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Pillbox Hats

Most teams wear a hat. The late-’70s Pittsburgh Pirates wore a declaration. The pillbox cap—flat-topped, striped, and cocky as hell—looked like something a 19th-century train conductor might’ve worn after three shots of Wild Turkey. And the Buccos didn’t just bring it back… they owned it. Revived in 1976 as a...