pink hat

English

Etymology

From the pink Red Sox hats that became popular after the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series.

Noun

pink hat (plural pink hats)

1. (sports) A person who only follows a team because it has become fashionable.
   • 2009, Andy Wasif, Red Sox University: Baseball's Foremost Institution of Higher Learning, →ISBN:

     There's an old tale about a Rooter who was sitting next to a Pink Hat.

   • 2010, Michael Macomber, The Red Sox and Philosophy: Green Monster Meditations, →ISBN:

     Although other fans have waved at NESN cameras, the pink hat fan has been seen doing it more often and usually during important parts of the game.

   • 2012, Gregory Crafts, Up All Night, →ISBN, page 61:

     MIRI: When did you start following the Sox? 2004? '07? SETH: I've always kind of followed them. MIRI: “Kind of?” Heh. Oh, yeah. You're a Pink Hat.

   • 2013, Jon Chattman, Allie Tarantino, How the Red Sox Explain New England, →ISBN:

     After much thought and research, she officially adopted the Red Sox as her baseball team and despite what critics of post-2004 fans say, she's no fair-weather pink hat.