Minnesota Twins

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Text on Button MINNESOTA TWINS
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Button has dark red text on blue background, as well as an illustration of two men shaking hands over water, superimposed over a baseball and a state outline.

Curl Text ADV. PREMIUM SALES - ST. LOUIS, MO
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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.

Catalog ID SP0087

Minnesota North Stars

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Text on Button Minnesota North Stars; 1969 NHL Services
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Green text on a yellow background. In the middle a white circle outlined in green with a green N with a yellow star.

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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.

Catalog ID SP0086

Milwaukee Brewers

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Text on Button Milwaukee Brewers
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Black text on a yellow background with a baseball, and a beer

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CRANE 1986

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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.

Catalog ID SP0023

Milwaukee Brewers Champions

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Text on Button MILWAUKEE BREWERS 1982 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
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A yellow background with white and blue text. A blue baseball glove is towards the top and the lineup of the 1992 Brewers team is in the center

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Visual Sports Network
7520 Devonshire Drive 
Cedarburg. WI 53012
414-375-4457
312-993-0049

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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). 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. It was a particularly intense match between the two teams, not because they were rivals but because of the rival beer markets, St. Louis' Anheuser Busch and Milwaukee's Miller Brewing. Due to this the series was nicknamed the "suds series".

Catalog ID EV0303

Mickey Mantle

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Text on Button I Saw Mickey Mantle at Echelon Mall Dec. 3, 1982
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Red text on a white background with a baseball player picture.

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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.

Catalog ID EV0312

Mets

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Text on Button Mets
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Orange text on a baseball with a blue city landscape on an orange background.

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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.

Catalog ID SP0025

Medley Flyers Oldtimers

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Text on Button Medley Flyers Oldtimers
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White text on a blue background with a light blue and red flying skate on a white circle.

Curl Text CENTRE RUBBER STAMPS. 5010 46TH ST GRAND CENTRE, ALTA 594 3939
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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.

Catalog ID SP0084

Masson Mustangs

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Text on Button MASSON MUSTANGS
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An orange background with navy blue text and a navy blue mustang in the center

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Masson Elementary School in Lorain, Ohio, opened in September, 1959, and its mascot was the Mustangs. Nearly sixty years later, the board of education voted to close the school due to a $4.7 million budget deficit and a state of fiscal emergency. Masson Elementary School closed its doors in the 2012-2013 school year, and is set to be demolished. 

Catalog ID SC0005

Mason City Mohawks

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Text on Button Mason City M Mohawks
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Black and red text on a white background

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Mason City High School is a public high school first established in the 1890's located in Mason City, Iowa.  The school colors consist of black and red and the mascot was a Native American Tribal Leader, a Mohawk, until recently when it was changed to Mo the Hawk.  The team's name is still the Mohawks but the school changed the actual mascot from a Native American to a bird like man, "Mo".  

Catalog ID SP0085

Lions Sugar Bowl

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Text on Button central counties bank says LIONS #1 NO BULL! SUGAR BOWL '83
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A white background with blue text, on the bottom is a blue symbol that consists of two lines interrupting what resembles an infinity symbol

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The 1983 Sugar Bowl was held January 1st, 1983 at the Louisiana Superdome and was between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Georgia Bulldogs to decide the National Champion. Winning 27-23, Penn State maintained their lead throughout. The win secured Penn State as the number one college football team in the country.

Central Counties Bank was a banking institution found in State College, Pennsylvania, home of Pen State. In 1983 it was purchased by Mellon National Corporation, a money market management firm based out of Pittsburgh.

Catalog ID EV0306