69 Padres Cap

[maxrebo14]

I see American Needle has a '69 Pads cap with orange lettering. Looking back at old photos and baseball cards seems to supprot the orange coloring, but most of everything I read about this hat says the "SD" should be gold/yellow. What did the team actually wear?

[StanTheMan]

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Originally Posted by maxrebo14

I see American Needle has a '69 Pads cap with orange lettering. Looking back at old photos and baseball cards seems to supprot the orange coloring, but most of everything I read about this hat says the "SD" should be gold/yellow. What did the team actually wear?

IMO American Needle's Coopertown Caps are not that good. Take the Pilots cap for example. The thing doesn't come close to the original.

[maxrebo14]

Thanks for the info re: Padres '69. I am aware of the American Needle issues, and have an Orioles hat that really WOULD make Fred Lynn hate it.
However, I am still hoping to find out from a native San Diegan that
remembers for certain what color the "SD" was as the baseball cards I have really do seem to look orange.

[maxrebo14]

So after doing some more on-line searches for photos it seems pretty evident that the 69 Padres hat used yellow/gold. So what I don't get is why American Needle was approved to distribute this cap with the orange! I'm off to ballcap.com for the real deal.