1961 yankee pennant help

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Posted By: <b>larry</b><p>never seen this one before<br />has all the names individually inside a baseball<br />with original stick<br />aany ifo?<br /><img src="http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii277/sflayank/000_0011.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Mike H</b><p>I would like to see the photo. Sounds interesting.

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Posted By: <b>larry</b><p>photo is up

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

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Posted By: <b>howard</b><p>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.