11-03-2025
New Texas Rangers Hats Pulled for Vulgarity While Entire Line Goes Viral for Questionable Designs
A new collection of Major League Baseball hats are under review after the version for the Texas Rangers unintentionally evoked a Spanish vulgarity.
In New Era's Overlap 5950 collection, sold by Fanatics — in which a team's cap logo is superimposed over its jersey logo — the Rangers hat featured its signature block 'T' over the 'x' in the word 'Texas.'
The unintentional result showed a Spanish slang word for breasts. The hat has since been removed from the website that sells the MLB licensed apparel, according to The Dallas Morning News.
A representative for MLB did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.
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Other hats in the collection also have fans scratching their heads.
The Arizona Diamondbacks iteration, which shows an 'A' over the word 'Arizona' effectively reads 'Ariana,' while the Houston team's new hat sports the word 'Ashos.'
Apparently, it's not the first time that New Era has unveiled a bad hat.
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Last year, the Oakland Athletics version transferred the team's 'A's' into 'Ass.'
The new hats provoked plenty of jokes on social media.
In response to the new Boston Red Sox version, which reads 'Bobon,' one commenter on X posted a picture of beloved former NBA journeyman Boban Marjanović.
Another commenter had a field day with the collection, writing: 'Came for 'Anaels' and 'Tetas.' Stayed for 'Dedoit.''
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Almost exactly a year ago, Fanatics came under fire for its revamped uniforms — designed by Nike and manufactured by Fanatics — which included see-through pants that players had a hard time getting behind.
'I know everyone hates them,' Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner said at the time, according to the Associated Press. 'We all liked what we had. We understand business, but I think everyone wanted to keep it the same way, for the most part, with some tweaks here or there.'
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