Bobblehead News

Some bobblehead news and notes on a quiet Monday night:

Reminder, the Dodgers will only hold TWO more Twitter Tuesday contests this season. They've been giving away Matt Kemp Gold Glove bobbleheads and Andre Ethier Silver Slugger bobbleheads all season long. Maybe they will offer those up as prizes these next two weeks. We'll have to wait and see.

Greg over at Plaschke Thy Sweater Is Argyle was one of the lucky Twitter Tuesday winners this season. You can read about his Matt Kemp Gold Glove bobblehead here.

Al Yellon, managing editor at SB Nation Chicago, shows us some of the more unusual, interesting and offbeat bobbleheads given away over the years, including a Dottie Key Rockford Peaches bobblehead, Ryan Theriot's fisherman bobblehead and my favorite, the Player To Be Named Later bobblehead.

A perfect tribute to baseball transactions everywhere, "PTBNL" has as generic a face as you could possibly imagine, although this bobblehead technically isn't a "Player TO BE Named Later; he's actually "Player WHO IS Named Later."

After 41 years as the Chicago White Sox organist, Nancy Faust will retire at season's end. This past Saturday, she was honored with a bobblehead, which was given to the first 10,000 White Sox fans in attendance. As a Dodger fan, I'd love to see long-time Dodgers organist Nancy Bea Hefley honored with a bobblehead one day.

And in non-sports related bobblehead news, a 14 year-old Brooklyn boy has created the worlds largest bobblehead. Standing 16 feet tall, the bobblehead, which started out as a Jerry Seinfeld look-alike but has since taken a more general male form, took more than a year to build out of PVC piping, chicken wire, fabric papier-maché and springs.

This is what happens when you're really, really bored.

Bobblehead News

Here's a couple of bobblehead notes on this Sunday morning:

Just in case anyone missed it, here's another update on the All New Coke Value Pack promotion the Dodgers are running. After posting this promtion last Sunday, I got a few emails asking which bobbleheads would be given away, and how it would work.


So I sent an email to the Dodgers ticket office asking if it was any of the bobbleheads that were given out this year. They responded, no, but it will most-likely be Jonathan Broxton or Manny.

So if you missed out on Brox or Manny(not sure which Manny they are talking about), you may want to pick up this ticket pack.
Here's the promotion again:
On select Wednesday's, Thursday's and Sunday's in August, you can purchase a New Coke Value Pack, which includes 4 Tickets, 4 Dodger Dogs, 4 Cokes and 4 Bobbleheads. This deal starts August 4th, you'll receive a current Dodger Bobblehead with every ticket. Here are the dates:

August 4 vs the Padres
August 5 vs the Padres
August 8 vs the Nationals
August 18 vs the Rockies
August 19 vs the Rockies
August 22 vs the Reds

You can purchase the All-New Coke Value Pack here.

 
Roberto at Vin Scully Is My Homeboy gives us a detailed view of the Matt Kemp bobblehead that will be given away on August 17, when the Dodgers play the Rockies. You can see the bobblehead here.

Any Deadheads out there? Ernest at Blue Heaven  shows us a Jerry Garcia bobblehead that will be given away by the San Francisco Giants on August 9, when they pay tribute to the music legend. Fans who purchase a special event ticket will receive a seat in the Jerry Garcia designated section at AT&T Park; a limited edition Jerry Garcia/Giants themed bobblehead, portraying Garcia’s National Anthem performance at Candlestick Park back on April 12, 1993.

This is a really cool idea. Too bad it's a Giants bobblehead.

Newest Dodger, Ryan Theriot, had a bobblehead night on June 17 when the Cubs played the Oakland A's. Theriot's bobblehead doll was not your usual baseball look-alike. His doll is standing in a yellow boat with a fishing pole and floppy hat. Huh? When asked if he designed it or the sponsor, Juicy Fruit, he said, "A little bit of both. I wanted to do something a little off the cuff, kind of cool and interesting. That's what we came up with and it came out great."        Ok?

I've seen a few on eBay. I might place a bid on one.