As promised, I'm providing an update on fashion and style trends from Scandinavia. I'm afraid that all my friends back in Boston are not going to be happy with this one. Just as I picked up quickly on the number of American accents in Trondheim, it took about half an hour on the streets of Oslo to realize that just about every dude under the age of 35 and his uncle (presuming he was also under 35) was wearing a New York Yankees hat of some color or style. While we sat outside watching a World Cup match on a giant screen (more info forthcoming), I could spot no fewer than 10 Yankees hats within a 10 meter radius (I'm getting the hang of this metric system thing). Now, I haven't jumped on the Red Sox bandwagon just yet, but it was a bit much really. It just makes me wonder how fads like that start. Did it have to do with their recent World Series title? I seem to recall that Norway participates in the new-fangled international baseball tournament they started a couple years back. There were also an occasional smattering of other hats as well. There was an odd Pirates hat here, or an Indians hat there, but they were totally overwhelmed by Yankees hats - purple, red, green, paisley (if you can believe that). I might have seen a plain old navy around somewhere, but I might be imagining that.
In any event, you heard it here...The Yankees are in in Scandinavia...
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