Ye of the Slanty-Straight Brim: One of Baseball's Great Mysteries

It's one of baseballs' great mysteries. The examples are few and far between. But they are there, and they are unmistakable. No doubt you've seen one. During tonight's All-Star Game, it was Edinson Volquez. My most memorable was Mike Cameron, as a member of the New York Mets. No matter where these men travel, their distinctive and completely inexplicable style seems to ravel with them. We speak of the bearers and wearers of the straight-brimmed, oversized slightly askew cap. These men, for whatever the reason, choose to don their official New Era headgear a bit differently than the rest of their Major League counterparts -- or virtually anyone else in the world. Back when I was rocking countless sweet lids, my only concern was how I could get that perfect arc. Hell, I even used some of those hi-tech tools to help ensure it was perfect. It was also fairly important that the hat not look like an oversized bread bowl on my noggin. Not these guys. For these f...