"pink hat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pink hats [plural]
Etymology: From the pink Red Sox hats that became popular after the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series. Head templates: {{en-noun}} pink hat (plural pink hats)
  1. (sports) A person who only follows a team because it has become fashionable. Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-pink_hat-en-noun-Xnn0gCKI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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          "ref": "2009, Andy Wasif, Red Sox University: Baseball's Foremost Institution of Higher Learning",
          "text": "There's an old tale about a Rooter who was sitting next to a Pink Hat.",
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          "ref": "2010, Michael Macomber, The Red Sox and Philosophy: Green Monster Meditations",
          "text": "Although other fans have waved at NESN cameras, the pink hat fan has been seen doing it more often and usually during important parts of the game.",
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          "ref": "2012, Gregory Crafts, Up All Night, page 61",
          "text": "MIRI: When did you start following the Sox? 2004? '07? SETH: I've always kind of followed them. MIRI: “Kind of?” Heh. Oh, yeah. You're a Pink Hat.",
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          "ref": "2013, Jon Chattman, Allie Tarantino, How the Red Sox Explain New England",
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