Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Have you seen some stuff about a Texas Rangers hat from New Era that's caused a bit of a stir?

New Era reveals a new fashion collaboration with Sanrio's fan-favorite kitten mascot, Hello Kitty, for caps, hats and apparel ...

But right now, caps are stealing all the headlines. New Era rolled out their new "Overlap" hats for the 2025 season earlier this week. However, the hats haven't exactly been received well.

A bad week for New Era's "overlap" MLB hats just got worse. MLB removed the Los Angeles Angels and Houston Astros versions of the hats from its online stores Tuesday, according to Front Office Sports.

New Era released its special new hats for every MLB team and while they aren't the best looking ones you'll ever see, one team's hat had to be pulled from stores because it looked way to much like ...