{"id":38462,"date":"2014-03-20T23:19:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T03:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=38462"},"modified":"2020-07-10T23:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T03:20:00","slug":"and-now-we-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=38462","title":{"rendered":"And now we wait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38463\" src=\"http:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/betterbeUSA-e1395055094389.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/betterbeUSA-e1395055094389.jpg 403w, https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/betterbeUSA-e1395055094389-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">So on my ongoing quest to try and rectify the tragedy that is the sub-par, Chinese-made NewEra bacon cap and my now dissatisfaction with NewEra as a company, I\u2019d been doing some research on what my options were.\u00a0 The bottom line is that I still want a bacon cap, but I wanted a bacon cap that fit me well, regardless of if it were made in China or the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Given the fact that all of the NewEra caps that I own that were US-manufactured fit well, and don\u2019t bulge out like Elmer Fudd\u2019s hat, I would prefer a US-made bacon cap, but honestly when the day is over, I don\u2019t care where it\u2019s made as long as it sits well and looks satisfactory to me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">While perusing through ballcap forums and boards, I came across one interesting tidbit of information that sounded appealing: all caps purchased directly from MLBshop.com, were typically all US-manufactured NewEra caps.\u00a0 I had purchased my cap directly from the Lehigh Valley IronPigs shop website, which can easily lead to the reason why I ended up getting a Chinese-made bacon cap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Given the information I learned that the vast majority of minor league ballcaps were Chinese-made, it made me wonder if there was any shot at all that US-manufactured bacon caps even existed?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Regardless, I immediately went onto MLBshop.com, and was pleasantly surprised to see that the bacon caps were being sold there as well.\u00a0 I can\u2019t imagine a large variety of minor league caps would be available on MLBshop, since it kind of has to take away from the minor league clubs themselves in some capacity, but whatever, if MLBshop was the place to get US-manufactured caps, then that was where I was going to want to shop from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">So, I ordered another bacon cap.\u00a0 This time, from MLBshop.com, where it says in clear-as-day English that it\u2019s \u201cMade in the USA.\u201d\u00a0 Not \u201checho en,\u201d not \u201cChina,\u201d but the United States.\u00a0 The question now is, how truthful is the website going to be?\u00a0 Obviously, due to the overwhelming demand of the bacon caps, they\u2019re still backordered, and I can expect to not get my cap until possibly fucking\u00a0<em>May<\/em>, but if it turns out to be the perfect fit and look, it\u2019ll be worth it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">But what country is the label of the cap going to say?\u00a0 What happens if it\u2019s US-made and still looks\/fits like shit?\u00a0 What happens if it\u2019s Chinese-made, but is perfect in all desired aspects?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Who really knows.\u00a0 At this point, there\u2019s nothing I can do but wait.\u00a0 I can tell you though, if it\u2019s Chinese made, and it\u2019s essentially the same hat I already have, then you better believe there will be some war waged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">All I want is an adequate bacon cap, that\u2019s all.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So on my ongoing quest to try and rectify the tragedy that is the sub-par, Chinese-made NewEra bacon cap and my now dissatisfaction with NewEra as a company, I\u2019d been doing some research on what my options were.\u00a0 The bottom line is that I still want a bacon cap, but I wanted a bacon cap &hellip; 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