Many people come across our site not knowing much about trading pins, just that a coach or parent has insisted that the team HAS to have them for their World Series or Softball Championship event.
Baseball trading pins are one of the most popular traditions experienced at every age level and organization across the nation. Custom pins with options such as blinking lights, spinners and glitter help to really cultivate a sense of value and uniqueness with the players, officials and many parents alike!
Generally teams will order baseball pins or softball pins at the start of their league, however many will order custom pins commemorating league championships or identifying the location where their World Series or softball tournament will be held. The higher your team advances in tournament rounds, the more desirable your trading pin will become. Just like with Major League Baseball, trading pins and collectibles from the best teams are usually the most sought after!
First time pin traders at a Little League World Series event may find it
to be an almost overwhelming experience, as young and old gather around exchanging trading pins and adding to the electric “buzz” in the air.
After making a trade or two and acquiring pins from Little League teams
across the country, most players become hooked! The main comment first time trading pin customers make when returning to order baseball pins the next season is “I had no idea these trading pins are so popular!”
Many Little League and Softball tournaments are getting underway, and the great design ideas keep rolling in! Below are some of the great custom baseball trading pins and custom softball trading pins designed for some of the many tournament-bound teams across the country.
Soccer teams are beginning to trade custompins more and more as well each season. Our graphic design team doesn’t just specialize in baseball pins and softball pins - we can custom create trading pins for any sport, company or event.
Whether you are attending a basketball tournament, preparing for an organization fundraiser or need an innovative and collectible way to get your company’s name out, please give us a call and let our sales staff and art team help design just the look you need!
Trading pin season is winding down now, as various tournaments are getting underway and champions are being crowned.
If you were impressed with our quality and service while ordering your custom baseball pins and softball pins, you will LOVE all the other products our parent company provides!
From business-style lapel pins, to hand fans, embroidered patches and caps, lanyards and wristbands, if it is a promotional or office supply product, we can customize it to your specific needs.
Why wait until crunch time to begin raising trading pin funds next season? Custom wristbands with your team’s colors and name have an outstanding profit margin! Custom bumper stickers or window decals are also a very popular fund raiser, and a great way to show support for the team as well!
If you are looking for Christmas or promotional gifts for business associates or prospective customers, we offer a wide selection of office gift packages as well!
Simply call our toll-free number or send an email to our sales staff with any items you may need, and we will be more than happy to help with any recommendations regarding design or in finding the perfect item to suit your event or budget!
Pin Trading has its roots at the Olympic games, where badges were given out to the athletes and representatives from various countries in the late 19th century. After the turn of the century, the first pin specifically designed in the colors of a particular country for its contestants was debuted by the Swedish team.
In 1924, athletes first began exchanging pins as a goodwill gesture among their peers. Pin trading was kept primarily within the ranks of athletes and officials until the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and the Summer Games of 1984 in Los Angeles. At these events, pin trading truly burst upon the scene and became a mainstream hobby among the general public.
The ability to collect fun and visually appealing momentos that also contain stories and fond memories translates perfectly to Little League Baseball, where many children have their first experiences in teamwork and comraderie outside a classroom.
The biggest day of any World Series tournament is the “Pin Trading Day“, when teams from across the country meet to swap pins and form friendships they will remember for a lifetime. By the time players graduate from Little League Baseball, their pin collection may number in the thousands. Years later, a certain pin can still spark a memory of a particular player or game that would otherwise be lost to time.
A baseball player for the Long Beach Armada AAA team has an amazing
talent. Just watch the video below!
AAA outfielder Josh Womack demonstrates his crazy bat skills at Long Beach Armada 2009 Training Camp. Womack’s ability to swing the bat around and catch it again are only surpassed the his sharp wit. After he realized camp had stopped down to watch him, pitcher Jose Lima yelled out “nice pants!” to which Womack replies “Nice face.” ZING! Should be a great season.
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That’s a great stunt, but I hope trying to accomplish it doesn’t catch on
at the Little League World Series!
More and more little league teams are wrapping up their trading pin designs and getting their baseball pins and softball pins underway! Make sure your team is not left out during pin trading day this season by getting your pins started soon!
Here are some teams that have finalized their custom trading pins during the last week.
The Ramblers Baseball Club uses classic red, white and blue colors for their team, which provides a great darker toned backdrop for their team name and ram mascot. This really allows the mascot to stand out as the focal point of the trading pin.
The Baltimore Mustangs used a great mascot for a trading pin - strong, bold lines which provide a clean and clear image with a minimum of fine lines or small areas which are difficult to translate to the finished trading pins.
The Keller Knights baseball team chose to use a polished silver metal pin base to accent the royal blue and black colors in their custom trading pin design. The white outline around the team name helps to accentuate this information and provide a buffer between the black text and blue state background.
The Tampa Terminators wanted their trading pins to stand out from the crowd, so they opted to include blinker eyes in the terminator skull on their baseball trading pins. The black state of Florida and the gray and silver tones of the terminator itself really create a great focal point from the red blinkers.
The Dallas Colts used a dangler to include the year on their trading pins, which allows the pins to gain value during pin trading sessions. Including this pin option also means that any remaining pins can have the dangler swapped out for a 2010 next year, potentially saving the team some hard-earned fundraiser money.
Time is running out to get your custom trading pin order underway! If you have not gotten your design started, give our sales team a call at 888-279-7387 or just click on the “FREE QUOTE” button on our home page today!
This year, it seems many baseball and softball teams are understandably waiting until much later in the year to finalize their trading pin orders. This may cause a longer than usual wait time later into July, as everyone rushes to place their custom pin orders at the same time.
How does that benefit you and your team? By getting your trading pins underway early, you can significantly reduce the amount of time it will take for your baseball team or softball team to get their customized trading pins!
Our average time frame estimate is currently just 2 - 2.5 weeks, but we fully expect this to rise quickly once we enter June. Don’t let your team be the only ones without custom pins to trade this season. Let us help make the designing and ordering process quick and easy by getting your trading pin artwork ready and on order today!
And remember, just mention our trading pin bag special when finalizing your order, and we will even throw in free pin bags on all custom trading pin orders over 500 pieces!
Below are some of the trading pin designs ordered this week - check back to see if your baseball or softball team’s design is featured!
The Hoover Hammerheads used a pinstripe on the background of their baseball trading pin to break up the open space while keeping a clean and uncluttered appearance. The shark logo turning and becoming part of the team name is a great way to tie both together as the centerpiece of a trading pin.
The Keller Aces baseball team used a silver metal on their custom pins, accenting the darker blue color in their team colors very well. The polished silver will also allow their baseball trading pins to be much more reflective in direct light or sunlight, really helping their baseball pin to stand out from the crowd.
The custom trading pin designed by the Plantation Stars makes use of custom cutouts to give their pin a open, more 3-D look and feel. Rather than using a fill color in the area between their logo and the outer circle of baseballs, they chose to have this space hand cut out of the mold.
The Houston Angels incorporated their logo into a trading pin layout worthy of a professional sports team. The angular background with the crisp lines behind the bold logo and text on the custom pin helps to really make the information jump off the pin!
Trading Pin Factory is happy to announce a new special offer running through the end of May. With every order of custom trading pins over 500 pieces, we will include two trading pin collector bags FREE!
Even better, on trading pin orders of 1,000 pieces or more, you will receive FIVE pin bags at absolutely no additional cost to you!
Pin Trading Bags
Our trading pin bags come in a variety of colors, all of which are available in this limited time promotion. Red, Black, Blue, Green or Pink - match up the color that best suits your team. Help keep your trading pins safe and secure while enjoying the ease of use that comes with using these popular trading pin accessories!
If you need more trading pin bags for the rest of the team, we offer quantity-based discounts on these the same way we do with our custom trading pins. Give us a call and our sales associates will be happy to provide a quote for the quantity you need.
The baseball pin and softball pin trading season is rapidly approaching, so don’t let your team get left out in the cold - contact a member of our customer service team today for help with designing your pin or finding the most cost-effective way to make your team proud on pin trading day!
Head’s up Little League and softball teams! The competition for the best trading pins at this year’s baseball and fastpitch tournaments is heating up! Spotlighted below are some of the pins ordered this week.
The West Boca Panthers designed an eye-popping trading pin with their panther bursting out of a “P”, with a glitter effect inside the letter. The baseball bat barrel and handle extending outside the background helps to add a nice shape to the trading pin as well.
The Titans Baseball Club took a non-traditional approach with including player names and numbers in their baseball trading pin. By having baseball bats extending down from the team name, they were able to place the names inside the bat barrels and cap each end with a baseball containing the player’s number.
The Littleton Falcons created a classic trading pin design with the large, striking baseball in the background, and a very bold, tough-looking falcon mascot as the centerpiece. The bright colors and large, strong lettering helps make this baseball pin stand out in a crowd while not being overly gaudy. Including “2009″ in with the grain of the bat makes it noticeable but also understated and is a very nice touch.
The Litchfield Arsenal baseball pin combines many smaller elements into a great trading pin with lots of action. Utilizing several smaller images that contain less detail but are easily recognizable can be even more effective than a single larger mascot or logo when done right!
The Navajo Allstars have a great trading pin design that is cut to shape around the large city location and the Indian spear, creating a sleek, organic design. This is a perfect example of how a baseball pin or softball pin does not have to contain a large amount of elements to create a beautiful and eye-catching trading pin.
