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May 08, 2006
Retro Old-Timer-Rehaber Bobbleheads
From the AP:
It's not unusual for a baseball team to promote a game by giving away a bobblehead doll of a popular player. But the minor league Connecticut Defenders have added a twist.
The Double-A team associated with the San Fransisco Giants plans a series of giveaways featuring major-league players who have rehabilitated injuries in Norwich.
Each doll has the injured section of his body bandaged.
A Roger Clemens bobblehead will be given to the first 1,000 fans who attend the Defenders' May 23 game against New Hampshire. The six-time Cy Young winner made a rehab start in Norwich in 2002 while nursing a groin injury. The bobblehead's bandage will be wrapped around his thigh.Other bobbleheads will feature Andy Pettitte, David Cone and Bernie Williams.
Pettitte appeared in one game with Norwich in 2002 while rehabbing a strained left elbow. Cone made two starts with Norwich in 1995 while rehabbing from an aneurysm in his right shoulder. Williams played three games here in 1998 when he was rehabbing a sprained right knee.
All four players appeared in Norwich when the team was known as the Navigators, and was the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. The team changed its affiliation and name after last season.
I would imagine that a lawyer could have some fun with this. Since it's now a Giants' affilate, do they need the Yankees permission to do this? What about the players? Do they need their OK? Since they were all big leaguers at the time, does the MLBPA have to say this is OK?
And the biggest question of all: How soon until these show up on eBay?
Posted by Steve Lombardi at May 8, 2006 02:59 PM