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“…. Pig skin is assur b’hanna’ah….”
Lol… , my understanding is that pig skin isn’t used anymore ,L’meiseh, bezman hazeh.
Koomt oiss that it’s
a sheilah if we’re goizer issur on the metziyus that is was once pig, and may be again. OR, since it’s faux ham, maybe the nekudah is that it’s stamm hefkeirus.
On the hand, baseball, which was enjoyed by many rabbonim including Rabbis Wein and Finkel Z”L ,
may be a be’riah bifnei atzmah and one may find a heter , even if b’dee’eved.
On top of that, it’s a sheileh whether just wearing a baseball cap, provided it’s not shatnes, is mutter on the streets or not. As long as it’s not a Yankees cap, says the …………… , there’s a sevoroh to say that it’s ok.
Nu, bleibt a kasha.