Viral Texas Rangers Hat with Obscene Look Now Selling For $1,000 on Secondary Market

The Rangers, Angels, and Astros have all had hats from the latest New Era collection pulled, with the Rangers hat selling for huge money on the secondary market.

The hat and glove of Texas Rangers fielder Leody Taveras (3) during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in 2024. | John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images

The Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels and Houston Astros have each had their hats from the latest New Era collection pulled because of logos that appear to have obscenities.

As you can see from the pictures below, the idea behind the hat is to have the team's logo featured in the center of the hat, with the wordmark intersecting it. In the case of the Astros and Angels, you can see that the hat appears to contain vulgarities or words similar to vulgarities.

Following the initial removal of a New Era Rangers hat from MLB’s official online store earlier in the week, two more hats from the Overlap line have also been pulled.

Sorry, AsHos and AnAels fans.

🔗 https://t.co/aDBrZi31mW

— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) March 12, 2025

In the case of the Rangers, the hat appears as "TeTas" which is a Spanish word for breasts.

A Texas Rangers ballcap was pulled from online shops this week ... after fans were outraged that it looked like it spelled out a Spanish vulgarity for a woman's breasts.

See more: https://t.co/Z1gPGVgPtb pic.twitter.com/LywvVYiNL1

— TMZ (@TMZ) March 11, 2025

According to The Athletic article, the Rangers hats are now selling for almost $1,000 on EBay. Given that they've been pulled, they are obviously extremely rare.

Now, the Rangers hat is generating big sales on the secondary market. Since Tuesday, six have sold on eBay, ranging from $200 to $1,000. MLBshop originally listed them for $44.99. One eBay seller has also listed knockoffs of the Rangers hat for $36, with 123 sold as of midday Wednesday.

Anything to make a buck...

The alternate hat market has become a huge boon for retailers over the last decade or so, as everyone tries to come up with a new and cool way to market organizations. However, this seems to represent a major miss from New Era.

The Rangers will open up their season at home on March 27 as they take on the Boston Red Sox.

They finished in third place in the American League West last season.

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