Saturday, April 18th – Nate McLouth All-Star Bobblehead Day VS Atlanta Braves

Friday, September 25th - TBA Fans Vote Bobblehead Day VS Los Angeles Dodgers

The Nate McLouth Bobblehead game is at 12:35 – so fans better save the Primanti’s sandwich until the game starts, and head to PNC early if they want one of these.

AND, HEY PIRATES FANS!

Who do you like for an early favorite for the Fan vote?

Bobblehead Daze would love to see a Ryan Doumit solo version. Number # 41 was part of a three headed wacky wobbler, along with Zach Duke and Chris Duffy back in 2006. We think it would also be cool if they were to offer 2000 or so as a left-handed variant since the talented Doumit is a switch-hitter. Or maybe offer a select number of them in the retro yellow throwback uniform “Pops” made famous? Either idea would help boost the Pirates Bobble head giveaway’s rarity appeal - something they’ve lacked in recent years.

Our other choice would be an Andrew McCutchen doll – but he’s an early “Sleeper Bobble” since there is still no guarantee this top Pirates prospect will even make the team to start the 2009 season – but we know Bucco’s fans will be lobbying for this youngsters arrival! Whomever fans decide on – we just hope it’s designed without flipping the bird like Tom Gorzelanny’s was in 2008!

By the way - As much as we love Bobbleheads - we are gald to see that the Pirates appear to have scaled back the number of Bobble giveaways (SGA) this year.

PNC Park held NINE! (9) separate Bobblehead nights during the 2008 season.

We read one fan joke: “It got to a point where Pirate’s fans in attendance last season were paying $15 for a bobblehead - that just happened to come with a live baseball game.” Bobblehead Daze feels anything over FOUR Bobblehead stadium giveaways in any one season is just plain overkill.

Too many SGA’s creates a danger of ruining a good thing. Over saturating baseball promotional days with too many substandard players likenesses on bobbleheads will conceivably lessen the potential collector’s value – and we feel ultimately could kill the hobby. So let’s hope “the BUCS stop here” – and do not add any further Bobblehead days onto their 2009 promo calendar.

In case you hadn’t noticed - The 2009 promotional calendar season, incuding some bobblehead doll days, are already under way!

Seems fitting that a Canadian owned site like WaiverSharks.com would be one of the very first websites in the world to announce the forthcoming bobblehead day stadium giveaways (SGA’s) for Major League Baseball’s only Canadian sports team - the Toronto Blue Jays!

Keep checking back with our “Bobblehead Daze” Blog each day as we continue to break bobblehead news & information – and feature fun articles covering the #1 sport collector’s hobby of the new millennium – BOBBLEHEAD DOLLS ROCK! And the Blue Jays rock by kicking off their promo year with an Alexis Rios nodder – too cool! Jay’s fans old and new have got to be happy with this one!

Alex Rios

Sunday May 17 – (First 10,000 fans) VS Chicago White Sox

My wife’s favorite player finally gets his likeness on a MLB bobblehead! She’ll be ecstatic! And so should you!

Lyle Overbay 

Sunday July 26th - (First 10,000 fans) VS The American League defending champion Tampa Bay Rays

Vernon Wells Figurine

Sunday August 9th – (First 10,000 fans) VS those dirty birds – The Baltimore Orioles

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Before moving on to our Rankings of favorite fantasy 2B Second Basemen for 2009 –
There’s one last First baseman prospect that intrigues the heck out of us – and we hope he gets a shot at the friendly confines of Arlington Ballpark in Texas real soon!

The Texas Rangers STOLE this switch-hitting first baseman in the First Year Player Draft – the video below talks about his comparisons to departed former Ranger Mark Teixeira, as well as future Atlanta Braves Hall of Famer Chipper Jones.

Pretty nice company to be mentioned along with!

Imagine this kid in a line-up along with Josh Hamilton, Chris Davis, a healthy Hank Blalock and Ian Kinsler, Nelson Cruz - and Michael Young to name just a few.

The Texas Rangers are going to need to buy extra balls for batting practice if they keep landing these kinds of big boppers!