Rant #3,562: Hats Off To Larry

Tonight is the big night.

It's the first game of the World Series, the Yankees versus the Dodgers--

Gotham versus Glamour.

Broadway versus Hollywood.

Hot Dogs versus Sushi.

Even if you don't give a hoot about this, the media has jumped on this story like a bee to honey.

Fox wants you to watch the World Series to put the ratings through the roof, and to show off as many movie and TV stars as possible.

(These stars have absolutely nothing to do with the game, but it makes Fox feel important.)

My son has basketball tonight, so at least in the early going, I will have to monitor what is going on through my phone.

I love watching my son play basketball--and bowl--and I can show off my allegiance by wearing my Yankees hat and Yankees T-shirt while I am there.

Let's focus on my hat, shown above.

I have had that hat since the early 1970s.

I have no idea where I got this hat from, but it was made in Bengladesh, under the Puma logo.

The color is worn, but the interlocking N-Y is still taut.

It is an one-size-fits-all hat, but it is held together in the back not with velcro, but with a plastic snap band.

The brim has a wide outline of my sweat underneath, and CSI could get whatever DNA they wanted to get from me from that brim.

I wore that hat during the 1976 American League Series, and when Chris Chambliss hit that dramatic walk-off home run, the guy behind me dumped a cup of beer down my back, making me more frigid than I already was, and I am sure at least some of the beer got on the back of my hat.

It is almost part of my skin, and it does protect my hairless head, especially since I had that cancer taken off of it, so it is kind of my second skin.

The hat has been blown off my head numerous times, has fallen into the water just as many times (at the pool, beach and water parks), and on more than one occasion, it had to be retrieved by people after I lost it due to wind or falling into the water at a water park.

It has been through hurricanes, snow, and heavy rain.

I have worn this hat to every country I have ever visited, from Haiti to South Korea.

I have also worn the hat at.old and new Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, Tropicana Field, and Camden Yards (I have not been to CitiField yet).

I have told my wife that when my time comes, i want to be buried wearing this hat on my head.

This hat means a lot to me, and i do believe the hat deserves another championship.

So on what might be its 50th year in my possession, I do believe the Yankees will win the World Series this year.

My hat deserves it.

Have a nice weekend, and I will speak to you again on Monday.