Astros join Rangers, Angels with banned hats
Major League Baseball’s latest attempt at a stylish cap release quickly turned into an embarrassment. New Era’s “MLB Overlap” collection, which aimed to put a fresh spin on team branding, instead led to widespread mockery and controversy.
Trying to buy that NSFW hat for the Angels, Rangers and Astros? You may be out of luck
The Angels', Rangers' and Astros' New Era Overlap hats that feature a mashup of the teams' logos have been pulled from stores because those designs proved to have controversial names.
RIP 'ASHOS': MLB removes Astros & Rangers hats from online store
The latest release of MLB hats this spring from New Era was perhaps the public relations disasterclass of 2025. Not only was the collection of 30 caps a rather nonsensical branding exercise with one glaring letter blocking out much of the entire hat.
MLB also pulled the Astros’ and Angels’ New Era Overlap hats after the Rangers’ cap blunder
It's gotten to the point where MLB is pulling several Overlap hats from the team stores. Earlier this week, MLB pulled the Overlap hat for the Texas Rangers after the design happened to spell out a vulgar word in Spanish — something that was missed throughout the design and approval process.
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Hats with accidental vulgarities removed from MLB team stores
The MLB regular season will start soon, which means a slew of new merchandise and hats are being released. That includes a line of New Era caps, which, for a couple of teams, have already been removed from their fan shops amid some potentially vulgar appearances.
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MLB's new cap collection sparks controversy, forces teams to pull designs
MLB's Overlap Collection New Era caps for Rangers, Angels and Astros face backlash for blocking letters, leading to ...