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What: Star Struck Spring/Summer ’97 catalog.

Address: www.starstruck.com, or by phone, (800) 908-4637.

The 1960s and ‘70s were hard for me. I admit to sampling different baseball cards, pennants and plastic mini-batting helmets. But I stopped almost all of that by 18.

Now I am 35 and this cap thing is something else.

Seattle Pilot cap with scrambled eggs? Check. Albuquerque Duke cap? Yep. Star Struck Spring/Summer ’97 catalog? On the mailing list.

It has 64 pages of fitted baseball caps, excerpts from David Lamb’s baseball book “Stolen Season--A Journey Through America and Baseball’s Minor Leagues” and just enough facts on the teams to make it a legitimate reference book or magazine.

The baseball section is broken down by major league organizations. True to the Dodgers? Where’s your Savannah Sand Gnat cap? And doesn’t a real Angel fan have the Midland Angel alternate cap, the one with a moose?

Star Struck can ship it next week or overnight.

Baseball is the main draw, with caps from the old Negro, independent and winter leagues included. But basketball, football, hockey, colleges and roller hockey are also represented. With the cap out of the bag, there’s no way Star Struck is going to let us put it back in.