You know it's all about that gear.

 

I was alarmed when I saw some interview with Aaron Boone in spring training the other day—that is, more alarmed than I usually am when I see any interview with Aaron Boone—and it seemed that a fungus was eating his hat.

Turned out it was just the latest design for the annual, Yankees' "springcaps," as modeled by this puckish fellow here. 

The design? Assorted flora around...a grapefruit. Get it? Grapefruit for the grapefruit league. Those teams that train in Arizona have some sort of cactus design on their springcaps. 

Sigh.

As the wonderful Meghan Trainor might have sung, back in her more wonderfully zaftig days:

You know it's all about that gear

Bout that gear

Bout that gear

No pitching

All about the gear

No pitching—

These little dandies are selling online for a mere $55.99—quite a bargain for a baseball cap that Carmen Miranda could have embraced.  

I'm bringin' the whole team back

Go ahead an' tell them bitchin' fans that

No, I'm just playin'

C'mon an' buy my hat—

The promised fury of the fans has been sufficient—at least for now—to ward off the abomination of the "City Connects" unis (Gear that poses as a social conscience!) so far. It's pretty hilarious to see the Mets and Red Sox in that ugly crap. But somehow, their front offices seem able to assemble teams while peddling the gear.

Not so much your New York Yankees.

Yeah it's pretty clear

We ain't goin' anywhere

But Hal can make it, make it

While the Sox an' Jays we chase

With all the wrong guys in all the wrong places—

You know it's all about that gear

Bout that gear

Bout that gear...