April @ ECAPCITY
ECAPCITY has a new batch of 59Fifty customs for the first week of April in a variety of leagues and colorways. New Jersey is first up this time around with a New Jersey Devils two tone colorway in white, aqua blue, and hot pink on gray and aqua. Rutgers University also shows up for spring with a school color 59Fifty featuring their ligature in black embroidery on a red crown and visor. 
New Jersey Devils Fitted hat
Rutgers University New Era Fitted hat
Chicago is next with an NHL Chicago Blackhawks fitted in purple with team color embroidery, as well as this Chicago White Sox two tone custom in red, green, and yellow, on black and red. 
Chicago Blackhawks Fitted hat
Chicago White Sox New Era hat
Just in time for baseball season, the Minor League's Clearwater, Florida Threshers get a green metallic, white, and black embroidered logo on a gray and green two tone, while the MLB Pittsburg Pirates get a lime, deep orange, and black custom colorway. 
Clearwater Threshers Fitted hat
Pittsburgh Pirates New Era hat
More Minor League colorways in the form of New Jersey's Trenton Thunder in electric blue, navy and yellow on a charcoal gray crown and navy visor, as well as this Las Vegas Area 51s in deep purple and lime for all the aliens out there. 
Trenton Thunder New Era hat
Las Vegas Area 51s New Era hat
Last of the bunch is an NHL Vancouver Canucks two tone custom colorway in black, white, deep purple, and gray embroidery on teal and black, and this ABA Memphis Pros custom fitted in red, white, and blue on a white crown and blue visor. 
Vancouver Canucks New Era hat
Memphis Pros New Era hat
Visit ecapcity.com for more information on these and other custom colorways.
Inside Label: 1979 Willie Stargell Pill Box Fitted Cap
The Sister Sledge song, “We Are Family” was adopted by the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates, who rode the beat all the way to a World Series title. The family oriented group fondly nicknamed their captain, Willie Stargell, Pops.
Stargell, who was named World Series MVP as well as co-NL MVP, was the glue that kept the team together. He would hand out embroidered gold stars to his teammates for contributing to the team in clutch situations. The players wore the stars on the crown of their pill box caps. Stargell was the leader and his teammates held the utmost respect for him. The Pirates defeated the Orioles in the seventh and decisive game with a Stargell sixth inning homerun proving to be the difference.
This pill box style Pirates cap was worn by Willie Stargell during the 1979 season. Stargell personalized his hat by writing his number in roman numerals under the brim. The under brim is the color gray, a practice first adopted by the Cincinnati Reds after the Navy released a report that the color gray triggers an attentive and alert sense. The inside is laced in mesh with a cotton band. The crown of the cap in wrapped with three layers of gold soutache with the Pirates P embroidered directly on the front. The gold embroidered stars are applied to the hat with the use of thick glue.
Willie Stargell spent his entire career in Pittsburgh and was inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988. 
End of March Custom Color Two Tone Fitteds @ ECAPCITY
ECAPCITY ends the month of March with a nice selection of custom color New Era 59Fiftys in MLB and NHL flavors. This time around, the California Angels get a red, black, and white colorway, while the Arizona Diamondbacks get a grape, teal and copper on white crown and grape visor. 
California Angels New Era Fitted Hat
Arizona Diamondbacks New Era Fitted
The San Diego Padres are next up with a two tone fitted in red and white embroidery on a black crown and red visor. Even with the next NFL season still aways off, this MLB Houston Astros custom colorway revisits swapping colors with the Dallas Cowboys in navy and silver. 
San Diego Padres New Era Fitted Hat
Houston Astros New Era Fitted Hat
The one NHL offering of the batch finds the Minnesota Wild in their NBA counterparts colors of Timberwolves royal blue, green, and white, while the Seattle Mariners get another sneaker hook to the Air Griffey Max 1's in aqua on black. 
Minnesota Wild New Era Fitted Hat
Seattle Mariners New Era Fitted Hat
Last but not least, the Cleveland Indians get a grey and maroon colorway, while the Florida Marlins go in with a baby blue on red two tone with matching embroidery. 
Cleveland Indians New Era Fitted Hat
Florida Marlins New Era Fitted Hat