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08-13-2021, 03:17 PM
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This pic will be tiny, I’m guessing (on my phone in Idaho) but apropos of the 1948 pennant, I guess Bill Veeck buried a 14’ x 20’ (?) pennant in the ground and it’s never been found. This is it:
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08-13-2021, 03:56 PM
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08-13-2021, 04:49 PM
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Greg- I did not try the retroclean pennants. But the Oxyclean worked great with these stiff felt pennants from the late 1970s/early 1980s. No color running at all, even on an Astros pennant that had red graphics. I've heard that red spines might color bleed a bit, but I did not have any of those. These are all very stiff felt pennants. I've heard that oxyclean does not work well on older softer felt pennants because the paint can bleed.
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08-13-2021, 05:27 PM
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Now here’s a note about the stadium pennants. Most, as you know, have a light yellow playing field. Are they made green and it quickly faded? Strangely, these Giants pennants (from the examples I’ve seen from Marc and Rob) seem to retain the grass color, and also many White Sox Comiskey Park (or White Sox Park) pennants have brilliant ballpark colors. But all the others have a yellow outfield
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08-13-2021, 06:23 PM
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My favorite stadium pennants, ranked:
5. NY Giants Polo Grounds 4. “A New Home” Bum LA Dodgers 3. LA Angels Dodger Stadium 2. KC A’s with big ear elephant 1. Redlegs white pennant with gray Crosley Your turn, Mark  … I bet we agree on 1 and 2
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08-13-2021, 09:34 PM
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Just because of my love for the Reds (and Mr. Red), I will change the order just a tad. My favorite Reds Stadium Pennant is the one with Mr. Red flying on a Bat above Crosley Field. There are so many great ones, I'll have to do a Top 10... 1. Mr. Red Riding a Bat above Crosley Field 2. Mullin Giant inside of the Polo Grounds 3. "A New Home" with Bum dreaming of Dodger Stadium 4. KC Athletics Dumbo-like Elephant towering above Municipal Stadium 5. Milwaukee Braves with screaming Brave above County Stadium 6. Dodgers with Mullin Bum inside Ebbets Field 7. Cardinals with Batting Bird above Sportsman's Park 8. Tigers with full-body leaping Tiger above Briggs Stadium 9. Cardinals with sullen Bird Head above Busch Stadium 10. Huge Mr. Red stretching high above Crosley Field Honorable Mention: 11. Angels with Angel mascot atop Chavez Ravine 12. Indians with earlier Big Nose Chief Wahoo above "The Mistake on the Lake" Wish I could attach pics, but this new computer is a b*tch 
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08-19-2021, 03:42 PM
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Thank to FB Rob for sharing this tip with bocca and to bocca for sharing it with me. 1/2 cup of Oxyclean in a couple of inches of pretty warm bath water for about 3 hours. These pics don't do the results justice. These crappy, synthetic 80s pennants look much better! I cheaped out and bought the generic Oxyclean
 . Also, for my last two in the bath, I'm thinking upside down may work better, so the "holder downers" are not on the graphics side. Edit: now that I've reviewed my pictures, I see that they really don't do justice to the results. You'll have to believe me.
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08-19-2021, 04:24 PM
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I know that these pennants aren't for everyone, but some are crazy rare and they are fun to hunt (for not all that much $$). For example, I've never seen this one (that Rob just posted) before.
They look much better once cleaned. I also only held them down until soaked through. Then I just let them float.
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