MLB Oakland Athletics A's Plush Throw and 50 similar items

New Oakland A's Blanket MLB Officially Licensed Retro Series Watch the game from the comfort of your own home or in the stands with this 50?x 60? OFFICIAL MLB throw. Our throws are made to match your favorite baseball team?s vibrant colors that won?t fade ? even after repeated machine washing! This throw is versatile and portable to use at a game, on the couch, on a road trip, or for a bedding accessory! 100% Polyester. Machine washable. It has the Elephant Mascot in the Back round Elephant Mascot After New York Giants' manager John McGraw told reporters that Philadelphia manufacturer Benjamin Shibe, who owned the controlling interest in the new team, had a "white elephant on his hands," Mack defiantly adopted the white elephant as the team mascot, and presented McGraw with a stuffed toy elephant at the start of the 1905 World Series. McGraw and Mack had known each other for years, and McGraw accepted it graciously. By 1909, the A's were wearing an elephant logo on their sweaters, and in 1918 it turned up on the regular uniform jersey for the first time. Over the years the elephant has appeared in several different colors. It is currently forest green. The A?s are still sometimes, though infrequently, referred to as the "Elephants" or "White Elephants". The elephant was retired as team mascot in 1963 by then-owner Charles O. Finley in favor of a Missouri mule. In 1988, the elephant was restored as the symbol of the Athletics and currently adorns the left sleeve of home and road uniforms. The Elephant Mascot returned briefly in the mid eighties, under the name, Harry Elephante. In 1997, the elephant returned taking its current form, Stomper.