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Rockies Insider: A brief history of Tupac’s “Catch the Fever” shirt that’s now become a Colorado favorite

Beyond his music, rap legend Tupac Shakur is also well known for a multitude of iconic portraits, one of which ties in to the Rockies’ 2018 playoff chase.

Most Colorado baseball die-hards have seen the widely circulated image of Tupac in a white MLB hat and a Rockies-themed shirt that proclaimed in all caps, “Catch The Fever”.

Several decades after the rapper’s death, the message made a resurgence in the Rocky Mountain region last season after Colorado first baseman Ian Desmond came across the image and had identical shirts printed up for the whole team.