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Originally Posted by bocca001

Thanks, guys. I've been collecting Santa Clara pennants for a long time. It's rare to see an old one come up these days. I did get a great one from Kyle a few months ago.

Greg- about San Jose, it's cool that you got to coach a game at that stadium. You should track down the Sports Illustrated story about the "Bad News Bees", describing the teams from the mid 1980s made up of former MLB players with drug problems (e.g., Steve Howe). I try to catch an SJ Giants game there every summer. The Santa Clara Padres also played games there during their one season of existence. It was a strange team with colors of red, green, and white to hopefully help them catch on with Italian, Portuguese, and Latino fans in the area (i.e., flag colors). It didn't work. But MLB manager Joe Maddon played on that team.

Rob- what's up with this NY Giants pennant below? I don't recall ever seeing it before and it seems unlike most other baseball pennants. I like it.

I will look it up! In fact I think Ken Reitz played for that Bees team, if memory serves me.