Facemask affixed to a baseball cap

Apparatus including a ball cap including a bill including a soft dome made from panels sewn together, in combination with a one-piece facemask, the apparatus comprising:

• the one-piece facemask having an arcuate shape and being constructed entirely of plastic, consisting of:
• a grid portion including a plurality of vertical plastic segments and a plurality of horizontal plastic sections, wherein the vertical plastic segments and the horizontal plastic are joined together, the plurality of vertical plastic sections include
• at least one straight vertical plastic segment;
• wherein the horizontal plastic segments are curved to form the arcuate shape of the facemask in the horizontal direction, one of the horizontal plastic segments forming an upper edge of the grid portion spanning from a distal left side of the grid portion to a distal right side of the grid portion;
• and
• an elongated plastic bar spanning the upper edge of the grid portion, wherein the bar is connected to the upper edge of the grid portion at a distal left side of the upper edge of the grid portion and a distal right side of the upper edge of the grid portion, wherein the upper edge of the grid portion and the bar define an open slot between the distal left side of the upper edge of the grid portion and the distal right side of the upper edge of the grid portion, wherein the bill of the ball cap is received in the open slot, with the distal left side and the distal right side of the upper edge engaging the bill, and wherein the bill disposed in the slot connects the one-piece facemask to the ball.