6ix Baggers — №83: Worst Fan Ever.
Harry's the worst fan ever as we introduce the Official 6ix Baggers Hat Rule so this never happens again.
Dear Drink Carters and everyone who can’t believe it’s only been over a week since the World Series ended.
A week ago we were watching incredible world series games. As one fan put it, “one week without the blue jays & it’s felt like a lifetime.”
Now there is a light snowfall on the city of Toronto. Jays broadcaster Dan Shulman notes, “The World Series ended 8 days ago. Today I’ve got longjohns on to walk the dog.”
Bench coach Don Mattingly has moved on. George Springer won a Silver Slugger. Shane Bieber has exercised his player option to run it back. The Texas Rangers won the Team Gold Glove award despite the Blue Jays having over twice the fielding run value in 2025. The Dodgers have all but admitted they were out played by the Blue Jays. That Drake should be kept away from your franchise at all costs. Jason Kelce has already proclaimed his love for Canada.
Its your typical offseason. Except for the unexpected “Markle-ing”.
So yes, I’m doing a post-season edition of 6ix Baggers simply because Harry proved that when Meghan Markle is involved, you can get still thrown out at home trying to prove your phoney fandom as a former prince. Let’s break it down.
So baseball-loving Prince Harry shows up to Game 4 of the World Series rocking a Dodgers hat while they’re playing the Toronto Blue Jays.
Only Harry would do this and not think it would piss off all of Canada since we’re a Commonwealth nation and his dad is literally our head of state.
Then he rolls into Toronto a week later for Remembrance Day events and tries to smooth things over by claiming he was “under duress” because the Dodgers owner invited him and that he was actually cheering for the Blue Jays the whole time.
Except I could only find two other times Harry has watched baseball. In 2019, Harry and Meghan attended an MLB game in London between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees and in 2010, Harry threw out the first pitch at a Mets game at Citi Field.
The whole thing is classic Markle. Dude has been to like three baseball games in his entire life, never said a word about the Toronto Blue Jays ever before, then suddenly claims he was secretly rooting for them the whole time after getting roasted on Canadian social media.
And then there is Markle herself. Even back in 2018 Chateline was writing Meghan fan fiction about all the times she was a Blue Jays cap wearing fan. But she was a Dodger fan all along (she claims) but seems to understand the rules of being away from your home team. So of course she releases a celebration video when the Dodgers win Game 7. Then Harry jumps on a plane to spend a week in Toronto. It was in that video that he probably knew that “Hat Gate” was going to haunt him.
This was what the spare had to say for wearing the Los Angeles Dodgers hat during game 4. “Oh, the L.A. Dodgers hat — hatgate. Well, firstly, I would like to apologize to Canada for wearing it. Secondly, I was under duress. There wasn’t much choice. I was invited to the L.A. Dodgers box or the dugout by the owner himself. So, I was doing what I thought was the polite thing to do.”
The duress he speaks of:
He even got a Yahoo “Apologized” graphic which might be the funniest thing of all time.
Harry showed up wearing enemy colors to a Commonwealth country’s only team in the World Series, then tried to share his fandom a week later like we’re all idiots. The only thing worse than being a bandwagon fan is being a fake bandwagon fan who jumps ship the moment it’s convenient.
You certainly don’t have to be Switzerland and wear a generic hat Rob Lowe style. Although I’m kind of surprised they aren’t wearing merch from their own brands? Or why Harry wasn’t wearing an Invictus Games hat. Those are easy, uncontroversial hats that could even raise awareness to your causes on national TV.
The lesson here? You can leave the royal family, move to California and reinvent yourself a hundred times over but you can’t be a phoney fan. To help Harry, we’ve crafted a set of rules.
The Official 6ix Baggers Hat Rule
Here’s how this works, so no fair weather fan ever has to apologize for “Hat Gate” again:
Rule 1: At a random game your team isn’t playing in? Wear the home team’s hat. Basic courtesy. You’re a guest, act like it. Enjoy the vibes.
Rule 2: Your team is literally on the field? Wear your team’s hat or no hat at all. There is no third option.
Rule 3: You don’t get to override Rule 2 just because a billionaire owner invited you to his seats. Politeness to rich people does not trump loyalty to your team.
Rule 4: If your dad is the head of state of the country that team represents, Rules 2 and 3 apply double.
Rule 5: You absolutely cannot claim you were “secretly” cheering for the other team after the fact. Pick a side and own it like an adult.
For those keeping score: Harry violated Rules 2, 3, 4 and 5. Worth noting there are more rules, but this is a good start.
The 6ix Baggers Hat Rule: Simple enough for an idiot prince to understand.
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The last out
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