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Here's a Hollywood script for you. The bad guys, led by Ed Norton, swoop in during the dead of night to heist an entire shipment of LeBron James Bobblehead Dolls. They sneak past the guards and the mascot, who nodded off hours earlier, and drive away in Hummers.
Thousands of fans, already lined up around the arena, are disappointed the following day when they realize their wait wasn't worth the wait.
Now what's Norton going to do with the ill-gotten booty? How do you move 10,000 of the same bobbleheads on eBay without drawing suspicion?
And will Robert DeNiro get the girl?
Thank goodness this scenario didn't play itself out a few weeks ago when the Cleveland Cavaliers distributed 10,000 LeBron James Bobblehead Dolls before a game. We can thank the drivers of the armored truck that delivered the goods to the arena, and the armed guards who watched over them before the doors were eventually opened.
Moondog, the Cavaliers' loyal mascot, reportedly turned in a watch or two.
Perhaps he should have his own Bobblehead Night.
Why not?
Who hasn't?
Well, Jason Tyner didn't.
He was supposed to. The dolls were already made and delivered to Tropicana Field. Then the Devil Rays light-hitting outfielder was shipped to Triple-A, leaving an army of tiny Tyners alone on a storage room somewhere in St. Petersburg.
Toby Hall didn't, either.
He was supposed to. But the Rays' catcher also was shipped to Durham. Luckily, his bobbles weren't completed. They were reconfigured, and Toby Hall Bobblehead Night became Steve Cox Bobblehead Night.
Don Zimmer?
He was supposed to. The Boss put the kibosh on that. George Steinbrenner decided last year no bench coach for his Yankees was going to get a Bobblehead Night.
Zim stewed. Now he's with the Rays. His mini bobblehead night is on tap for this season.
Bobbles are everywhere. At ballparks and arenas. At major leagues and minor leagues.
They've also invaded spring training. The Pittsburgh Pirates distributed Jack Wilson and Manny Sanguillen bobbleheads last week.
Everyone has a bobblehead these days, not just All-Stars and wonder boy rookies.
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Marcia Brady has one. So do the Three Stooges, President Clinton and the Pope. Snap, Crackle and Pop of Rice Krispies fame have been so honored. So has Lizzie Borden.
It's a world full of tiny, smiling nodders.
Yankees manager Joe Torre had a bobblehead day, and so will his former counterpart with the Boston Red Sox.
Oh yes, Grady Little Bobblehead Night coming this summer to the Richmond Braves.
Little managed the Braves to the Triple-A title 10 years ago. Heard he rode his bullpen to the championship.
You wonder if those dolls will be kept under lock and key with armed guards standing close by.
There might be a few New Englanders who would like to take the shipment and re-enact the Boston Tea Party. Sounds like a bad Hollywood movie.
Perfect for noted Red Sox fan Ben Affleck.
Article from: www.bradenton.com
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