Anyone else collect pins?

As if I don't collect enough stuff already...

When I go to a stadium I've never been to before, I always look for a pin of the stadium. There's always team logo pins, but I look for pins that feature the stadium. If I can't get a pin, I go for a t-shirt of the stadium. Sometimes, I get both if I like what I find. Been able to add a few in the past couple of years, and thought I'd scan for fun.



The Big Apple pin is from Shea, so I'll have to get a Citi Field one sometime. The Astros pin that scanned so fuzzy has the train from the outfield on it, and it slides across. Pretty cool. The Cards/Cubs pins was bought at Wrigley during a Cards/Cubs series, so I guess I need to get to St. Louis for one and see what they have. The Montreal pin is there to represent my visit to Olympic Stadium. There were no cool pins of that place.

Then of course, I end up getting pins of players, places and other stuff along the way. Maybe some of them will be familiar to you.

All Star Game/Fanfest pins.



Twins pins



Mark McGwire/Cardinals pins. The Gold 500th HR and the Ozzie were Busch Stadium exclusives.



Anybody else have these?



Do they still have ESPN Zones?



And other places (Montreal again)...



Anyone have pins of their own to shsow off? I also have the original four sausage race guys on a Brewer hat. They made these before introducing the fifth one (chorizo) so I don't have one like it of him. I'll have to scan those guys, too.

nice little collection. i collect hurricane glasses from all the hard rock cafes ive been to. i think i have about 10 of them.

I have a collection of vintage Miami Hurricanes pins, some Braves stuff, a Frank Thomas collection, and a bunch of miscellaneous sports pins that I throw into packages when I sent of cards and memorabilia to other collectors. I recently finished a pretty tough exchange set from 1995.

I have a 2011 All Star pin from Chase Stadium.

Nice! I have a couple pins. They made a really cool one for the final season at the Dome, I bought one but it got lost in the mess of my basement.

Nice collection. I have a pretty large McGwire pin collection, it's not up to date, but here's what I have scanned: http://s907.photobucket.com/albums/ac280/MarkMcGwireMuseum/Pins/?start=all

Mark McGwire Museum said:

Nice collection. I have a pretty large McGwire pin collection, it's not up to date, but here's what I have scanned: http://s907.photobucket.com/albums/ac280/MarkMcGwireMuseum/Pins/?start=all

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There are some cool looking pins in there.

Here are my pins:

Oh god...I was going to post some Gwynns, but do I really have to follow Sandberg collector...:lol:

1994 little league my team was 1 game away from going to Williamsport. Trading pins was a huge thing and I had a lot and I loved those pins but lost them in a move somehow. Something I can never replace too.

I didn't until I saw this thread. I love that Stadium Club pin. I still have my band pinback pins (or badges, please) from back in the 80s and wear one or two occasionally. But these cloisonne pins are much nicer and I'll be watching out for some.

Love the Sandbergs!

moxacaine said:

nice little collection. i collect hurricane glasses from all the hard rock cafes ive been to. i think i have about 10 of them.

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After you've drank from them of course


Greg
I have a few of them from various places

I only have one baseball one and its one for the first game at Target Field against the Red Sox. When I played soccer though pin trading was a big deal. We would trade our own team pins with other teams. I have some from Costa Rica, England, Canada, and Alaska. Not bad for being a Nebraska/South Dakota kid

Thought there had to be some nice collections out there. Love that HOF set. I also have a Cardinals 100th Anniversary set (somewhere) that features World Series wins. Better find that and scan it, too.