The Sarge's Inspiration
Apparently I'm not the only one that has found Alyssa Milano inspirational.
Gary Matthews (aka The Sarge) is famous for his hats. In fact, he is so famous for them that he is coming out with his own hat line. New Era designs them. The Sarge approves them. People buy them.
The Sarge said they will be available at Citizens Bank Park and presumably online.
"Alyssa Milano inspired me," he said Saturday.
Milano has her own baseball-inspired clothing line, and The Sarge had the chance to interview her last year during a Phillies broadcast. And as last season progressed, the Phillies started receiving more and more calls and e-mails about them. Apparently a light bulb went off.
"I've been wearing hats all my life," The Sarge said. "You've got to remember, long ago when the Negro League players were playing and they were coming in they always had a nice hat on. After the game, you always saw them with a nice hat. A lot of them to this day when you see them they have a hat on. I've always been a hat guy, really. The only difficult time was when I had the afro. Then I laid it on top of my head. It was hard."
The Sarge is selling both men's and women's hats, so the ladies won't be left out. Each hat also has The Sarge's signature, which is pretty cool.
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It seems everybody is inspired these days. Ryan Howard almost decapitated two Phillies PR men a couple weeks ago when he laced a foul ball into the press box. The ball put a hole in the dry wall about 20 feet in the back of the press box. Howard eventually signed his handy work, and a t-shirt was born.
Hey Spada . . . whoops, Zolecki,
Thanks for this hard hitting blog entry on Sarge's hats. It helped me slide through one minute of my day.
I was wondering, when will the Phillies ballgirls be putting together their annual swimsuit calender and if Scott Palmer is wearing Phillies boxers or briefs. Surely these are things the Phillies want us to know and you have permission to write about.
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Those hats look awesome, Sarge gets cooler by the minute.
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Could someone please explain to me why many people have such a snit when there's a blog post about something that couldn't be described as hard-hitting news? Isn't a blog a place to put the things that wouldn't necessarily rate its own news article?
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In my opinion, The Zo Zone is a place to get news, analysis and get some off-the-wall stuff that fans might not normally get to see, hear or read about. Today I wrote a story about how the 25-man roster could look Opening Night: http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090322&content_id=4046736&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi. But I also had blog posts about Sarge's hats and a video of Utley and Rollins talking about Charlie Manuel's bobble head. Why? Because it's fun. And baseball is supposed to be fun, isn't it? Isn't that why we watch?
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Todd, you're doing a fantastic job, keep up the good work man. Depending on how these babies are priced, I may be interested. Although, I do believe there is a sarge-style hat giveaway...the Orioles game around fathers day, no?
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Todd, you never have to apologize for anything you put on this blog. The variety and personal insight you give to this blog is the main reason I come to the MLB.com site to begin with. Why don't you give us your prediction about how the Brewers will do this season. That'll tick a couple of people off, but the rest of us want to know your predictions in regard to your hometown team. Keep up the great work!!!
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I never even knew these existed until visiting the shop at CBP tonight during the Phillies / Mets July 4th game. I bought the jeff cap on the spot without even intending to spend money. They run $39.00. I received three separate compliments on my walk back to my seats in section 302. I've always been a hat guy, and it's a great blend of classic fashion and team gear. Very good product.
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