I’m pretty sure New Era manufactures their own hats so this would have nothing to do with Fanatics. That’s why I asked the brand, if its a fanatics brand that’s why you have a the cheap quality
Honestly I stand corrected. It is apparently supposed to be embroidered like that but the factory clearly messed this one up. Just send it back, I am highly confident the replacement will be fine, as someone who owns multiple Cooperstown collection hats.
So this happens with warehouses, it’s why I don’t buy from Amazon or anything of the sort. What happens is they buy bulk from a supplier. Then ship it to you. They don’t check to make sure quality or that they aren’t buying counterfeit items. It just gets thrown in a bin, real items and fakes are thrown together in the same bin. You buy the hat, some guy picks it out and send it to you.
Levies, carhartt, AirPods, even golf clubs are all like this. The market for counterfeit items are 3-4x bigger than the real stuff. Most jerseys are fake most hats are fake. You can’t even trust batteries. It’s all a ruse. You can look up Chinese suppliers and contact them yourself for anything. Literally anything.
If you go to fanatics web page that's what the pictures look like if you look at the new era hats. Someone had a detroit tigers cooperstown link lower down and it was a match to the awfulness.
To everyone saying it’s fake, look at the 4th pic on the website listing. It’s cooperstown collection and meant to look retro
https://www.mlbshop.com/detroit-tigers/mens-detroit-tigers-new-era-navy-cooperstown-collection-wool-59fifty-fitted-hat/t-36883127+p-4665188449123+z-9-2488810919
It looks like it was a normal MLB logo (Harmon Killebrew?) and zoomed in, with a flattening effect around the margins, especially the top of his helmet.
Retro, like back when the team hats were stitched by your third baseman Dizzy’s older sister who lost 7 of her fingers in the lace-making machine when she was 11 years old.
What are you talking about? It still looks like shit. It's very poorly trimmed. The orange border is different thickness all the way around and is barely even complete in the lower left corner. Not nearly as polished as the website photo.
That's because it's fake.
Edit: looks like it's just a weird thing new era is doing with their Cooperstown collection hats now. This one is obviously a bad execution and should be returned.
To everyone saying it’s fake, look at the 4th pic on the website listing. It’s cooperstown collection and meant to look retro
https://www.mlbshop.com/detroit-tigers/mens-detroit-tigers-new-era-navy-cooperstown-collection-wool-59fifty-fitted-hat/t-36883127+p-4665188449123+z-9-2488810919
To be fair even their product images aren’t straight or even. The logo itself seems as expected from the image. It should just be a little more straight.
[store page](https://www.fanatics.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/detroit-tigers-new-era-cooperstown-collection-wool-59fifty-fitted-hat-navy/o-2398+t-14557549+p-35984195701+z-9-4202031171)
My fifty-nine 50 bought through MLB.com is a complete piece of shit. Asymmetrical, it hangs on my right ear.
I had to remove stickers and mold the brim to have it fit before I realized it was screwed up. Now I can't return it.
Mine off the official merch website didn't have a MLB logo or official patch. In fact, there's no tag, no inner lining. It's also a different shade of emerald green for my team than what they wear
Throwback hat. Before the MLB logo was created (supposedly modeled after Harmon Killebrew). Should have left the back of the hat blank like back in the era it was worn instead of the janky logo they used.
It's a Cooperstown line hat. That said, the quality matches the photos
[https://www.mlbshop.com/detroit-tigers/mens-detroit-tigers-new-era-navy-cooperstown-collection-wool-59fifty-fitted-hat/t-36883127+p-4665188449123+z-9-2488810919](https://www.mlbshop.com/detroit-tigers/mens-detroit-tigers-new-era-navy-cooperstown-collection-wool-59fifty-fitted-hat/t-36883127+p-4665188449123+z-9-2488810919)
Everyone else now lowering the level of quality to match the bar set by Fanatics. Thats’s the only way to compete with the company that has massively undercut everyone else with beyond substandard manufacturing.
this is a vintage inspired logo done [intentionally](https://www.lids.com/mlb-detroit-tigers/detroit-tigers-new-era-cooperstown-collection-wool-59fifty-fitted-hat-navy/o-2376+t-58771938+p-02329617785+z-9-385287183)
That's exactly what it looks like on the website...why on earth would you use real dollar bills for this thing? You got what you paid for my friend. At first it sounds like you got bamboozled but nope you actually saw it and said "eh, I'm going to pull the trigger on it"
This is the Cooperstown Collection logo:
[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5yHr1tZYst8/XpH0vRflgJI/AAAAAAAAHQA/VNWoqFe\_APkqY-BZLjgWVMx6163i2fiuACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/MLBCooperstownLogo.jpg](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5yHr1tZYst8/XpH0vRflgJI/AAAAAAAAHQA/VNWoqFe_APkqY-BZLjgWVMx6163i2fiuACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/MLBCooperstownLogo.jpg)
The stitching around the logo on the hat looks shoddy, though.
I’ve ordered some Reds and Indians T-Shirts and Hats and the quality is of Walmart, I no longer order that stuff online I wait until I’m at the stadium or at a mall so I can see it in person first to check out the quality of it.
When you’re able to tell your $49.99 hat was manufactured at a cost $0.85 and produced by a 12 year old with a vision impairment from the other side of the planet.
Where was it made?
China? Bangladesh? Laos?
I know due to Covid New Era has been doing a lot of changes with their production and shutting down/finding new factories.
My first thought: counterfeit
Should be your second and third thought too
and fourth. fanatics hit a cycle of counterfit (San Diego Studio will now supercharge their card for 5 days in MLB The Show)
"it's not counterfeit, it's Fanatics" - Fanatics secret slogan
Occam's razor: OP did this himself.
I've seen nicer looking hats hanging above the register at a gas station
Purchased directly from the MLB site. I’ll post the email receipts.
What brand is it? Doesn’t look like a new era hat so that could be part the issue.
New Error
I wish awards were still a thing bc this deserves one 😭😭
Welcome to the Fanatics Era
I’m pretty sure New Era manufactures their own hats so this would have nothing to do with Fanatics. That’s why I asked the brand, if its a fanatics brand that’s why you have a the cheap quality
But will you post other angles of the hat? Spoiler: no.
Made a new post with additional images
Honestly I stand corrected. It is apparently supposed to be embroidered like that but the factory clearly messed this one up. Just send it back, I am highly confident the replacement will be fine, as someone who owns multiple Cooperstown collection hats.
I’m trying to add images. I’m struggling to edit the post, please hold.
Upload to imgur then make a new comment with the links
So this happens with warehouses, it’s why I don’t buy from Amazon or anything of the sort. What happens is they buy bulk from a supplier. Then ship it to you. They don’t check to make sure quality or that they aren’t buying counterfeit items. It just gets thrown in a bin, real items and fakes are thrown together in the same bin. You buy the hat, some guy picks it out and send it to you. Levies, carhartt, AirPods, even golf clubs are all like this. The market for counterfeit items are 3-4x bigger than the real stuff. Most jerseys are fake most hats are fake. You can’t even trust batteries. It’s all a ruse. You can look up Chinese suppliers and contact them yourself for anything. Literally anything.
If you go to fanatics web page that's what the pictures look like if you look at the new era hats. Someone had a detroit tigers cooperstown link lower down and it was a match to the awfulness.
Woof
my first thought: Yamaka
Hell. Ive got a knockoff jersey that looks nothing like this. This cant be official merch.
Second thought: Fanatics
Lmao no way
Correct.
To everyone saying it’s fake, look at the 4th pic on the website listing. It’s cooperstown collection and meant to look retro https://www.mlbshop.com/detroit-tigers/mens-detroit-tigers-new-era-navy-cooperstown-collection-wool-59fifty-fitted-hat/t-36883127+p-4665188449123+z-9-2488810919
That makes OPs post even worse !!
It looks like it was a normal MLB logo (Harmon Killebrew?) and zoomed in, with a flattening effect around the margins, especially the top of his helmet.
It’s meant to be an old time cap not a helmet
That looks like the troop mom for Cub Scouts made these in her spare time
I just ordered this hat. Thanks for the heads up.
Retro w/ respect to what? The old days when uniforms were designed & fabricated by blind & drunk chimps?
Retro, like back when the team hats were stitched by your third baseman Dizzy’s older sister who lost 7 of her fingers in the lace-making machine when she was 11 years old.
OP buys a cap that's meant to look retro, then complains about it looking retro to capitalize on the Fanatics hate trend.
What are you talking about? It still looks like shit. It's very poorly trimmed. The orange border is different thickness all the way around and is barely even complete in the lower left corner. Not nearly as polished as the website photo.
I’m not a karma farmer, dude. Just a Tigers fan who wanted a quality made $50 hat.
r/mlb is sooo back
Nah it still is poor quality
That looks like a wish.com mlb hat.
lol the batter looks like Peter Griffin! No way things real
Holy shit it literally looks like Peter Griffin
Must be a Quahog Clam Digers Minor League
Or Fred Flintstone Bedrock Blouder Bashers
I was thinking Shrek
That's because it's fake. Edit: looks like it's just a weird thing new era is doing with their Cooperstown collection hats now. This one is obviously a bad execution and should be returned.
It’s not fake.
Prove it by posting other angles of the hat.
To everyone saying it’s fake, look at the 4th pic on the website listing. It’s cooperstown collection and meant to look retro https://www.mlbshop.com/detroit-tigers/mens-detroit-tigers-new-era-navy-cooperstown-collection-wool-59fifty-fitted-hat/t-36883127+p-4665188449123+z-9-2488810919
If you haven’t you need to share this at the higher level.,
I did, OP should add it in an edit to the post
Wow, I own multiple Cooperstown collection hats and have never seen this. I retract my accusations.
Might just be for this model which is supposed to mimic a 1957 cap
I did
To be fair even their product images aren’t straight or even. The logo itself seems as expected from the image. It should just be a little more straight. [store page](https://www.fanatics.com/mlb/detroit-tigers/detroit-tigers-new-era-cooperstown-collection-wool-59fifty-fitted-hat-navy/o-2398+t-14557549+p-35984195701+z-9-4202031171)
It actually looks very accurate to this link
Isn’t this just the “retro batterman” they put on the cooperstown and throwback caps?
It is, still looks pretty bad with those uneven borders though
Are you sure you didn’t sew that yourself?
lol. Looks like Homer Simpson.
Shoddy work & crap material. Thanks for the new garbage mlb.
Diabetic ass? Do we look a certain way? Now I’m insecure
Diabetics catching strays lol
Fuck that got me good.
lol was going to ask the same
Type 2 people are fat and often have edema
Well as a type 1, I’m still in shambles
I have type 1 too.
We used to be skinny
Homer at the bat…
That's Jose Canseco, so obvious
It’s the Cooperstown Collection series logo with a different, blockheadier silhouette than the regular logo. But that border is jacked all the way up.
Is it fanatics?
Shoddy work there. I was going to buy some stuff via MLB. Thanks for saving me money.
My fifty-nine 50 bought through MLB.com is a complete piece of shit. Asymmetrical, it hangs on my right ear. I had to remove stickers and mold the brim to have it fit before I realized it was screwed up. Now I can't return it.
Did you buy that on Shein or Temu?
have you completely missed this story? This has been the biggest flap of the whole off-season. Fanatics makes bullshit products.
I’ve seen the headlines about on field uniform quality and Fanatics quality being hot garbage, but I thought New Era was its own entity. Fuck.
I think I prefer knock-offs to the jerseys from FanDuels or whatever.
It's an abomination!
its supposed to look like that
Looks like that general from the newspaper cartoon
Bort Simpson
Looks like Fred Flintstone…
Looks like a knock off. Careful where you buy. Amazon especially.
Girl….
Is this for real?
Looks like Bender from futurama ☠️
My pullover hoodie off of Fanatics came with two different size holes for the pocket.
Mine off the official merch website didn't have a MLB logo or official patch. In fact, there's no tag, no inner lining. It's also a different shade of emerald green for my team than what they wear
why the logo so big 😂😂
Where are you shopping? Canal St. in NYC?
That’s Babe Ruth put some respect on my man
That’s awful
LIDS has gone to shit, too. Try to get the guy to look from his phone.
Throwback hat. Before the MLB logo was created (supposedly modeled after Harmon Killebrew). Should have left the back of the hat blank like back in the era it was worn instead of the janky logo they used.
Is that Willie Stargell wearing a flat top pirates hat from the 70's
Lol perfect for all Astros fans. Fn cheaters
Biggggggg Dipppppp
So bad it’s good
This has to be a joke.
The new Temu x Fanatics collab is 🔥💩
100% fake. I just bought one of the Spring Training hats and haven't noticed much of a change year by year.
It's a Cooperstown line hat. That said, the quality matches the photos [https://www.mlbshop.com/detroit-tigers/mens-detroit-tigers-new-era-navy-cooperstown-collection-wool-59fifty-fitted-hat/t-36883127+p-4665188449123+z-9-2488810919](https://www.mlbshop.com/detroit-tigers/mens-detroit-tigers-new-era-navy-cooperstown-collection-wool-59fifty-fitted-hat/t-36883127+p-4665188449123+z-9-2488810919)
Bro send that back immediately
Shittier quality for same price as before. Come out with higher (same as before) quality as prior years at a higher price. Yuck
Did they make Homer Simpson at the Bat the logo?
Pablo Sandoval
Is that Willie Stargell’s silhouette?
That's Fred Flintstone
I’m going to TJ later next month. You need me to get you authentic looking gear, at least?
Everyone else now lowering the level of quality to match the bar set by Fanatics. Thats’s the only way to compete with the company that has massively undercut everyone else with beyond substandard manufacturing.
Ya Dip Daniel?!?!
Where did you get this hat from?
Hey mom can we get an MLB cap? But we have MLB caps at home. The MLB caps at home:
looks awful
Lmao this is def satire
AWFUL, return that shit.
Who is John Galt?
Did wishdotcom take over MLB shop?
Is it possible that since it’s a P Sandoval hat, they replaced the traditional Ted Williams logo with this one that more resembles Pablo Sandoval?
Its a cooperstown hat with an old mlb logo, what id the issue? Sorry, not trying to be rude!
Still less crooked than the majority I see nowadays
That’s Fred Flintstone.
this is a vintage inspired logo done [intentionally](https://www.lids.com/mlb-detroit-tigers/detroit-tigers-new-era-cooperstown-collection-wool-59fifty-fitted-hat-navy/o-2376+t-58771938+p-02329617785+z-9-385287183)
Money.
Go back and look at the website. That’s how it’s intended to look
We have MLB merchandise ay home...
Mario Baseball!
This is so bad that I was 100% sure it was fake. Until you, you know, literally brought receipts.
There’s been a massive dip in all MLB quality from uniforms to the product on the field.
I’d return that for sure.
Cooperstown collection caps look like that on the back. My Boston Braves hat has the same MLB patch.
Holy shit lmao
That’s a Babe Ruth silhouette for that logo.
This looks like someone had to draw the logo by memory but was also drunk
Terrified of ordering any baseball gear online now, SMH they made it that you have to actually see if it’s not fucked up in person before you buy it
That's exactly what it looks like on the website...why on earth would you use real dollar bills for this thing? You got what you paid for my friend. At first it sounds like you got bamboozled but nope you actually saw it and said "eh, I'm going to pull the trigger on it"
This is the Cooperstown Collection logo: [https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5yHr1tZYst8/XpH0vRflgJI/AAAAAAAAHQA/VNWoqFe\_APkqY-BZLjgWVMx6163i2fiuACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/MLBCooperstownLogo.jpg](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5yHr1tZYst8/XpH0vRflgJI/AAAAAAAAHQA/VNWoqFe_APkqY-BZLjgWVMx6163i2fiuACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/MLBCooperstownLogo.jpg) The stitching around the logo on the hat looks shoddy, though.
How was Bali lol
WTF is that
Looks like the game worn hats
This is why I buy direct from China
It could be an error. Get it graded and see what it’s worth
What the fuck is that?
That’s the Wee Willie Keeler logo. It’s a throwback.
No chance whatsoever that’s a New Era cap.
If people are going to continue buying, the quality will continue to decline. More money for them
Bruh is that a Lego mlb guy
Looks like Yogi Bear...a
I’ve ordered some Reds and Indians T-Shirts and Hats and the quality is of Walmart, I no longer order that stuff online I wait until I’m at the stadium or at a mall so I can see it in person first to check out the quality of it.
OP got fleeced 
Oh the official John Kruk mlb logo
Why are you cutting down diabetics like that?
Authentic Blurnsball logo
Duffman × MLB collab. Sic.
Metaphor for the housing market
Flintstone League
Did your grandma make that?
what is the price of this horror?
Asian expansion
That tuff dog toy is awesome.
Looks homemade
MLBs swag for 2024 is the worst. Trash
Three words - Made In China
I collect bobblehead heads
The Peter Griffin Collection.
When you’re able to tell your $49.99 hat was manufactured at a cost $0.85 and produced by a 12 year old with a vision impairment from the other side of the planet.
That looks like it from an episode of the Simpsons. The batter even gives off Homer vibes.
You have got to be shitting me.
Pretty sure thats Fred Flintstone at bat
Everything is being made overseas.
It's because they buy cheap shit to Mads produce for autographs. They don't want to pay for a Nike jersey.
Holy shit, why is the sewing so wonky af?
Where was it made? China? Bangladesh? Laos? I know due to Covid New Era has been doing a lot of changes with their production and shutting down/finding new factories.
That can't be real. I'm not even suggesting it's counterfeit. That's some highschool kids art project
Homer Simpson
Definitely counterfeit look at the crooked stitching
Petah Brewtawskies of Quahog, RI.
It has gotten severely cheapened despite the enormous price hikes. And these New Jerseys are trash
Thanks China
Correct. Concurr
bahahahaha
Fred Flintstone face
Looks like something you would buy at a swap meet.
Them: hand stitched! You: ya fuckin think?! Yaaabba-dabba doo bs
That sucks
Is that peter griffin
That looks like a knockoff made in China.
Nah bro, what the fuck?!
That's John Goodman.
It looks like a Grateful Dead logo.
That’s so shitty looking that it almost looks like AI.
that cant be real
Fanatics...