From Toronto Star - Call them nodders, bobbers or bobbleheads. The fact is they are the hottest marketing ploy in major league baseball. And the Toronto Blue Jays won't have them until next season at the earliest. Just how hot are these hand-painted, ceramic figurines with the oversized, bouncy heads? In Minnesota, home of the…
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BOBBLEHEADS PROMOTIONS LEAVING FANS UNBALANCED
From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - As thousands of fans waited outside the Metrodome before a recent Twins-Blue Jays game, former pitcher Frank Viola strolled past alone, ignored by autograph seekers. Viola will always be a hero in Minnesota for his role in the 1987 World Series, but these fans had something more pressing on their minds:…
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Bobbleheads make even the Twins a hot ticket
From Associated Press - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - As thousands of fans waited outside the Metrodome before a recent Twins-Blue Jays game, former pitcher Frank Viola strolled past alone, ignored by autograph seekers. Viola will always be a hero in Minnesota for his role in the 1987 World Series, but these fans had something more pressing…
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