Editing Baseball cap (section)

{{Short description|Type of soft, billed hat}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2017}}
[[File:Basecap New York Yankees.jpg|thumb|A [[New York Yankees]] baseball cap]]
A '''baseball cap''' is a type of soft [[cap|hat]] with a rounded crown and a stiff bill<ref name="bill">{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bill|title=Definition of Bill by Merriam Webster|access-date=2019-12-02|website=Merriam Webster|series=bill noun (1) definition 4}}</ref> projecting in front.<ref name="clair">{{cite web |last1=Clair |first1=Michael |title=The history of the baseball cap: The long, strange history of the baseball cap |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/featured/baseball-cap-history-and-timeline |website=MLB.com |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=24 June 2023 |date=9 May 2023}}</ref>

The front of the hat typically displays a design or a [[logo]] (historically, usually only a sports team, namely a [[baseball]] team, or names of relevant companies, when used as a commercial marketing technique). The hat may be "fitted" to the wearer's head or the back may have [[Stretch fabric|elastic]], a [[plastic]] prong-in-a-hole (multiple holes with one prong that can be inserted), [[Hook and loop fastener|Velcro]], a [[zipper]], or a [[tri-glide slide]] so that it can be quickly adjusted to fit different wearers' heads. The baseball hat is a part of the traditional [[baseball uniform]] worn by players, with the brim pointing forward to shield the eyes from the sun. Since the 1980s, varieties of the hat have become prevalent in the [[United States]] and many other nations, both for utilitarian (protecting the eyes from the sun) and fashion accessory purposes.<ref name="clair"/>