Pennant (sports)

A pennant is a commemorative pennon typically used to show support for a particular athletic team.

Pennants have been historically used in all types of athletic levels: high school, collegiate, professional etc.

[citation needed] Often graphics, usually the mascot symbol, as well as the team name were displayed on pennants.

Today, vintage pennants with rare images or honoring special victories have become prized collectibles for sporting enthusiasts.

The pennant winners earn the right to play in MLB's title round, the World Series.

The ritual of hoisting of the premiership flag in Australian sporting culture dates back to 1896, and is an enduring symbol in Australian sporting culture, particularly in Australian rules football . "The Flag" is figuratively still as important as "the Cup", despite a premiership trophy being introduced in the VFL/AFL in 1959, long after the premiership flag. This is the unfurling of the 1906 premiership flag by the Carlton Football Club in Round 1 of 1907; Carlton won the 1906 premiership after defeating Fitzroy in the VFL Grand Final .