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By Scott Woodall

Bobblehead News Flash! St. Louis Cardinals Announce SGA Bobble headsincluding Chris Carpenter!

Chris CarpenterKeep checking back daily as all sorts of MLB bobble heads will be announced in the coming weeks prior to the 2010 MLB season opening~!

The St. Louis Cardinals TicketsComeback player of the Year for 2009 - Chris Carpenter is one of three Cardinals Bobbleheads the St. Louis franchise has in store for giveaways for the 2010 Major League Baseball season.

In addition to a Chris Carpenter Bobblehead day, which will be held August 22nd when the Cards play host to the San Francisco Giants at Busch Stadium, the Cardinals will also feature a Vince Coleman and a Whitey Herzog SGA Bobble heads day during their 1985 NL Championship Week-end to close out the month of July - 2010.

All three SGA Bobble heads will be awarded to the first 25,000 (All Ages) fans through the gates of Busch Stadium on the following summer dates:

July 30th VS Pittsburgh Pirates – Vince Coleman Bobblehead

July 31st VS Pittsburgh Pirates – Whitey Herzog Bobblehead

August 22nd VS San Francisco Giants – Chris Carpenter Bobblehead – Comeback Player of the Year 2009

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February 3rd, 2010

For their 2010 Washington Nationals Bobbleheads – the Nats are offering something new, something old, & something…well fans will get to decide on the final call. *Cough* Strasburg Bobblehead! *Cough* Sorry…darn flu bug is causing us to reveal our 2010 bobblehead wishes!

Ryan Zimmerman BobbleheadThe Washington Nationals rising star, Ryan Zimmerman has become a popular bobblehead choice!

Unless MLB SGA bobble fans have a case of “Memento” they will recollect this (see pic) Ryan Zimmerman Bobblehead from 2008.

Well, its déjà vu in D.C. as the Nationals Bobblehead dates will once again include the talented third baseman who at one point in 2009 looked like he was going to challenge Joe Dimaggio’s hitting streak!

Circle Saturday June 19th on your Bobblehead calendars. A Ryan Zimmerman Bobblehead will be given out to 15,000 fans when the Washington Nationals play host to the Chicago White Sox in an early summer Interleague game.

A little later on in the summer of 2010, when playing the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies - a Bobblehead of former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Nyjer Morgan will be handed out (also to the first 15,000 fans) through the gates of Nationals Ballpark on July 31st 2010. Finally, the bobbleheads are wrapped up on August 28th with a Fans Choice Bobblehead.

Any ideas who you would like to see on the Fans Choice Bobblehead Nats Fans?

Here’s our “oh so subtle” hint to the Nationals promos peeps:

A 2010 Stephen Strasburg Bobblehead would rock!
Stephen Strasburg Bobblehead

If a batter is chosen, we’re going to be pulling for The Hammer: A Josh Willingham Bobblehead is long overdue from some MLB team!

But perhaps even better…Why not feature one of Major League Baseballs future stars and obvious franchise player?

Certainly, the Nationals gotta at least consider a Stephen Strasburg Bobblehead don’t they?

If baseballs newest franchise doesn’t capitalize on their super prospect ASAP, they are insane! It just makes good marketing sense to us since Stephen Strasburg Bobblehead day tickets would probably sell out no matter where the Nationals are in the 2010 standings come August 28th!

Editors Note: Are you craving more Fantasy Baseball advice than bobble heads? Don’t worry – it’s coming soon! Pitchers and Catchers are already booking flights to Florida and Arizona as we speak!

In the mean time CLICK HERE for some 2010 Fantasy Baseball analysis, as Adam Forsyth breaks down the Nationals future phenom Stephen Strasburg, as well as a couple of other red Hot 2010 prospects, including the Rangers Neftali Feliz, and the Giants Madison Bumgarner.

Both Adam and Fantalytics will be back with NEW articles – as we promise to begin digging deeper into the 2010 Fantasy Baseball sleepers stuff during the coming weeks!

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Editors note: Today Scott Solomon guest blogs for WaiverSharks, shooting from the hip about why he feels you should consider passing on many top MLB Fantasy Baseball Closers when drafting your 2010 Fantasy Baseball team.

Fantasy Baseball Closers 1No doubt, many MLB Closers dance to a different beat. But does this look like a man you want to anchor your 2010 Fantasy Baseball team around?

By Scott Solomon

If you read any fantasy guide – almost all of them will tell you closers are a volatile bunch and to be careful. But when you see closers start to fly off the board it’s hard to avoid the instinct of jumping into the fray.

We are here to tell you - DON’T DO IT!!!

They aren’t going to help your team. Head to Head leagues are all about one thing: making the playoffs. It’s ok to give up a stat like saves in the early part of the year. You want to stay close to .500 through the first couple months and concentrate on that waiver wire – frequenting Waiversharks.com to guide you the right way.

My league is setup as a Yahoo! 6X6 head-to-head league with 10 keepers. 25 man rosters. For the purpose of this analysis I consider keepers rounds 1-10 and the 11th round is effectively the first round.

Last year in my league 264 saves came from 13 waiver pickups – for an average of 20.3. Compare that to the 15 guys picked in rounds 11-17 who only accounted for 363 – or an average of 24.2. Rounds 18-25 are where you can really pick up some value. 5 guys from those rounds ended up producing 173 saves for an average of almost 29/guy.

Admittedly there were many other setup guys/ fantasy baseball closers picked in those rounds, but that’s the time of the draft where you can really take some chances. You should really be counting on a keeper or early round draftees to contribute to your team. Why waste a valuable pick when you can get equal value on the waiver wire or taking a flier on a late round guy.

What about keepers?

You can see in the chart below how little effect fantasy baseball closers selections have on the outcome of a team. (Keepers considered a 5th round pick, waiver wire 30th round) If anything, the earlier pickers fared worse!

Fantasy Baseball Closers 2b

There were 150 saves from 6 keepers for an average of 31.66. If you are lucky enough to have top 5 closer with a long history of injury free seasons, you might as well hold on to him – he’s not going to hurt you. But temper that with avoiding the mid-round guys. And avoid taking more than 2 fantasy baseball closers. Last year two teams selected 4 closers, they finished 9th and 11th. .

Not good.

Three teams selected/or kept 3 closers – both made the playoffs but that was probably overkill. One of those teams kept the zany and multi-talented Jonathan Papelbon – which was a fine move, but then selected Big Broxton and new Tigers closer Jose Valverde in the 11th and 14th round respectively – those two accounted for 61 saves.

Through the course of the season they were able to pick up both Andrew Bailey and Fernando Rodney for a total of 63 saves. They ended up losing in the championship round – they probably would have been better off picking a different position in the 11th and 14th round.

Another 3 closer team kept Mariano Rivera and Joe Nathan and then followed up with Francisco Cordero in the 14th round. They made the playoffs easily but had an early exit in the first round losing 8 to 4– especially with Tommy Hanson and Clay Buchholz still on the board. Closers had zero effect. The league winner selected 3 closers – including Mike Gonzalez in the 15th round.

What did he get for that?

10 measly saves! And only 1 after the all-star break! It’s tough to criticize because the guy won the league, but he added little value to his team by selecting a closer in the 15th round. He was able to find much better value in the 16th and 18th rounds (Brian Wilson and Frank Francisco) and the waiver wire (Carlos Marmol).

The conclusion is these teams added zero value by selecting a third closer!

Fantasy Baseball Closers 3The third place team selected 2 guys (Jason Motte in round 15 – a lot of help there) but found a lot of value with 26 saves from Leo Nunez in round 19 (thanks to a Waiversharks.com tip). The fourth place team selected 1 closer in the 18th round. He finished the regular season first overall but then was blown out in the 2nd round 9-2. Again – closers had little effect on the outcome.

The fifth place team selected 2 closers as well. (Chris Ray in the 13th, and Devine in the 17th) Both of these busts contributed nothing, but he was able to find significant value on the waiver wire with David Aardsma and Ryan Franklin and then through a trade. The 7th place team didn’t pick a closer – however he started the first 8 weeks of the season with a .368 winning percentage - So, hardly the fault of a not drafting a closer.

Editor's Interesting “bad karma” final thought:

Will those who draft K-rod in the early rounds get stung in 2010?

Fantasy Baseball Closers 4

Why must you beseech me!!!!!?????

It may not be equivalent to the videogame Madden Football, or Sports Illustrated covercurse – but now that Frankie Rodriguez is our main page bobblehead - Fantasy gurus everywhere may want to begin summoning the Gods of the waiver wire to drop them another answer! After all, both former WaiverSharks cover bobbles – the Pirates Zach Duke, and the A’s Daric Barton hardly went on to Hall of Fame seasons since they adorned Bobblehead Daze!

 
 
January 26th, 2010

Well, the wait is over…A Frankie “K-Rod” Rodriguez bobblehead (Ebay LINK) has been selected to adorn our 2010 Bobblehead Daze blog.

2010 Bobblehead DazeYep - Bobblehead Daze gets a little makeover today as we continue to bring you plenty of 2010 baseball bobblehead information in addition to plenty of Fantasy Baseball advice and chat.

Do you like the K-rod selection?

Is the New York Mets K-Rod Bobblehead better - or worse than our 2009 Daric Barton Bobblehead picture?

We liked the energy conveyed in the design of the Mets closer bobble – and since we’d already had a MLB Starting Pitcher Bobblehead (Zach Duke in 2008) and a MiLB batter (Sacramento Rivercats - Daric Barton in 2009) we figured it was time we featured a solid reliever – so why not one of the better closers in the game!

Any suggestions on which bobblehead WaiverSharks editor Scott Woodall should have featured this year?

Send your suggestions to: scott@waiversharks.com

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January 22nd, 2010

Bobblebums 

Over at Bobblebums.com

- a terrific website site that focuses solely on Bobbleheads, site owner John Trimback has begun listing a dazzling array of rare bobbleheads up for auction on eBay Now!

John is in the midst of trying to raise some money to do some upgrades to his Bobblebums website where he hopes to switch to a new version of Invision powerboard in about a month or so.

In addition to this, Mr. Trimback is also looking to drive donations for various charity rides he’s taking part in during the summer of 2010!

To help boost his donations, Bobblebums is doing this:

If you donate $25 online before you pay for your auctions, Bobblebums will discount you $10 off your invoice!

If you donate $50 online before you pay for auctions, Bobblebums will discount you $20 off your invoice!

You can help any of the following charities with a tax deductible donation and you will receive a discount from your Bobblebums eBay purchases:

MSMultiple-Sclerosis City to Shore ride

American Cancer Society Bikeathon

Diabetes Tour deCure

John will also be doing a ride for Autism and another Children’s charity later on this year. Talk about the Bob Geldof of bobbleheads!

Seriously though – it’s great to see someone taking such an active part in charities that we know have affected every single one of our visitors.

There are several mascot bobblesheads - and some really rare stadium giveaways (SGA) that you possibly won’t see again on eBay all year!

So, please take a few minutes to peruse some really cool bobbleheads that Bobblebums currently has up for auction on EBay Now!

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Matt Wieters Bobble Announced + Nolan Reimold + Adam Jones + Nick Markakis SGA Mini Bobbleheads

The Baltimore Orioles have announced four Bobblehead Stadium Giveaways for this coming 2010 Season. And, not shockingly - three of the Mini Bobbleheads focus on the Orioles ever rising talented outfield.

The Orioles once again have a daunting task in arguably Major League Baseballs toughest Division - the American League East. But if the O’s are going to remain at least competitive it will large in part be due to the incredible trio who man Oriole Park night after night!

Here is the complete run down for the Orioles 2010 Bobblehead Schedule:

May 26th 2010 - Nolan Reimold (Mini Bobble head)

June 24th 2010 - Adam Jones (Mini Bobble head)

June 30th 2010 - Matt Wieters (FULL SIZE Bobble)

August 5th 2010 - Nick Markakis (Mini Bobble head)

 

The Future's so bright, Pablo Sandoval Bobblehead has to wear shades & we predicted  SGA Bobblehead last October!

Pablo Sandoval 

The San Francisco Giants have announced two amazing 2010 bobbleheads! One of which I urged the Giants to make in one of my Ozzie Smith Bobblehead blogs, which brought to a close the 2009 season of Bobblehead Daze!

A Pablo Sandoval, aka Kung Fu Panda bobblehead will be given out on April 24th, 2010 at AT&T Park.

In addition to Pablo Sandoval's first ever Stadium Giveaway SGA Giants Bobblehead, a Tim Lincecum Bobblehead will be given away for the second year in a row, this time on July 17th, 2010.

I guess this means "the freak" should win his arbitration case! 

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2 SF Giants/Mets, Sat, 7/17, Lincecum Bobbleheads!
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BREAKING Bobblehead NEWS!

Here’s a pair of fantastic bobbles just announced:

Splash- Stockton Ports 2010 BobbleheadsNo, this isn’t a picture of one of the Stockton Ports 2010 bobbleheads! It’s actually “Splash” – the Ports lovable mascot. But the Oakland AthleticsClass A Minor League affiliate have made a with news of two VERY exciting 2010Stockton Ports Bobbleheadsfor the forthcoming MiLB promotional season!

The Ports kick things off with former Stockton stud, and the 2009 American League BaseballRookie of the Year – relief pitcher and now A’s closer - Andrew Bailey.

The first 1000 fans through the gates of Banner Island Ballpark on Saturday May 1st will not only enjoy Stockton’s third annual Retro Nightwhich includes an auction of all the current Stockton players Retro Jerseys– but will also take home a cool Andrew Bailey Bobblehead!

Stockton Ports 2010 BobbleheadsAnd that’s not all! When the Ports play host to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Saturday July 17th, once again the first 1000 fans will receive another really cool bobblehead – this time the (SGA) stadium giveaway is of the Stockton Ports center fielder Grant Desme!

So to recap the Stockton Ports 2010 Bobbleheads:

Saturday May 1st - Andrew Bailey Bobblehead Night

Saturday July 17th - Grant Desme Bobblehead Night

 
 
January 20th, 2010

Too Hot To HandleWhew! The 2010 Baseball Bobblehead announcements are on fire! The 2010 calendar year starts to heat up this week as several teams promotions kick things into high gear!

So don’t get hosed!

Keep checking back as we blog on all of the cool Bobblehead Stadium Giveaways coming up in 2010!

Get MLB TicketsAnd be sure to check out Stubhub to Buy Tickets and coordinate your next Baseball Bobblehead Road Trip! We intend to highlight many more NEW hot Bobblheads this coming professional baseball season.

Subscribe to WaiverSharks RSS Feed!So, please click back often as WaiverSharks frantically updates you with several of the HOT NEW 2010 bobblheads heading your way during the upcoming 2010 Major and Minor League baseball season.

 

By Scott Woodall

Save Better Off Ted 

“If you’ve never heard of Project Jabberwocky it’s probably because of the tepid time slot ABC’s cult TV show Better off Ted has been saddled with during its first and second seasons.”

Last week I promised my wife I was going to write a short article that discussed the ABC television comedy Better off Ted - and just how fantastic it is. It has become one of our favorite shows to watch of late, right up there with Dexter and The Office, and yet surprisingly it has still not been picked up for a third season.

C’mon ABC. Just because Modern Family has become a huge hit doesn’t mean you should ignore the obvious charms of Better off Ted. Surely there’s room for a half hour of BOT next season?

Portia del Rossi - Save Better Off TedIf Better off Ted ends up cancelled after two seasons, it would be an absolute travesty. I found Season One to be VERY good – especially if you dig fast paced, quirky comedies. BOT the second season has only gotten Better (off Ted) with nearly every witty line in each episode being a well crafted zinger!

Sadly, Better off Ted’s biggest nemesis hasn’t been the quality of the writing or acting – but rather a weak time slot that hasn’t managed to garner significant ratings since BOT premiered March 18th 2009.

Dr. Bhamba - Save Better Off TedToo bad, because the entire leading cast is dynamite. Portia del Rossi in particular may even bring home some Emmy hardware if this show is allowed to continue to grow. Even actors with smaller roles, like Veridian Dynamics Dr. Bhamba played hilariously by Maz Jobrani have really turned this show up a few more notches this past season.

So please ABC, don’t prematurely axe a sure fire hit, albeit perhaps “cult” TV show in the making! BOT fans appear to be growing through Social Media groups like Twitter and Facebook each week as the show, to this layman at least, appears to be growing some serious legs!

Note to ABC executives who make tough decisions: If you don’t save Better off Ted you may end up working on Project Jabberwocky next season.

You do know what Project Jabberwocky is don’t you?

Here’s another great link to a Better off Ted featured article I recently read in the Chicago Tribune that much more eloquently discusses the true merits of BOT - and why ABC needs to save Better off Ted.

And this link will take you to an online petition site called Go Petition where you can let your voice be heard to help save Better off Ted.