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Screamer Baseballs

by montereypins on February 4, 2009 · 0 comments

Baseball trading pin season is just around the corner. Now is a good time to start designing your team’s pin. Our designers are here to help you—free of charge. One popular image among trading pins is the “screamer” baseball. Most players know the sound a ball makes as it cuts through the air making a high-pitched “screaming” sound. The popular “screamer” depicts an oversized baseball ...

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Trading Pins Sliders

by montereypins on January 27, 2009 · 0 comments

The best way to set your trading pin apart from the others is to add some “bells and whistles,” such as a spinner, slider or blinkie. Blinkies add light, to your trading pin while spinners and sliders add movement.  Nothing is more eye catching then bells and whistles, and if you’re going to create a custom trading pin, wouldn’t you want to get the most ...

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Cooperstown Culture

by montereypins on July 10, 2008 · 0 comments

Cooperstown, New York, is the place to play in tournaments. It’s the last stop in an entire season of baseball games. “I remember when Cooperstown was a one-horse town,” said a Monterey Company salesperson. “It was a great place to go for tournaments. But we’re talking 30 years ago.” Today, Cooperstown is big business. They have their own web site, www.cooperstown.com. Teams have been readying ...

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Blinkies Add Flash to Trading Pins

You might see a marked increase in the number of trading pins with blinkies at the World Series and Cooperstown this year. That’s because The Monterey Company, a leading trading pin manufacturer, has significantly lowered its prices for blinkies, or small LED lights that flash. Previously, one blinkie would cost $1.12 apiece, including set-up. Any additional blinkies would be .25 cents more. For instance, if a ...

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Blinkies Add Flash to Trading Pins

You might see a marked increase in the number of trading pins with blinkies at the World Series and Cooperstown this year. That’s because The Monterey Company, a leading trading pin manufacturer, has significantly lowered its prices for blinkies, or small LED lights that flash. Previously, one blinkie cost $1.12 each, including set-up. Any additional blinkie would cost .25 cents more. For instance, if a ...

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The American Flag Pin

The NCAA Basketball Tournament and “March Madness” is in full swing! College teams from across the country are battling it out for the chance to be hailed number one. National sportscasters, local newscasters, coaches and players are all wearing American flag lapel pins and patches, but why?First of all, basketball is an American sport. It was created by Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian PE instructor ...

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Making Your Trading Pins Unique – Part 1: Adding a Slider Pin to the Design

Sliders are a popular enhancement to many baseball trading pins. They get their name because they actually slide a short distance across the main pin. Some early popular sliders showed a baseball player sliding into home base, or a rocket lifting off into space. Yet, sliders do not necessarily have to slide along a straight line. Designers at The Monterey Company have become more creative ...

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Trading Pins at Cooperstown 2008

Trading Pins at Cooperstown 2008 Located on the outskirts of the “Home of Baseball” (Cooperstown, NY), the Cooperstown All Star Village is the crown jewel of Youth Tournament Baseball. It welcomes all baseball teams, aged 10 and under, sanctioned, independent, travel and select. Teams compete in weekly tournaments (48 teams per week), and at the end, every team and player is inducted into the Cooperstown ...

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Baseball Trading Pins Use Graphic Humor

Over the years, The Monterey Company has created hundreds of baseball trading pins for teams across the country. These are pins in which young boys and girls who make it to the nationals trade each year. The more popular pins are the ones that have “bells and whistles,” such as blinking lights, glitter, sliders (baseballs or other objects that move on the pin). Of course, ...

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