Man Ownes 82,792 Baseball Caps

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MITCHELL, S.D. --Roger "Buckey" Legried could wear a different baseball cap every hour for nine years and not get through his collection.

Volunteers counted 82,792 caps -- more than enough for the Frost, Minn., man to set an unofficial world record -- and then presented him with autographed No. 82,793.

Legried shipped the collection in two semitrailer trucks to Mitchell's Corn Palace for the counting process. He said the Corn Palace is large enough for the job and its agriculture background fits with the ag-related theme of many pieces of the head wear.

The final count Saturday wasn't far off Legried's guess of around 83,000 that he's collected since 1970. On Saturday alone he received another 80 caps that aren't in the final count.

Legried said he'll have to mail paperwork and other documentation before his collection is recognized as a Guinness World Record, now listed at around 30,000.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/04/10/cap_collection_at_82792_and_growing?mode=PF