Oakland A's Days' Campaign to Ban Bobbleheads

Dear Oakland Athletics Marketing Department,

We write to urge you to ban all future promotions involving A's bobbleheads.  The evidence is clear: bobbleheads are cursed.  Last year, both Rich Harden and Bobby Crosby were injured shortly before their repsective bobblehead days.  Mark Kotsay committed 2 very uncharacteristic errors on his bobblehead night.  And Jason Kendall got mired in a huge slump after he was immortalized in janky painted plastic.  Some might argue that the evidence of a causal relationship between Jason Kendall slumping and the unveiling of his bobblehead is muddled by the fact that he has essentially been in one big slump during his entire time as an A, but what went down in the top of the 9th inning yesterday should prove once and for all that bobbleheads bring nothing but trouble.  Please, do the right thing here and ban those little suckers. 

Sincerely,
Oakland A's Days

Comments

[Ireland]

In the face of such compelling evidence, I would like to endorse A's days proposal to ban the bobblehead. Besides, unless your someone who is going for the whole rec room is a team shrine thing, what do you really do with one anyway? On that note, I'd like to give A's days a shout out for their generousity on Saturday. Thanks a bunch girls, hope you like the calender. The middle line-up firepower was awsome........

[More Old School bobbles!]

My fave bobble is my Catfish Hunter bobble, and even my Reggie Jackson bobble softened up my heart against that corrupt old Yankees shill. Why don't we mix in some more old school bobbles? I would love a Dave Henderson or a Rickey Henderson or whatever.....A's should do more to celebrate their amazing history in Oakland, especially with all the talk of a possible move.

[MoMoney]

Old School? The real Old School bobbles were nameless faceless generic buggers, and therefore victimless ie; no curse. And you didn't have 10,000 little boogers jamming up the gate just for the stupid toy. I'm with OAD-Ban the little suckers.

[Dave-O]

The word "bobblehead" actually comes from an old sanskrit word literally meaning "to 'head up' the act of bobbling." So it should come as no surprise that this evil talisman does exactly that.

I don't think extinction in a fiery inferno is punishement too harsh for these loose-necked portenders of slumping mischief.

[KetchupMustard]

All I could think yesterday was where is the ice in Huston Street's veins? Do you think getting a bobblehead somehow melted the ice? Is that possible?

[Blanton = Cy]

Macha should have left in Haren! I don't get this stupid max IP limit of 100 pitches for a starter. Blanton shoulda been given the chance to finish the shutout against Seattle last week (if only to help my fantasy team), and Haren was doing fine, except for that one pitch to Jimenez in the 8th. Both were pulled after 100 pitches. Haren was handily getting out of every jam. Plus, Street pitched 2 days in a row heading into Sunday, and looked a little shaky. Macha is a bum!

[Blanton = Cy]

oops, i mean max pitch limit, not IP limt....

[Anna]

Haha... Janky... That's my word. :)

[Steve-O]

I agree with MoMoney; I can't stand those "I'm gonna make a whole thirty dollars on E-Bay for my bobblehead!" losers that take the bobblehead going through the gate and immediately go home. They're really pathetic. I try to avoid all "Bobblehead" games if I can. OK we're a game under .500, but still playing OK, no need to panic.

[EastCoastA'sfan]

Hmmmm...The Curse of the Bobblehead...You could be on to something. Maybe we should notify the Tribune.

Now, does anyone know where I could get hold of one of those Huston Street "loose-necked portenders of slumping mischief"? Living on the East Coast I miss out on all the good stuff. Or wierd voodoo crap, as it may be.