Entries categorized as ‘Bobble Heads’
Here is the 2nd of 5 in the 2010 Padres bobblehead set, 3rd baseman Chase Headley. If you recall, in my last post I questioned his bobblehead worthy-ness. Regardless, it’s still a pretty cool bobblehead. It was given away at the game on May 29th this season when the Padres took on the Washington Nationals. Attendance is what you’d expect from a Strasburg-less Nationals team to draw….25,956. Much like the last bobblehead game, Nick Hundley provided all the offense the Padres needed by going 2 for 3 with a home run, a triple and 3 RBI’s. Bobblehead honoree Headley went 1 for 3. Padres starter Mat Latos went 6 innings, striking out 8 and giving up 2 runs and then handed it off to the dreaded trio of Luke Gregerson, Mike Adams & Heath Bell, who went scoreless the rest of the way. Padres win 4-2.
Categories: Bobble Heads · Chase Headley · My Collection · Players · Stadium Giveaway
With the Clayton Richard bobblehead night fast approaching (it’s this Saturday 7/31/10 GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!) I figured I’d fire off the other 3 bobbleheads that have been given away this season. First we’ll start with the first one of the group…David Eckstein. I have to admit, ever since the Dave Winfield, Randy Jones & Chicken ones of 2003, it’s been all downhill for the Padres and bobbleheads in years past (mini, race car, Adrian wearing lipstick) but this year they finally got it right with the set. Semi-realistic (as realistic as bobbleheads can get) and were pretty solid. I have a couple minor complaints though. One would be the flimsy background cards (that when the set is complete and pushed together form a shot of Petco Park). The cards cheapen the whole thing. Why couldn’t they have just done a mini background that’s a part of the bobblehead like the Reds did? The other is the selection of players. Before the season Eckstein, Kyle Blanks and Everth Cabrera were no brainers. Eckstein the fan favorite and Blanks and Cabrera who were young (IE: under control for a long time) and destined for big seasons this year after what they did last season. Chase Headley & Clayton Richard were big question marks though. If they were expecting to deal Adrian Gonzalez mid-season then why couldn’t they have given his away first. He’s the biggest name on the team yet no bobblehead? The excuse was that he had one last year (a horrible one, mind you), but I don’t buy it. Of course Heath Bell was in the same boat as Adrian yet there was no excuse given for his omission. Richard, while showing signs of promise last year, didn’t exactly earn a bobblehead. Why not the newly signed Garland or the young flame thrower Latos? Oh well enough of my complaining…..these bobbleheads still are great.
The game drew a respectable 31,324 to see the Padres take on the Diamondbacks. Kevin Correia pitched 5.2 innings of scoreless ball, striking out 8 in the process. Then the bullpen of Cesar Ramos, Luke Gregerson, Mike Adams & Tim Stauffer shut down the D-Backs the rest of the way. Nick Hundley provided all the offense the Padres needed by going 3 for 4 with a home run and 3 rbis. The man of the hour, David Eckstein, went 1 for 4 with a stolen base and was hit by a pitch. Padres win 5-0.
Categories: Bobble Heads · David Eckstein · My Collection · Players · Stadium Giveaway
February 20, 2010 · 1 Comment
.400 in ’94 reader Tim submitted a couple items…..everyone else must have missed the memo apparently. First up is a wall clock that was given away on August 23rd…….in, you guessed it….2003. It shows good ‘ol Qualcomm/Jack Murphy/San Diego Stadium in all it’s packed glory. To top things off there’s a familiar signature on there. The game was actually quite a really good pitcher’s duel between the Padres Adam Eaton and the Expos Javier Vazquez. Eaton went 7.1 IP, striking out 5, while giving up no runs. Vazquez went 9 innings, striking out 10 and also giving up no runs. Jay Witasick & Mike Mathews shut down the Expos the rest of the way and in the bottom of the 10th with Rocky Biddle taking over for Vazquez and 2 outs Gary Bennett singles, Gary Mathews Jr singles, Sean Burroughs is hit by a pitch & then Mark Kotsay walks with the bases loaded. Padres win 1-0 in 10 innings.
Next up is the Rockstar mini bobblehead set that was given away during the 2006 season. It featured then-Padres manager Bruce Bochy, pitcher Jake Peavy & shortstop Khalil Greene. They were given away on August 18th in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Woody Williams had a strong game on the mound pitching into the 8th. But the stars were on offense as Mike Cameron went 2 for 4 with a double & a 2 run shot in the 7th. Dave Roberts, Geoff Blum & Josh Barfield each collected 2 hits a piece as well. After this game the Diamondbacks & Padres were tied for 2nd place in the NL West, both sporting 61-61 records. The Padres would go 27-13 the rest of the way winning the NL West. The Diamondbacks on the other hand would go 15-25 the rest of the way to finish in 4th. The Padres won this game 8-2.
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Categories: Bobble Heads · Bruce Bochy · Clocks · Jake Peavy · Khalil Greene · Misc. Members of the Team · Players · Reader Submission · Stadium Giveaway
Wow this was really the 2nd to last bobblehead given away at a Padres game? I just shudder to think that the last 2 bobblehead giveaways were a tri-fecta of magnetized mini bobbleheads & this a baseball player in a NASCAR car. Well at least Padres President Tom Garfinkel has said repeatedly this off-season that the bobbleheads will be returning. There will be 5 different ones given throughout the season. Gaslamp Ball user “schwing and a miss” reported on GLB that those 5 players would be David Eckstein, Kyle Blanks, Everth Cabrera, Chase Headley & Clayton Richard. No Adrian & no Heath, meaning they didn’t want to be stuck with thousands of bobbleheads in their storage if they just so happened to be traded. Anyways back to this item….it’s a Jake Peavy NASCAR bobblehead that was given away in 2005. It has a button on the back that once pushed Jake starts singing a lovely rendition of the “Go Cubs Go” song……either that or the sound of an engine revving up, I really can’t remember. It was given away on August 27th against the Rockies. Jake Peavy did not start that game but Brian Lawrence did. He made 1 big mistake the whole game giving up a grand slam to Todd Helton in the 5th inning. Rockies win 4-2.
Categories: Bobble Heads · Jake Peavy · My Collection · Players · Stadium Giveaway
First off I’d like to apologize for the lack of updates. I’ve been working hard at getting a new blog up and running by the new year so I’ve been a little busy with that. But don’t worry though Padre merch fans….this blog here isn’t going anywhere yet the updates might not be as often as they once were for the time being.
Anyways on to the item, here is another gem from the 2003 Farewell to the Q season. A Famous Chicken Bobblehead…..well technically it’s not a bobble-HEAD but it’s more of a bobble-BELLY (according to the Chickens website). Very cool item here. The bobblebelly definitely fits the Chicken more than a bobblehead would (interesting side note: other Padres bobblebelly’s that were made and never released….John Kruk, Paul McAnulty, David “Boomer” Wells, Tony Gwynn & the most recent Heath Bell holding a Nintendo Wii controller bobblebelly). There is also something that makes this item stand out more than almost all the other stadium giveaways that I have listed too……the Padres actually won!! Adam Eaton threw 7 shutout innings & the 4 headed monster known only as Linethews Witafuerte (Scott Linebrink, Mike Mathews, Jay Witasick & Brandon Villafuerte) came in and shut the Rockies down for the final 2 innings. Mark Kotsay had a pinch hit, 2 RBI, double in the 8th to seal the deal. Padres win 5-0.
Categories: Blogging · Bobble Heads · Misc. Members of the Team · My Collection · Stadium Giveaway · The Chicken
October 25, 2009 · 1 Comment
Carl’s Jr. sold these back in 2002 to promote obesity. Yes obesity. You had to go to Carl’s Jr. every Saturday for 5 consecutive weeks and purchase a combo meal to buy a different bobblehead for $4.99. That’s a lot of burgers and if you’ve seen a Carl’s Jr. commercial you know that they don’t serve normal burgers. Week 1 was Ryan Klesko (w/the stand), Week 2 was Mark Kotsay, Week 3 was the facsimile autographed ball by the entire 2002 Padres, Week 4 was Phil Nevin and Week 5 was Trevor Hoffman. It’s actually a pretty good likeness to all the guys (down to Klesko’s sideburns) although they are made out of a plastic as opposed to the normal heavy duty ceramic. Another downer is they are wearing the awful blue & white Dodger-esque uniforms that I hated with a passion.
Categories: Bobble Heads · Mark Kotsay · My Collection · Phil Nevin · Players · Ryan Klesko · Trevor Hoffman
October 20, 2009 · 1 Comment
This bobblehead creeps me out a bit. Yes it’s the Friar but it doesn’t even look like the Friar (the new or old version). It looks more like a Charles Schultz Peanuts version of the Friar. It was sold in 1999 and is made using a pretty solid ceramic that makes it probably the heaviest bobblehead I have.
Categories: Bobble Heads · Misc. Members of the Team · My Collection · The Friar
September 18, 2009 · 2 Comments
I figured I might as well show off the other amazing bobblehead that was given away in 2003. Like the Winfield one the Randy Jones one was given away with him in both the Home & Away uniforms and once again the Away ones were difficult to find. I have to admit that the Winfield Away jersey was bought on ebay but I actually received the Away Randy Jones one when I walked in. I wanted to shout from a mountain “I HAVE A RANDY JONES AWAY JERSEY BOBBLEHEAD!!!” But alas I did not have a mountain and I technically didn’t yell that at that at the top of my lungs but it was still pretty damn cool. The game went down like this….Adam Eaton didn’t pitch well, Luther Hackman didn’t pitch well, Jesse Orosco didn’t pitch well and yet the Padres came from behind in the 8th inning to pull out the win over the Diamondbacks 8-7 thanks to a Lou Merloni sacrafice fly to score Gary Bennett. Wow I can’t believe I actually typed the names Lou Merloni & Gary Bennett on this blog. I feel dirty now.
Categories: Bobble Heads · My Collection · Players · Randy Jones · Stadium Giveaway
September 11, 2009 · 1 Comment
This is another one of those cool stadium give aways from 2003 that I was referring to in the Tony Gwynn Babooshkah Russian Nesting Dolls & Qualcomm Stadium Commemorative Ticket Holder posts. Current Padres front office take note of these things…..they are the things people love to be given. Despite the team going 64-98 on the season crowds of 60,998, 36,745 & 29,725 showed up for these 3 giveaways (all 3 of those totals would easily crack the top 15 home game attendance turnouts this season). These Dave Winfield bobbleheads were given away at a game vs the Phillies in which the Padres lost 5-4 in 10 innings. Here’s the kicker on these…..the home uniform was the one that was advertised as being given away yet unbeknownst to us fans the Padres decided to throw a few away uniforms into the mix. Imagine opening up your bobblehead box to find a rare bobblehead that just a small handful of fans received. Good times indeed for that fan.
Categories: Bobble Heads · Dave Winfield · My Collection · Players · Stadium Giveaway
The Tony Gwynn bobbleheads continue with this SDSU bobblehead. It was sold at Chevrons in San Diego County back in 2002 to celebrate Tony taking over as head coach for the Aztecs. It was sold for somewhere around 5 bucks with some of the proceeds going to the SDSU baseball team if I recall correctly.
Categories: Bobble Heads · My Collection · Players · Tony Gwynn
