Astros’ All-Star Game hat literally features an asterisk

Many baseball fans will say the Houston Astros’ World Series win in 2017 has a massive asterisk and whoever designed the All-Star Game hats would agree.

It’s been nearly five years but no baseball fan has quickly forgotten the 2017 Houston Astros cheating scandal. And since they went on to win the World Series that year, many fans — especially those in support of the Yankees and Dodgers — believe that title deserves an asterisk.

And if you believe in symbolism of the hilarious variety, then the 2022 MLB All-Star Game hats are definitely for you.

As pointed out by our friends over at Yanks Go Yard, the Astros hat for the 2022 All-Star Game has an actual asterisk next to their logo. Clearly, this is definitive proof that, at a minimum, the designers of the ASG lids believe that Houston’s World Series victory deserves an asterisk.

Astros All-Star Game hat has an actual asterisk…but they aren’t alone

Of course, what is left out by this discovery is the fact that the asterisk (or, you know, star) on these hats is actually featured next to the logo of every team’s lid. Thus, MLB isn’t actually singling out the Astros in this instance — or at least not as much as some fans would like to believe.

If there is anything to point out, scrolling through all of the All-Star Game hats, the Astros are one of just five teams that have the star/asterisk to the left of the logo when looking at it. Granted, that probably doesn’t mean anything, but it is just about the only way the team’s logo is different than the rest.

Even still, it’s a hilarious observation and, even if it’s not abnormal from the other 29 teams in the league, it’ll be hard not to look at Houston’s players and not see the asterisk on their hats now.