On National Hat Day, let's celebrate the art of the hat catch

Is everyone wearing a hat? Good, because it's National Hat Day and that means you're legally obligated to sport headgear while reading this. As Jay-Z knows, ball caps are casual fashion essentials, but today we're celebrating them for their secondary (and superior?) purpose -- catching baseballs.

Let this Padres fan show you how it's done: 

Hats can give you a little extra reach, which comes in handy when someone else is trying to catch your foul ball. This young Braves fan is using his cap as fan catch power-up: 

A good hat catch can bring joy to you and the people you care about: 

And you can use any headwear you see fit. The floppier, the better: 

But wait, you might be thinking, I want to look cool when I make my catch, like that guy holding a baby. Don't worry, babies are included: 

Even the pros do it: 

Reliever Luis Ayala was so good at the hat catch that he had not one, not two, not three, but FOUR spectacular snags from the bullpen. Here he is catching a Justin Upton home run:

Remember: A hat catch means using your hat to catch a ball, not Alex Gordon's understandable but mistaken interpretation: