How did all those Cubs championship hats get to Chicago in time for Friday's citywide celebration? Practice, practice, practice.
Oh, and some advance work and one very scary NLCS in 2015, according to Bloomberg.
New Era, official supplier of MLB's on-field headwear, has a system: It makes the base of on-field commemorative championship caps ahead of time, adding "World Series Champion" embellishments to a neutral base color palette (black bill, gray crown this year) and saving only the team I.D. as the final touch.
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When Kris Bryant threw to Anthony RIzzo for the last out of Game 7 in the wee hours of Thursday morning, New Era sprang into action heat pressing Cubs logos onto the hats.