Hey, pennant guys

[thetahat]

Here’s a Retro Clean success story ….

[thetahat]

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

[thetahat]

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

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by thetahat

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

Well, those are great choices, all....

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

[thetahat]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Well, those are great choices, all....

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

Great list. Love the “sullen Cardinal”, you’d think he’d be happy to be featured on a pennant. Yes that Redlegs version you mention is awesome. Kyle’s research helps date it … I have one with the TMC mark which suggests late 50s. Others have the little SS baseball. The Ebbets and Polo Grounds pennants also have the TMC mark. …. Cubs Wrigley pennant is underwhelming ….

[thetahat]

I think we should all pitch in a buck or two and put this darn BIN out of its misery … I think he’ll take 8 bucks at this point

https://www.ebay.com/itm/14415622738...V337m&LH_BIN=1

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by thetahat

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

The Cardinals often has a blue field surface.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by thetahat

Here’s a Retro Clean success story ….

Big time success!

[ooo-ribay]

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.

[bocca001]

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.

[Fballguy]

Nice work with the Oxy guys. It does a good job not only with overall discoloration but if there are spots too. They come out just by soaking, no spot treatment necessary. Late 70s into the 80s is the sweet spot for Oxy. It's harsher than retro clean but the newer pennants hold up to it.

And like Marc said, no need to hold down. I just make sure the pennant is saturated thoroughly then let it float until I like the results. And be careful with red. It's totally doable, just requires a little more attentiveness because red spines will definitely run. But if you swish the water every 15 minutes or so, the red washes away and will eventually stop running.

I was just extolling the virtue of 80s pennants to Kyle yesterday so these posts are very timely. There are some very rare pennants from the 80s, if you can stomach wading through all the 80s junk. Keep it up. Maybe we can start a movement.

[ooo-ribay]

I doubt the “Heavy Hitters” will ever wade into the (19)80s

[ooo-ribay]

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