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Niles West High School is located in Skokie, Illinois. In 2012, it was ranked one of Newsweek’s best public high schools in America. The school’s mascot changed from Indians to Wolves in 2001 as students pressured the school district to drop the offensive name in support of Native American groups.

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The New York Apples tennis team was founded in 1973 as the New York Sets and renamed after a contest held prior to the 1977 season. This button was issued after the Apples won the World Team Tennis Championship in 1977, their second consecutive title. The team folded after the 1978 season. World Team Tennis was a co-ed professional tennis league that existed from 1973 to 1978. The league was resurrected in 1981 as TeamTennis, and as of 2015 is known as Mylan World TeamTennis after its sponsor.

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Bowling is a sporting event that is for professional or casual players. This button was part of a series that used humor for casual players to display their love for bowling. The buttons could be pinned to shirts or bowling bags, or other clothing items.

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The Minnesota Twins are a team in Major League Baseball's American League Central Division. The franchise began as the Washington Senators in 1901 and was one of the eight original American League teams. Prior to the 1961 season, the club was moved to Minnesota and renamed the Twins after the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. This logo honors both cities by depicting one man in a Minneapolis Millers uniform and one in a St. Paul Saints uniform shaking hands across the Mississippi River.

The Twins joined the AL West Division in 1969 and moved to the AL Central in 1994. The club has won four AL West titles, six AL Central titles, and six AL championships. The Twins have also won three World Series titles, the most recent in 1991. Twins players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame include Bert Blyleven, Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, and Kirby Puckett.

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The Minnesota North Stars were a professional National Hockey League (NHL) team from 1967 to 1993. They were based at the Met Center in Bloomington, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and for most of their history the team colors were green, yellow, gold, and white. Five former players are now in the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1993, the team moved to Dallas, Texas, and is now known as the Dallas Stars.

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Founded in 1969 as the Seattle Pilots, after one season the team relocated to Milwaukee and changed their name to the Milwaukee Brewers, in homage to the strong history of beer brewing in the city (home of some of the largest breweries in the United States, Pabst, Schlitz, Miller, and Blatz to name a few). The move was prompted by Bud Selig, a wealthy Milwaukee business man. An avid baseball fan, Selig became the largest public stockholder in the Milwaukee Braves, however when they relocated to Atlanta in 1953 he sold his stock. Purchasing the Pilots from bankruptcy, he brought them to Milwaukee. In 1992 Selig was appointed Baseball Commissioner. Due to conflict of interest he transferred ownership of the Brewers to his daughter Wendy Selig-Prieb. Despite this move there was still some controversy that he had an active roll in the management of the team. In 2004 Mark Atanasio purchased the Brewers.

Starting in the American League, in 1998 the Brewers joined the National League. They have appeared in 1 World Series in 1982, losing to the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3.

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Mickey Mantle was a center fielder and first baseman for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968. Mantle was nicknamed "The Commerce Comet" and "The Mick", and is considered one of the greatest switch hitters in history. During his career, he hit 536 home runs and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.

On December 3, 1982, Mickey Mantle made a personal appearance at the Echelon Mall in Voorhees, New Jersey. To mark the event, three different pins were made to give to the crowds of fans and media that attended the event. The Echelon Mall was renamed the Voorhees Town Center in 2007.

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The New York Mets were founded in 1962 to replace the departed New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. Their logo is made of the primary colors of the departing teams, Dodger blue and Giants orange. Based out of Queens, New York they did not get a proper stadium until 1964 when Shea Stadium was constructed.

The 1962 inaugural season broke records for the worst season in Major League Baseball since the 1962 game season was started. With a record of 40-120 (2 games were canceled) the Mets were in the bottom two every season until 1969 when they won the world series against the Baltimore Orioles (4-1), winning the name "Miracle Mets". This victory is considered one of the biggest upsets in baseball history. The 1969 season was the first season the Mets posted a winning record.

The logo of the Mets has stayed much the same since their beginning, only slightly changing in shades of color.

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This button is most likely for an Oldtimers Hockey League in Medley which is a province in Alberta, Canada. Oldtimers hockey is a special hockey league for people over the age of 55.