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The introduction of baseball hats

The origin of baseball hats begins with the game of baseball. In 1839, the first ever baseball game was held in the town of Gulpas, New York, USA. In 1860, professional baseball players began to appear in the United States. In 1871, the United States established the "National Professional Baseball Players Organization"; in 1876, the organization was renamed "American Baseball Federation". In 1881, another national professional baseball organization was established, later known as the "National Professional Baseball Association". In 1884, the first championship game between the two organizations, the World Baseball Championship, was held. After that, in 1910, the then U.S. President William Howard Taft (William Howard Taft) officially approved baseball as the U.S. "national sport". As a result, baseball caps were popularized among baseball teams. In the beginning, the players just wanted to shield themselves from the sun, but later on, no matter what the weather was, as long as the game was played in rain or shine, people would put on their baseball caps. Baseball was introduced to Japan from the United States in 1873. The Japanese professional baseball team was founded in 1934. Baseball caps were also introduced to Japanese baseball teams. After the Second World War, baseball was rapidly developed in European countries. Now baseball has been carried out in more than 100 countries and regions in the five continents of the world. Baseball caps only popularized in the world, but also limited to baseball players, people also did not take the baseball cap as a life of supplies, baseball caps at that time also became the iconic decoration of baseball players.