Part One
Since beginning to more seriously pursue collector’s baseball bobble heads this past year – WaiverSharks.com editor Scott Woodall has come across some pretty bizarre nodders!
Here is a TOP 10 of the strangest wacky wobblers he came across.
All of these were used as promotional stadium giveaways (SGA) during the past few seasons. There were countless others – but we think you’ll agree these are some of the truly offbeat bobblehead giveaway gems in recent memory.
1) Ogie Ogilthorpe - Thunder Bay Border Cats
Receiving a Hockey Player bobblehead at a baseball game is pretty strange in itself – let alone one from the greatest hockey film of all-time - SLAPSHOT! We would love to get our hands on a Syracuse Bulldogs Bill Goldie Goldthorpe – (Better known as “Ogie Ogilthorpe”) bobblehead! This was a stadium giveaway (SGA) at a home game for the Thunder Bay Border Cats of the Northwoods Baseball league during the 2007 season.
We were hesitant to list it here on Bobblehead Daze, but because it is so darn cool - we had no choice! Bare in mind - this is an extremely rare Bobblehead! We know a lot of people who read this article may end up wanting one – and many will be disappointed to find out just how hard it is to locate the red afro-haired tough guy.
Note: We just discovered that the real Goldie Goldthorpe has his own website where he sells these bobbleheads. You can check it out here.
2) Derrick Turnbow – Milwaukee Brewers
You may want to wash this one with Pert plus conditioner! Known for wearing his hair rather long - this weird 2006 Milwaukee Brewers SGA comes with synthetic dolls hair! Gives him a more natural look – don’t you think?
NOTE: NBA Basketball player Kyle Korver has a similar kind of “real hair” look going on with this 2006 Philadelphia 76ers bobblehead.
But this one of Korver might be a tad creepier - don’t you think?
3) Crazy Hot Dog Vendor - Reading Phillies
This very limited edition Stadium Giveaway (SGA) bobblehead given out on July 9th, 2008! And no, you’re not seeing things – he is indeed riding an Ostrich! We loved his campaign when fans had to decide if they wanted to immortalize him in polyresin – it appeared to have worked! One more solid argument that Minor League Baseball promotions are sometimes completely insane – yet entirely awesome!
4) Crazy Crab Mascot – San Francisco Giants
This was one of the wackiest bobbleheads of 2008, and a WaiverSharks favorite! Crazy Crab actually stands out like a sore ass in comparison to the rest of our predominant baseball player SGA’s – because it is so wide – and such a bright orange color.
The pictured Crazy Crab above is the actual eBay photo taken of the one we purchased from eBay.
(It’s always a nice bonus when the bobblehead seller includes the game day ticket – it eliminates ANY concern over the item's authenticity.)
The fact that we were able to land the more rare version (ONLY 2000 of the slanted cap crustaceans were made), complete with rosin bags and bottles, springs on the claws – and having the purposely misspelled LIMTED EDITION on the back of the base makes this sexy beast that much more interesting!
For more information on the history of the San Francisco Giants infamous “Anti- Mascot” go to Rehab the Crab.
5) Roy Oswalt – Riding a Bulldozer – Houston Astros
This bobblehead also seems to garner fairly high bidding on eBay. But we don’t have a clue what the connection is – does Roy Oswalt own his very own construction company or something?
If anyone can explain to us the Astros reasoning for sitting their ace starting pitcher on a bulldozer, we would love to hear from you!
August 25th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
The Oswalt bulldozer doll was created because the owner of the Astros gave Oswalt a bulldozer when Oswalt signed his contract extension in 2006. I believe Oswalt lives in the country and wanted a dozer to clear some land.