Is it okay for Torontonians to wear New York or L.A. baseball hats in the city?
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Is it bad form for locals to wear New York Yankees or L.A. Dodgers baseball hats in Toronto – as in rival sports team gear?
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One Instagram user, Tristen Ross , whose website says he posts content for Toronto’s professional sports teams including the Toronto Raptors, Maple Leafs, and Blue Jays, asks the question in a recent video post: “Why does Toronto do this?”
“People love wearing L.A. and Yankees hats more than almost anything in Toronto,” says Ross in the video that features him fast walking/ running through the city while cutting to shots of people wearing Yankees and Dodgers hats.
“I just don’t understand how people can wear those hats in this city.”
The New York Yankees are an American League East rival of the Blue Jays, while the Dodgers broke the hearts of Canadian baseball fans in Game 7 of the 2025 World Series that saw them beat Toronto.
“I get that if you’re visiting and yada, yada, yada, but people that are from here that still choose to wear those hats over the Jays or any other Toronto team, someone’s just gotta let me know what the deal is there,” said Ross, who has 5,167 Instagram followers at last count.
In response on Instagram, some people totally agree with Ross while many others see no harm and say it all comes down to fashion choices.
“I LOATHE seeing Yankee caps in Toronto. Have some civic pride,” wrote @therealcabbie, which is the Instagram account of local sports personality Cabbie Richards.
“Non sports fans only wear those hats! Die hards always wear Toronto Maple Leafs! Go Leafs Go!, added @ocean.eyes.gemini.
It’s ‘simply fashion’
However, the non-opposing side says “Its simply Fashion,” wrote @mikelouchmadeit.
And @erichrigonan agreed: “Because they are iconic logos. As dope as the Jays logo is, its harder to wear with outfits. Pretty simple.”
“I’m a Yankee Fan living in Toronto. Of course I am wearing my Yankee hat,” adds @thepelzman.
“LA & YANKEE hats have been woven into society as a stylish hat to sport. That’s it :)” said @jagger.karma.
“90% of those people dont watch sports. It’s all for fashion and style,” wrote @rahenry.
Summed up @laced_heat: “I try to Buy Jays hats when I can but a lot of the nice hats with Different materials and colours are usually in Yankees of LA and they are big market teams. If u wanted the Kith x Armani hats for example there’s no Blue Jays option so u buy the Yankees hat.”
Ross told blogTO : “I’m not surprised by people defending the choice, and to be quite honest I’m well aware that not everyone wearing L.A. or NY hats are sports fans. A lot of people are probably wearing them because they think it goes better with their outfit — which truthfully I don’t understand because the Jays logo is GOATed (greatest of all time), but I should be the last person to give advice on fashion.”