The New York Mets are celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2012. To commemorate this anniversary the team will be giving away bobbleheads of five former players, Tom Seaver(April 22), Rusty Staub(May 26), Keith Hernandez(June 17), Edgardo Alfonso(July 21) and Mike Piazza(August 25). Can the Dodgers give Mike Piazza a bobblehead already!
The Atlanta Braves are bringing back the bobbleheads in 2012. They have three dates scheduled, but they won't give the first one away 'til June 9 when the first 20,000 fans in attendance receive a Sid Bream Slides bobblehead. 2011 NL Rookie of the Year Craig Kimbrel gets the second Bravos bobble on June 13. Chipper Jones gets the third and final bobblehead August 16.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have been one of the better bobblehead teams over the last few years and this year they keep it up, giving away five more: JJ Putz(May 26), Ian Kennedy(June 23), Justin Upton Silver Slugger(July 28), Fan Vote(August 11) and Matt Williams(September 15).
The Chicago Cubs will be giving away four bobbleheads in 2012. Ryan Dempster(May 9), Jeff Samardzija((May29), David DeJesus(June 25) and Starlin Castro(August 13). These four are limited to only 10,000 each.
The Houston Astros are also celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2012, and they too are giving away five bobbleheads. These bobbles will commemorate great moments in the teams history starting with Nolan Ryan's Fifth No-Hitter(May 19) followed by Craig Biggio's 3,000th Hit(June 22), Mike Scott's 1986 No-Hitter(July 7), Chris Burke's 18th Inning Walk-off Homerun(July 28) and Jeff Bagwell's 400th Homerun(August 18).Thanks to Trey for the tip.
Dodgers asked Piazza to be part of this year's series. He declined and Karros filled that spot.
ReplyDeletewhere was this information?
DeleteDid not know that. Thanks KC!
DeleteYeah, was that reported anywhere?
Deletei know you collect alot of bobbleheads.. my question is how do you get possession of some of them? craigslist? or know people around the country? or you dont really collect outside of cali and stuff
ReplyDeleteI don't get all of these, but the ones I do get are either from friends or family from around the country or I get them in trades with other collectors. I do buy some on ebay too.
DeleteYou can also buy them from BobblesGalore.com :)
DeleteYes! BobblesGalore too! Are you gonna get all of these?
Deleteyep, BobblesGalore.com will come through for collectors who are not able to make it to all the games
DeleteLets get the word out. i get a lot of looks from non-dodger bobble collectors.
DeleteI'm going to the Mets game on the 22nd, hopefully I'll make in time for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to go that game too. I believe the Dodgers are in town that day, so I wouldn't mind adding a bobblehead and watching my team.
DeleteDoes anybody know how many 2003 commemorative coca cola bobble heads were released?
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