IMPORTANT: Wrong White Sox hat appears in 'Straight Outta Compton'

Read about this shocking disregard of baseball uniform history.

The hit Hollywood drive-in picture show "Straight Outta Compton"? It has a baseball hook of sorts, you know. The hook is that a White Sox hat appears in the opening scene. That's a hook, folks!

Here, via the Chicago Sun-Times, is what that was like ... 

Pictured above: Easy E, cinematic rendering.

Anyhow, regarding the choice in headwear, there's this ... 

Mr. Sturm is mostly correct, as the logo you see above actually made its first appearance in 1990, not 1991. However, it most assuredly wasn't around in 1986. This was a mistake, yes, but forgiveness makes us a better people. 

In the service of healing, here's a crude and miserable Photoshop of what things should've looked like ... 

There, that's better. Here to help, as always. 

CBS Sports Writer

Dayn Perry has been a baseball writer for CBS Sports since early 2012. Prior to that, he wrote for FOXSports.com and ESPN.com. He's the author of three books, the most recent being Reggie Jackson: The... Full Bio

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