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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

El Coffee

I lied about getting back to cards today.  What I do have is a new bobblehead! The extra bonus of the bachelor party weekend was that the game we attended was Gregory "El Coffee" Polanco bobblehead night.

This year the Pirates started limiting many of the giveaways to 20,000 so I was pretty adamant about getting to the stadium early.  A couple months back my buddy and I went to Jordy Mercer bobblehead night and missed out.  We stayed a tad too long at the bar.  Man, that still pisses me off.



The funny thing is the nickname has really nothing to do with coffee.  His coach when he was 15 years old said he looked and acted like another player that had the same nickname. It just stuck after that.  A+ marketing game by Dunkin Donuts to get on the sponsorship.

While it is not as cool as my tipping chair Bob Walk bobble, the coffee aspect makes it quirky and fun. Now I just need to find one of those singing Cervelli bobbles!

Thanks for reading.

16 comments:

  1. I can't seem to figure out the sponsor.

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  2. I have missed out on all the bobbleheads this year. In past years I would always trek out to Pittsburgh for them, but this year life has just gotten in the way.

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    1. They were all unique this year. The most basic was the Jordy and it is even a fielding pose.

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  3. lying liar - with a cool bobblehead!

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  4. Bobbleheads seem to be getting very zany. I like this one a lot.

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    1. I'm glad for the most part teams are not making as many. I remember in the early 2000's when they were making double digits.

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  5. Just watch a 9-3 putout highlight video... and El Coffee was featured twice. Great bobble!

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  6. Bonus points for using the pillbox hat!

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  7. "[S]inging Cervelli bobbles!"

    That's Amore!

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