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The Seattle Mariners are the Major League Baseball (MLB) American professional baseball team whose home is in Seattle, Washington. They compete in the American League West Division. The team joined the American League as an expansion team in 1977. They played their home games in the Kingdome between 1977-1999 which they shared with the Seattle Seahawks, before they moved to their new home ballpark T-Mobile Park (1999-present).
Since 1977 the Seattle Mariners have won three West Division titles in 1995, 1997, and 2001. In 2001 the Mariners won 116 games which set the American League record for the most wins in a single season and tied the 1906 Chicago Cubs for the Major League record for most wins in a single season. The Mariners have never played in a World Series, nor won a conference championship. The Mariners now hold the longest playoff drought in all of the four major North American professional sports, having not qualified for any playoffs since 2001.
It should be noted that in the early years baseball teams used pennants rather than flags (hence the practice of calling championships winning the pennant) and there were a host of unofficial manufacturer's variants of these and later fan flags marketed for the Mariners and their fans. They included flags, banners, and pennants too numerous to all be shown here.
Pete Loeser, 20 March 2019
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In 2007 the Seattle Mariners celebrated their 30th season playing for Seattle.
Pete Loeser, 20 March 2019
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This flag features the primary Mariners logo used between 1977-1980. The symbol of the downward facing trident forming a "M" and the Mariners team colors of royal blue, gold and white are shown here.
Pete Loeser, 20 March 2019
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This flag features the Mariners logo used between 1981-1986. Prior to the 1993 season, the Mariners team colors would remain royal blue, gold, and white.
Pete Loeser, 20 March 2019
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As illustrated here with their 1987-1992 primary team logo, and perhaps encouraged by the Seattle fan's habit of referring to their team simply as the "M's", the "M" trident was dropped. The team colors still remained royal blue, gold and white. They would adopted new team colors - Navy blue, northwest green (teal), and silver in 1993.
Pete Loeser, 20 March 2019
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The Seattle Mariners Nautical Compass became their primary franchise trademarked logo after 1992 ending nearly 20 years use of the blue and gold colors and trident.
Pete Loeser, 20 March 2019
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This fan flag features a large "S" for Seattle and their Mariners Nautical Compass Logo defacing the large grey and teal letter. This alternative logo has become widely used on officially trade marked and team approved merchandise.
Pete Loeser, 20 March 2019
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These popular variants of the American national flag have been produced for all the MLB teams and displayed by their enthusiastic fans.
Pete Loeser, 20 March 2019
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The flags come in several manufacturer's variants using different logos in the cantons, some with stars, some not, and with different stripes at their fly end.
Pete Loeser, 20 March 2019
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This fan flags is for those wanting to show their support for both Seattle's professional football team the Seattle Seahawks and their baseball team, the Mariners.
Pete Loeser, 20 March 2019
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The Seattle Mariners Nautical Compass centered on a navy blue field with the downward curved text "Seattle" in white on top and a teal upward curved "Mariners" text fimbriated in white beneath.
Pete Loeser, 20 March 2019
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The perfect flag for a Seattle fan's man cave. These flags are available for most professional teams in the their correct team colors.
Pete Loeser, 20 March 2019
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The fan flag looks like it attempts to fuse the shape of the Kingdome and the nautical compass together in an interesting design.
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For those baseball fans who own boats and want to display their team loyalty afloat, these flags are available for them. The flags take the form of either a broad pennant or a square boat flag with either a cap or team logo near the hoist. Each uses the individual team's colors in their designs.
Note: Because of the small size of these nautical broad pennants. usually about a foot tall (approximately 30.48 centimeters), they have also gained popularity as "golf cart" flags. It should also be noted that a broad pennant, or any other flag shape, is only called a "burgee" if it designates an organized boating club.
Pete Loeser, 17 May 2019
