MLB’s new ‘Overlap’ hats are going viral for all the wrong reasons

It doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult to come up with yearly ideas for new baseball hats. Throw in some new colorways, play with some vintage logos — perhaps commission a well-known artist to reimagine a hat for each team. Somehow everything keeps going wrong, and this year’s New Era “Overlap” hats are going viral for creating some of the funniest, stupidest, most-amazing hats we’ve ever seen.

Conceptually the idea is simple: What if we overlaid a team logo on top of the name of the city or the team? Unfortunately nobody paused for two seconds to think what this would create, and so we got THESE.

TETAS RANGERS

Make sure to get your yearly tetas exam. Prevention is better than the cure.

HOUSTON ASHOS

It’s the only breakfast cereal made from real bonfire refuse.

SEATTLE MASERS

When someone from New England moves to the Pacific Northwest they because a Seattle Maser.

LOS ANGELES ANAELS

To be fair, the Anaels are used to being behind.

BOBON

Not to be confused with Boban Marjanović.

MMMI MARLINS

Bouncin’ in the club where the heat is on
All night, on the beach till the break of dawn
I’m goin to Mmmi
Welcome to Mmmi

Alternatively, this is what your grandmother wants to be called.

WASHINGTON NAWALS

This is what a fisherman from Gloucester says he caught on a trip north.

Philadelphia PhiPlies

The Phi Plies sounds like a great fraternity or sorority that I would love to rush (if I were anywhere near college age again).