Swimming Through a Sea of Bobbleheads
This guy is sitting on my desk back home in Madison. He is lonely. You can tell by his face.
So I’ve taken to the internet to find him some company. Let’s swim through the sea of bobbleheads available on the grand old internet!
Wilmington Blue Rocks – Joe Biden
Always good to have a strong political figure around, particularly one who’s so smooth with the ladies, you guys.
Mike Hargrove – Cleveland Indians
I was unaware of Hargrove’s nickname “Rain Delay” until I saw the eBay listing. That has to add at least, what, 25 cents to the value, right?
Bill Koch – Chicago White Sox (Legends of the Diamond)
Remeber that time Billy Koch threw that one pitch really fast? Yeah, that was awesome.
Cowboy Lance Berkman – Houston Astros
This is Lance Berkman, except he’s a cowboy and not a baseball player. Also, as far as I can tell, he looks nothing like Lance Berkman.
I mostly want this bobblehead because it would outhit Jeff Mathis if given playing time. Which, obviously, it won’t be (I’m not paying $13.50 for it).
And, of course, the coup de grace…
St. Francis of Assisi – Altoona Curve
Yes, this is a real thing. And yes, I’m pretty sure this has to be sacrilege in some way.
So that’s what I found in my first run through the bobblehead market. I’m not sure if any of these guys can be bros with CC, but I’ll keep searching, and I’ll keep you all posted.
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Have they made bobbleheads of Kevin Mensch and Giada De Laurentiis? Or would those just be redundant with their real-life counterparts?
Kevin Mench is actually the bobblehead of a supersized being elsewhere in the universe. He ended up on Earth solely as a shipping mistake – damn that Planet Express.
Congratulations on a well done comment, steex
One announcer once said that they couldn’t make a Kevin Mench bobblehead, because there wasn’t enough plastic in the state of Texas to make more than 3.