Yeah, not a Cubs hat.

*gleaned

This Cal forum actually speculates that it is an old Cleveland Indians hat. http://bearinsider.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-92350.html

I’m pretty sure that was not a Cubs hat. I believe it had a yellow C.

Benny gives him the hat because his fishing hat sucks so much. Also, when did the Cubs ever have a yellow block ‘C’ as their logo? It wasn’t a Cubs hat, man. And even if it was, he is wearing it to fit in, not because he is a fan of the team.

(I know The Sandlot better than I probably should.)

It’s a blue hat with a generic, yellow C. It’s not a Cubs hat.

Then why did you think Smalls was a Cubs fan? One of the most famous scenes (“The great bambino!”) serves entirely to show just how little he cares/knows about baseball.

Benny gives him a Cubs hat and tells him to burn the fish hat.

He and he alone is wearing that hat because he knows nothing about baseball. His dad has a Babe Ruth-signed ball, which seems to represent his family’s only connection to the game.

I may have to take another look. But I don’t think he was a fan of any team. The lovable loser hat he owned was that ridiculous long-billed thing with the fish on it.

Re: “The Sandlot.” Isn’t the kid (Smalls) someone who knows nothing about baseball before he meets the neighborhood kids? Doesn’t he end up as an announcer for the Dodgers? Where do the Cubs feature in that movie? Maybe I just forgot.

This also happened in Minnesota, but Blair Qalsh couldn’t really fault someone for pushing too far to the left.

Unsurprising that swimmers came up with elaborate fictional lies, given the lengths they go to to justify the existence of all their dumb strokes and events.