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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:34 am    Post subject: Whats with all the DETROIT "D" Baseball caps all o Reply with quote

Whats with all the DETROIT "D" Baseball caps all over Korea?

Is there a Korean playing for Detroit now?
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shaunew



Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Calgary

PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it is a symbol from one of the political parties. I have seen Chicago White sox's hats and my wife told me that is the symbol of some president to be party. So I guess some other party is using that idea as well.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's a lot of weird things I can't figure out. Like why is everyone wearing a "Lebanon, Pennsylvania, the place to be!" tshirt? Or why do I see so many tshirts for Beaverton, Oregon. And then there's the popularity of the Daryl Strawberry tshirt.

A friend suggested that maybe these tshirts were manufactured here in Korea and to be sold in America but then the buyer didn't pay for it. Like maybe the roof of the Lebanon, Pennsylvania Rock 'n' Bowl collapsed and killed 4 people on the eve of the city council's plan to roll out their "place to be!" pride campaign. So, they nix the tshirts and now they're trying to sell them here.

So maybe someone thought Detroit was going to go all the way this year and over made Detroit tiger caps.
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Intrepid



Joined: 13 May 2004
Location: Yongin

PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:01 am    Post subject: Tigers Reply with quote

The Tiger caps go best with a nice "Michigan/London" t-shirt.
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faster



Joined: 03 Sep 2006

PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used to wonder about the "Hollister" shirts. I've been to Hollister...it's no Lebanon, PA, that's for sure.

Some real weird ones I've seen here:

Koolhaas (named after Rem, the avant garde architect & theorist?)

Hakim Bey? (named after the pseudonym of "temporary autonomous zone" post-modern anarchy theorist Peter Lamborn Wilson?)

AMM (named after the seminal "laminal" free improvisation band led by Keith Rowe, Eddie Prevost, and John Tilbury, which once featured ultra-radical composer--and Maoist--Cornelius Cardew?!?)

Somebody somewhere's pulling a fast one.
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PigeonFart



Joined: 27 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got a baseball cap with the Japanese flag on it. Im looking foward to wearing it around when i get back to Korea.

I might buy a big 5ft Japanese flag for my officetel window too.
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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mindmetoo wrote:
Or why do I see so many tshirts for Beaverton, Oregon.


I haven't seen those...but I did live in Portland Oregon, and Beaverton is a huge Korean area. When I lived in Busan, they have a large Oregon connection. Beaverton is popular in Busan, haven't noticed so much in Seoul though. Interesting you mentioned Beaverton though!
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WHERE do you see Tigers caps? The last one I saw was on "Magnum PI."

All I see EVERYWHERE is NY Yankees CRAP. EVERYWHERE. Rolling Eyes
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SweetLou



Joined: 26 Sep 2003
Location: mt. bu

PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since the tigers made the world series last year, the population feels able to wear them along side their other "safe bet" sporting paraphernalia like yankess caps, manchester jerseys, and the like.
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I see them everywhere...



I think they are having babies and multipyling. Shocked
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mercury



Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Location: Pusan

PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dave O wrote:
I got a baseball cap with the Japanese flag on it. Im looking foward to wearing it around when i get back to Korea.

I might buy a big 5ft Japanese flag for my officetel window too.
Very Happy

tell us how it goes!
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riceNbeans



Joined: 17 Apr 2007

PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Holly crap! I was thinking of posting something on those damn hats for about a week now. I figured no one else would know what I am talking about. It turns out you guys notice these orange Detroit Tigers hats around too.

I've seen 5 people wearing them in a span of about a minute and I was like "WTF"? I also noticed a lot of San Francisco hats in Seoul too. Maybe it has something to do with the color orange?

Anyway, you are not alone. I see way too many of these damn hats...it's getting annoying.

I've noticed another trend...those black and white stripped long sleeve shirts. Last Friday I had a class where 6 out of 10 students wore some version of the black and white long shirt/T-shirt. It�s very strange.

I think it just comes down too a limited choice of clothes. I guess the garment industry is closed to foreign imports or at least dominate the market like most other industries here. The kids can only buy the limited Korean "style" that is offered to them�Kind of like why there are so many of the same Kias on the road instead of a mix of imports and domestic cars.
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gotte00



Joined: 18 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:26 am    Post subject: Whats with all the DETROIT "D" Baseball caps all o Reply with quote

It's about time people recognize the D. For years Detroit has always been the world's punchline for any joke dealing with poverty and violence. Don't even let me get started on the football, Detroit Lions. People actually have every right to make fun of that team.

Being a Detroiter, I'm actually sick of people wearing the Olde English D as well. I love the Tigers, have a few hats that I wear proudly, but I hate seeing people wear the hat because the Tigers have turned into a winng baseball team. It just shows that Koreans love a winner and will only support winners.

While we're on the subject of hats, what's with all the color changes on baseball hats, such as a black New York Yankees hat with a black NY or gold Olde English D? I blame the MLB store in Korea, not sure who to blame for those in the States
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