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CUSTOM TRADING PINS AS A BASEBALL SPORT TRADITION

 

Custom trading pins have been a part of sporting traditions for more than 100 years. Introduced in the early years of the modern Olympic Games, they have only grown in popularity in the first years of the 21st century.

The forerunners of today’s custom trading pins began with Olympic athletes in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Pins were originally nothing more than a way to identify athletes an officials. A decade later, Swedish athlete introduced the basic style of trading pins as we now know them, in the nation’s colors of blue and yellow.

The custom of trading pins was mostly limited to athletes and Olympic officials for many years. They swapped custom trading pins as symbols of international cooperation and friendship through sport at Olympic meets. Spectators to the games began to adopt the hobby of collecting and swapping custom trading pins around the time of the 1980 Winter Games. Since then more and more people each year have picked up the habit of collecting and trading custom trading pins.

Custom trading pins have had an intrinsic appeal as souvenirs from their very beginnings. Their high-quality artwork makes them attractive. They can be custom-made to suit a specific event, team or sport. That gives them a natural link to the places and events where the competition takes place. And custom trading pins are easy to carry.

One of the benefits of custom trading pins is that they give traders a sense of camaraderie. They allow even spectators to feel as if they are part of the event. The pins give even casual fans a sense of being part of the action.