Accidental Vulgarities: New Era MLB Hats with Hidden Messages Sell for a Premium Online

The sports headwear and apparel company New Era Cap has made headlines for all the wrong reasons. What began as an attempt to come up with a new MLB hat design has turned into novelty items worth upwards of $1,000 in the online marketplace.

The recently released hats are part of New Era's Overlap 5950 collection, where team logos are superimposed over the team name. However, as many fans online were quick to point out, the designs led to some eyebrow-raising - sometimes vulgar - irregularities.

"Maybe shouldn't have rolled with this design."

In one case, the Texas Rangers cap design ended up spelling out a Spanish slang word. Other designs, like those for the Los Angeles Angels and Houston Astros, have also been mocked online for unfortunate letter placements that change their intended meaning.

An MLB source told us that the design flaws were "unintentional" and missed during the product review process. The hats were ultimately removed from the MLB's online marketplace, but not until after shoppers had already managed to get their hands on them.

Now, some of the hats are reselling online with a big price markup. According to records, multiple Los Angeles Angels hats sold Wednesday for upwards of $1,000. A Texas Rangers hat with the design flaw, meanwhile, sold for $800.

New Era's "Team Shadow" collection last year featured an Oakland A's hat that had an extra "s."