The Many Ways to Enjoy Sports

The first game to ever been played with a ball and a stick known was Polo dating all the way back to 316 AD. It is also known as one of the first team sports. This game was played on horseback. Team sports have come a long way since then and instead of using horses, we use our own speed and agility.

The Many Ways to Enjoy Sports

Out of all the sports played in the world throughout the hands of time, whether its Baseball, Football, Hockey, Soccer, Basketball or even Softball, everyone has a favorite player or team. People admire specific sports teams and team players sometimes by purchasing souvenirs like stuffed animals, hats, shirts, jackets, key rings, and for professional fans, trading pins.

Trading pins go all the way back to the Olympic Games in Athens, Spring of 1896. The athletes were trading cardboard badges, showing respect for the other team and as a memento of their encounter with one another. The pin trading is still alive in sports, but it’s a different playing field. Fans either will do one of the following with trading pins or souvenirs:

  • Keep them and pass them from generation to generation
  • Barter with another sports collector
  • Sell them for profit.


Each team in every sport has its own trading pin. Baseball has baseball trading pins, football teams have football trading pins, basketball teams have basketball trading pins, softball teams have softball trading pins and so on and so on. Some people buy these items as souvenirs to have …

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