NY Yankees Recall Caps

I don't know if you heard about this, but the NY Yankees authorized the sale of hats with the following designs:








































For those of you from Orange County, the colors and designs are obviously gang inspired. The design and color are symbols for the bloods (red) and crips (blue) and the crown is the symbol of a variety of Mexican (and in the case of New York, Puerto Rican) gangs such as the Latin Kings. I'm glad to see that professional sports are trying to tap into one of their biggest markets: gang affiliation and wannabes.

The hats were recalled because of pressure from Harlem community activists. Among their complaints, organizers pointed out that "unsuspecting kids could buy one of the hats, wear it in the wrong turf and then be targeted for attack."

My only question is, did they really think they could get away this? I mean, who sold the idea to the team to make a bunch of gang-themed hats?...fairly odd Mr. Steinbrenner.