The latest release of MLB hats this spring from New Era was perhaps the public relations disasterclass of 2025. Not only was the collection of 30 caps a rather nonsensical branding exercise with one glaring letter blocking out much of the entire hat.

It's gotten to the point where MLB is pulling several Overlap hats from the team stores. Earlier this week, MLB pulled the Overlap hat for the Texas Rangers after the design happened to spell out a vulgar word in Spanish — something that was missed throughout the design and approval process.