White Sox Plan Special Edition Obama Caps

By Benjy Lipsman in Miscellaneous on Jan 28, 2009 7:40PM

The White Sox may never be able to surpass the Cubs as most popular team in town, but having our new Commander in Chief as a fan has certainly given the Sox some new found cache. Since Barack Obama's election as president, sales of Sox caps have surged 25 percent. So it comes as little surprise that the South Siders are playing up their new status as First Team. The Sox have already launched a First Fan page on their website.

And the team is now trying to launch a special edition Obama Sox cap. The familiar black cap, enhanced with Obama's campaign logo and/or name would be sold through official venues like the ballpark and MLB.com website. Proceeds would fund local charities. While we were disappointed to learn these won't be available at this weekend's SoxFest, the team hopes to get the OK from Obama in time to have the hats available before Spring Training.