Pin Trading At The Little League World Series

At the Little League World Series, pin trading comes in second only to the actual ballgames!  Often, when there are no games to watch, fans and players alike head to the pin trading area to trade the pins they've collected throughout the season.

Every year, teams from around the world meet in Williamsport, PA for the Little League World Series. Over the span of ten days, the 16 teams in the Series are slowly whittled down to the top two, one each from the United States and International brackets. Networks such as ESPN and ABC broadcast the games around the country. The Series is a huge annual event that draws the attention of millions of people around the world.

Pin trading has long been a part of the Little League World Series experience. Volunteers set up a special pin trading area under a large tent, complete with chairs and tables for collectors to display their pins. Aspiring collectors can buy their first few pins to start their collection. However, from then on, collectors only exchange pins, not money.

The custom trading pins themselves can have almost any type of design imaginable. While common designs include a baseball or baseball field, the name of the team, the league or age division the team plays in, or the names/numbers of the players, the pins are not limited to only those designs. Certain pin types allow for pictures as well to ensure those pins are unique!

Throughout the baseball season, teams design their own custom trading pins. Teams usually order pins for the players to keep and then plenty extra to trade at games or trading events. There is no one design that's better than the other. People might want to collect a pin because it belonged to a star player or championship team, or simply because the pin looks cool. That's all part of the fun of pin trading. You never know exactly what you might get your hands on!

This year's Little League World Series had the complete setup for pin collectors. As seen in this video, an entire pin trading area was set up for people to meet and trade with other collectors. People of all ages and backgrounds gather to talk shop with other like-minded people and make new friends. Pin trading is a great way to meet new people and share a common bond!

TJM Promotions is a proud provider of custom trading pins to not only Little League, but thousands of youth baseball teams across the country. We enjoy participating in such a popular hobby and it's great to see that even on a national stage like the Little League World Series, people gather to meet and trade. The stories of how people collected a certain pin or who they met while trading are what make the business worthwhile. So contact us today and let us design some custom trading pins for you and your team, then tell us how you traded them!

Photos and video courtesy of DelawareBeaches.com