One of the greatest things about the international sports community are the multitude of team logos to choose from. The Korean Baseball Organization’s Lotte Giants get the tonal treatment in Black and White in their latest edition NEW ERA 59Fifty fitted baseball cap. Their power letter “G” in an italic font takes up the majority of the real estate on the front panels. Godly or gangsta? You have you choice of the light or the dark side. Brush up on your Hangul and head over to lockerroom.co.kr to pick either or both of these up.

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I did my cynical, angry thing a week ago when writing about the NFL lockout. I argued it was all a ruse to build suspense for the league’s feverish fanbase and that no games would actually be sacrificed. I’m still not wrong.

The first half will go down as a conspiracy theory, but I was right about the rest. No more room for chest thumping here, though. Pigskin is back, and it’s spiraling!

Bill Belichick is trolling the entire league, trying to prove he can reform the NFL’s problem children by trading for defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth and receiver Chad Johnson Ochocinco — from the Redskins and Bengals, respectively. The Eagles traded Kevin Kolb to the Arizona Cardinals for a second-round pick and cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie — and then Kolb signed an absurd contract ($63M) for a career backup with seven starts and a little more than 300 passes on his stat sheet.

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The Chicago based brand LEADERS 1354 is back with another iteration of their “Jumbo LDRS” fitted. The fitted starts it off with a Kelly Green body and upperbrim, a light grey underbrim and as a nice added touch the jumbo “LDRS” on the front is glow in the dark! Check the full pic after the jump then go cop it at http://www.leaders1354.com. …+MORE

After just getting a preview a little over a month ago, the ELUSIVE “Summer 11″ fitteds are now available. The caps come in 3 different colorways with “ELSV” arched across the front in a clean collegiate font. Check the back of the cap and other front angles after the jump then hit up http://elusiveca.com/shop for yours. …+MORE

Ervin Santana was el fuego in his start against the Cleveland Indians. Pitching like a man possessed, Santana was clicking on all cylinders, his pitches were literally un-hittable. A total of 10 batters struck out and only two reached base safely, it was total domination all night long. The final score was Angels 3, Indians 1, with the only score for the Indians coming via an error in the first inning but it was lights out from there. This was the first complete game no hitter thrown by an Angels pitcher since Mike Watt threw a perfect game against the Texas Rangers in 1984. Santana’s was the third no-hitter thrown in the majors this year, joining the likes of Detroit’s Justin Verlander and Minnesota’s Francisco Liriano. It seems only fitting that Santana had a halo on his fitted last night, I’m sure it didn’t hurt.

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GRENADE bets it all on black with their Mascot fitted baseball cap. No surprises here, this 59Fifty fitted cap features their “mascot” in tonal Black embroidery over a Black base. Watch wearing this as you travel through airline security. This might trigger a few eyebrows and alarms.

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Now before you give me the sideways look, I don’t mean you should go out with 2 different shoes, a fitted and a float tube. Nor do I mean you should walk out in an all orange jumper with a matching fitted and Af1s, that could get you in some trouble. What I’m talking about is fully matching your gear from head to toe colorwise or not matching colors at all but finding that balance. Sure one is definitely easier than the other but that also doesn’t necessarily mean one style is better.

Sure doing everything up according to one hue may seem easier but sometimes you need to just K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid, not the band). Doing the “non-matching, matching” definitely takes more effort and finesse which can either have you looking real fresh or like a train crashed into a paint factory full of hobos. No one style wins but I try to go the “non-matching, matching” route myself with more subtle colors. What do you do? Let us know via Twitter account. …+MORE

Here’s an exclusive preview of TOKIDOKI’s NEW ERA 59Fifty fitted cap designs for Fall / Winter 2011. Along with their own animated designs, the brand’s take on MARVELS catalog of hero’s and villians continue to be best sellers. It’s no surprise that that they’ve brought them back for the upcoming seasons. Based off the new Royal Pride characters, the Carne fitted cap (shown above) features Lion Pappa highlighted with Gold lurex stitching. The range follows after the jump.

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