This is extremely important: The following post ranks Major League Baseball’s 10 best hats. It includes only caps designated as part of teams’ regular cap rotation, either at home, on the road or as alternates. One-off Memorial Day hats and their ilk were not considered, nor were the batting-practice caps occasionally seen on the field during game action.

Here are the 10 best hats in Major League Baseball:

10. Boston Red Sox (alternate)

The Red Sox’ alternate caps have a pair of red socks on them. It’s an article of clothing featuring a different article of clothing. Specifically: The very article of clothing the team is named after! In the 1930s, the Red Sox wore hats featuring a single red sock. Didn’t make sense.

9. Minnesota Twins (home)

Way too many teams wear some combination of blue and red, a fact that hurt both the Twins and Red Sox on this list. But all things considered, the navy and red is the classiest of the blue-and-red options, and the Twins earn bonus points for being the only team to use letters on their hat that signify neither the club’s nickname nor its officially recognized location. They’re called the Twins because they represent the Twin Cities, and it’s cool that St. Paul gets that shoutout.

8. Los Angeles Dodgers

Plenty of MLB caps feature interlocking letters, but only the Dodgers have a hat on which the two letters are formed in part from a common line — the bottom half of the “L” making the crossbar on the “A.” That’s efficiency, folks. Also, credit the Dodgers for avoiding the temptation to trot out road caps or alternates, and sticking with what they’ve used since they moved west.

7. San Diego Padres (alternate)

Everyone knows the Padres should return to their classic brown color scheme and the accompanying hats, but until they do, their Sunday home alternate — a military tribute — will have to do. It’s closer to khaki than brown, and to be honest, it’s not terribly attractive. But it’s really unlike any other color used by any other team. That’s why it’s here.

6. Oakland Athletics (road)

Oakland’s last road cap — which featured an entirely yellow logo — was actually better than the current one, a white logo with a yellow outline. Either way, the A’s are the game’s only green team, and their road hats still best the two-toned home option.

5. New York Yankees

The Yankees’ iconic cap might not be for everybody, but it’s apparently for more people than any other. Its overwhelming popularity, plus the club’s adherence to its classic look, put it among the best hats in the game.

4. Milwaukee Brewers (alternate)

It’s a lower-case m and a lower-case b and they form a baseball glove. That’s so perfect. It’s the greatest logo in the history of sports, and it’s only ranked fourth because the Brewers refuse to accept that neither they nor anyone else will ever do better and just make it their regular hat again.

3. Colorado Rockies (home)

Who would’ve guessed in the early 1990s that a purple, silver and black color scheme would stand the test of time? Unlike most recent expansion teams, the Rockies have remained remarkably consistent with their uniforms. Probably because those uniforms are awesome. The only purple team.

2. Chicago White Sox

The White Sox boast all three of the most important elements of hat dominance: A classic logo, a unique color scheme — they’re the only black-and-white club — and the strong endorsement of Dr. Dre.

1. Detroit Tigers (home)

It’s perfect. I’m going to turn this one over to Mr. Thomas Magnum.

What else needs to be said?