1961 yankee pennant help

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Posted By: larry

never seen this one before
has all the names individually inside a baseball
with original stick
aany ifo?

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Posted By: Mike H

I would like to see the photo. Sounds interesting.

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Posted By: larry

photo is up

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Posted By: howard

That is a bizarre pennant. The names include a few players such as Al Downing, Tex Clevenger, and Earl Torgeson who barely played for the yankees in 1961 yet doesn't include Johnny Blanchard who hit twenty-one HRs and batted over .300. The printing of the names seems pretty sloppy also. Any chance these were sold blank so fans could write in the names they wanted?

I'd guess it dates from mid-July when Downing joined the team to late August when Torgeson was dropped.

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Posted By: larry

hi
definitely had the names already in there
as for blanchard it looks like it only lists the full time starting 8 all on the left side
the pitchers on the right side and the coaches down the middle
1st pennant ive ever seen with pitching coach batting coach base coaches
also the 1st ive seen with the stick for waving instead of the tassles for hanging

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Posted By: howard

Yes, I see what you're talking about and it makes sense to me now. I didn't realize that Torgeson was actually a coach as well as a player for the '61 Yanks.