Would a single Dr. Marten or Blundstone have been more apropos? Perhaps. But the viral Birkenstock atop a fan’s hat was a pretty perfect representation of Seattle’s baseball anxiety and nonchalant fashion sense.
For those who were larch-hunting: During a truly historic comeback by the Mariners on Saturday afternoon against the Blue Jays in Toronto, fans at a T-Mobile Park watch party in Seattle started placing shoes on their noggins as a twist on the age-old rally cap. The superstition began gaining traction after the Jumbotron showed a die-hard sporting a single German sandal on his backward M’s fitted.
The “Rally Shoe” took off on social media, and the Mariners quickly moved to enshrine it. The team says it
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