Ok, here are some that are on the way. Delayed by the big Texas Freeze.
A week or so ago, several San Jose (CA) baseball related pennants showed up on ebay, which is very uncommon. The seller also had this Seibu Lions pennant. In the early 1980s, the Seibu Lions sent players to San Jose to play in the California League, including Koji Akiyama in 1983, who is now a member of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.
I bought Lions pennant along with one of the earlier Bees pennants (an upgrade) and asked the seller if the Lions pennant was sold in San Jose. He told me that he did photographic work for the San Jose minor league team for many years and that the Lions players from the 1983 team gave him the pennant. I thought that was pretty cool. Hope they arrive soon.
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