Home Run Derby

So the Milwaukee Brewers published their 2009 Promotional Schedule.  I always like to see if there are any good bobbleheads on there.  The Brew Crew usually gives away some good ones, like Bob Uecker or the Racing Sausages.

Here’s the Brewers 2009 Bobblehead giveaway schedule …

• May   3 – Ryan Braun
• May 31 – Trevor Hoffman
• Jun 28  – Jason Kendall
• Aug 30 – Jeff Suppan
• Jul 26 – Bratwurst (Racing Sausage!!)
• Sep 20 – Doug Melvin, Brewers GM

All those bobbleheads will have something in common.  Even the Bratwurst.

They’re all white.  Just like the rest of Wisconsin.

Even though Wisconsin is indeed 90% white, I’m 100% positive that this is a fluke thing and that the Brewers didn’t do this intentionally.  But it did surprise me that they didn’t have bobbleheads of any of the following more “pigmented” star players this season – Prince Fielder, Mike Cameron, Bill Hall, or Yovani Gallardo.  Maybe even Rickie Weeks.  Then again, Fielder has had bobbleheads the last two seasons – you don’t want his head to get as big as his belly.

A couple of other things:  

Why are the Brewers are giving Jeff “Gas Can” Suppan a bobblehead? 

Seriously.  Suppan gave up 30 damn Home Runs last year (4th most in the NL).  And the last memory Brewer fans have of Suppan is Game 4 of the 2008 NLDS, when he spotted the Phillies five runs on three Home Runs in three innings, ending the Brewers’ 2008 playoffs.  My guess is that no one is going to be falling over backwards for this handout.

Unless his bobblehead is actually a “Swivelhead” which mimics him watching fly balls clear the outfield fence, I just don’t get this choice.  Maybe there was a clause in Suppan’s $42 Million contract (highest paid player on the Brewers) that stipulated he got a bobblehead day. 

Jason Kendall?  Really?  I would have given JJ hardy or Corey Hart another bobblehead before Kendall got one. 

I’ve never understood committing a bobblehead to a free agent signing before he’s ever played a game for a team.  I’m talking about you, Trevor Hoffman.

Is Doug Melvin the first General Manager to get his own bobblehead?  What brown-noser in the Brewers front-office came up with that idea?  Did Melvin have to approve the giveaway?  Inrguigingly, it’s the only Bobblehead giveaway not sponsored buy a company.

I think that Melvin’s Bobblehead could just be a clone of the Bratwurst, seeing as they look a lot alike – has anyone ever seen them in a room togerther?  That or he could be handing over a big briefcase of money to Jeff Suppan’s bobblehead. 

Hat tip to a thread over at my favorite Brewers’ blog, Brew Crew Ball.  “Frosty Mug” is one of the best daily link dumps in the business, people.

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