Good News For Brett Myers

Historically, the Phillies seem to have a affinity for chunky pitchers with overactive sweat glands (see: Kevin Millwood, Curt Schilling, Ricky Bottalico, Jose Mesa, et al). Well, all the equipment guys who've had to collect all their ratty game-worn caps over the years must be writing "Why didn't you think of this sooner?" letters to New Era, who are introducing a new polyester-based moisture-wicking cap this season:

But replacing the traditional wool is a polyester fabric that MLB and New Era say is designed to "wick" away sweat and evaporate it, resist shrinkage and fading and reduce odor and glare.

"Wool isn't a performance fabric. ... This is really the first time we're departing from that. It's purely to make sure we're keeping up with the performance attributes," says John DeWaal, New Era's vice president of global marketing.

Remember, New Era's already on notice for their stupid new batting practice caps on display during spring training. We'll see just how good these caps are when Freddy Garcia gets into his first based-loaded jam.

Really, only Schilling could pull off the ratty look with any panache. You could tell how long he'd pitched by the percentage of pink on his "P." One of those should be in the Hall of Fame if it isn't already.

Baseball Caps To Have New Feel [USA Today]