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 released a line of “Overlap” hats for ... The Texas Rangers’ Overlap hat went viral over the weekend when fans spotted the Spanish word the design accidentally created and the ...

A Spanish slang for breasts on New Era's Overlap baseball cap for the Texas Rangers: The team's stylized T sits over the X in ...

It was not the first time a vulgarity slipped by those at New Era. Just this past September, an Athletics hat that was part of the 9FIFTY Snapback collection was pulled after it was quickly ...

Less than a year ago, New Era released the hat above, offering a similarly vulgar word in plain English. How is it possible that a company makes such a mistake once, and less than a calendar year ...

New Era is infamous for its edgy if sometimes oblivious designs. Last year, the league pulled down an A's hat that appeared to spell "ASS." I, for one, will never take it for granted that I got to ...

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 ...

At least, the "PhiPies" is somehow what New Era calls the reigning National League East-champion Philadelphia Phillies on its newest alternate hat design for the 2025 Major League Baseball season.

Something seems not quite right. It seems someone printed the team’s logo over the team names on the hat. That can't be right. How embarrassing for New Era! Wait, I'm sorry? Are you telling me ...