The new collection of MLB hats from New Era has caused quite a stir online. The Texas Rangers have already removed their cap from the online team store, and more teams have followed suit. On Monday, New Era dropped their "Overlap" series,

The controversial hats were pulled from MLB's official online store, but have popped up on eBay and sold for as much as $1,000.

New Era dropped its Overlap 5950 collection on Monday, featuring the logo of each team over its nickname, but some of the designs are questionable.

And this is all a little reminiscent of when the Oakland Athletics accidentally released a hat that had the word “Ass” written front and center. Seems like the MLB has all of their bases covered with their “Tetas” and “Ass” hats, am I right?

It's gotten to the point where MLB is pulling several Overlap hats from the team stores. Earlier this week, MLB pulled the Overlap hat for the Texas Rangers after the design happened to spell out a vulgar word in Spanish — something that was missed throughout the design and approval process.

Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a Denver native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and a noted fan of pull-up threes, wide-receiver passes and a good hot fudge sundae.

The start of the MLB season is just weeks away. Support your team this year with their new 2025 MLB overlap hat from New Era.

Major League Baseball’s latest attempt at a stylish cap release quickly turned into an embarrassment. New Era’s “MLB Overlap” collection, which aimed to put a fresh spin on team branding, instead led to widespread mockery and controversy.