In the summer of 2011, my pals and I went on our annual baseball road trip, this time hitting the west coast for the first time to visit San Francisco and Oakland. Despite taking a giant suitcase better suited to a Don Draper metaphor than to a five-day trip, I’d somehow forgotten to pack a hat to protect my bald head from the July sun. So, while in town, I ducked into a Lids and decided to represent some local flavour by buying a Golden State Warriors ballcap.
The hat fit pretty well in the store, yet after a couple of hours of actual wear, it was clear this thing wasn’t quite big enough for my gigantic melon. For those of you who have never met me, I’ve basically got a beachball on top of my neck. Even with the adjustable cap stretched to its limit, I was still getting a headache. So when I got home, I threw the cap in the backseat of my car and essentially forgot about it for years.
Fast-forward to around a year ago, when I was cleaning out said car and decided that keeping a Warriors hat in the backseat was kind of silly….especially since I had a couple of fisherman’s hats already there. What can I say, head protection is a concern when your skull is bereft of hair. Instead of taking the hat indoors or donating it to Goodwill or doing anything to actually create less clutter, however, I just tossed the cap into my trunk.
Since then….the Warriors have been unbeatable. They rolled through the 2014-15 regular season. They ran through the NBA playoffs en route to their first championship in 40 years. Now, they’re a whopping 14-0 to kick off the current season and appear to be unbeatable short of facing Brock Lesnar in their 22nd game.
I’m not taking ALL the credit for Golden State’s miraculous success, but put it this way. If you’re a Warriors fan and want to keep the good times rolling, please donate to my “keep the cap in the trunk” Kickstarter. I’m not calling it sports fan blackmail, but…..well, I guess I just did. Who knew that all it took to break a 40-year cold streak was putting a hat next to my spare tire?
Also, who knew my family’s cursed luck with NFL apparel is countered by a 100% success rate at buying NBA apparel? I buy a Warriors hat and within a few years they’re champions. My brother buys a Michael Jordan jersey as a teenager and the Bulls win titles from 1996-98. (Yes, I’m sure THAT was the reason for the second Chicago Bulls dynasty.)
The hat fit pretty well in the store, yet after a couple of hours of actual wear, it was clear this thing wasn’t quite big enough for my gigantic melon. For those of you who have never met me, I’ve basically got a beachball on top of my neck. Even with the adjustable cap stretched to its limit, I was still getting a headache. So when I got home, I threw the cap in the backseat of my car and essentially forgot about it for years.
Fast-forward to around a year ago, when I was cleaning out said car and decided that keeping a Warriors hat in the backseat was kind of silly….especially since I had a couple of fisherman’s hats already there. What can I say, head protection is a concern when your skull is bereft of hair. Instead of taking the hat indoors or donating it to Goodwill or doing anything to actually create less clutter, however, I just tossed the cap into my trunk.
Since then….the Warriors have been unbeatable. They rolled through the 2014-15 regular season. They ran through the NBA playoffs en route to their first championship in 40 years. Now, they’re a whopping 14-0 to kick off the current season and appear to be unbeatable short of facing Brock Lesnar in their 22nd game.
I’m not taking ALL the credit for Golden State’s miraculous success, but put it this way. If you’re a Warriors fan and want to keep the good times rolling, please donate to my “keep the cap in the trunk” Kickstarter. I’m not calling it sports fan blackmail, but…..well, I guess I just did. Who knew that all it took to break a 40-year cold streak was putting a hat next to my spare tire?
Also, who knew my family’s cursed luck with NFL apparel is countered by a 100% success rate at buying NBA apparel? I buy a Warriors hat and within a few years they’re champions. My brother buys a Michael Jordan jersey as a teenager and the Bulls win titles from 1996-98. (Yes, I’m sure THAT was the reason for the second Chicago Bulls dynasty.)
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