Growing up in Texas, I was raised around many Mexicans. As has been the case when learning words in any language, to include English, I first learned profane terms. As an example, rather than saying “breasts” or “tits,” I learned the word “tetas.” Given this context, one source reports:
The Texas Rangers boast one of the largest Spanish-speaking fanbases in Major League Baseball [MLB], so when a redesigned version of the team’s hat was found to contain an inadvertent Spanish slur, [MLB] was quick to pull it from shelves.
Part of New Era’s Overlap 5950 collection, the Rangers’ hat has ‘TEXAS’ inscribed in block lettering across the crown. Only with the team’s logo – a ‘T’ – sewn over the ‘X’ in ‘Texas,’ the hat takes on a considerably different meaning.
The MLB “Tetas” hat was an apparent mistake. We live in an imperfect world and this sort of error occurs quite often. When considering this matter, I think a relatively brief psychoeducational lesson in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is warranted.
In particular, the technique of unconditional life-acceptance acknowledges inherent perfection in the world. Although one may unhelpfully believe that life ideally should, must, or ought to conform to perfect standards, we live in an imperfect world. Life isn’t flawless, nor will it ever be.
Therefore, MLB misprints will inevitably occur and we can accept that these mistakes are expected at one point or another. There’s no logical or reasonable need to self-disturb about this matter. Tetas happen. They’re no big deal… unless they are. Even still, they’re imperfect.
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References:
Baseball by Design [@baseballbydesign.bsky.social]. (2025, March 10). Sadly fanatics has removed tetas from their website. The other 29 teams are still available [Image]. [Post]. BlueSky. Retrieved from https://bsky.app/profile/baseballbydesign.bsky.social/post/3ljzprwtdgk2z
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Raskin, A. (2025, March 11). Texas Rangers cap featuring vulgar Spanish slang pulled from official MLB store after embarrassing mistake. Daily Mail. Retrieved from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-14486175/Texas-Rangers-hat-Spanish-slang.html
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