Major League Baseball is constantly tweaking the format and rules for All-Star Weekend’s Home Run Derby. While it’s not an issue for San Francisco Giants fans, who haven’t seen a Giant compete in the Derby since Barry Bonds two decades ago, MLB has missed an obvious upgrade to All-Star Monday’s signature event: Give the Home Run Derby winner an actual derby.
Yes, a derby, the hat known in England as a bowler. It was named after its inventors. Thomas and William Bowler, and is also called a Coke hat, a bob hat, and a billycock.