Motivational Friday
Winners make a habit of doing things losers don’t want to do.
Nothing separates a person more than HABITS that they each posses. Habits are the foundation of who we are. Look at a loser and a winner and compare how each one works. The loser will quit and complain, the winner will NOT stop working and therefore, have a shit ton of success!
Bobble of the Day “Paws”
Bobble of the Day
Mascot: Paws
Team: Detroit Tigers
Year: 2014
Manufacturer: Forever Collectibles
Paws has to be the most underrated mascot in the big leagues. Hands down. I swear, if the Detroit Tigers were a dominant team in the bigs year in and year out, Paws would get more recognition. What’s not to like? Paws is a furry Tiger with black and orange strips.
This particular one was in a series in which the Tiger ran the Bobble of the Month program back in 2014. Paws sitting in his chair with a desk represents the September “Bobble of the Month”, hence students going back to school. This 9 inch bobble is absolutely flooded with detail. The gold base is sharp as fuck with Paws written in navy blue color and it’s raised. Lying on the desk, are a few books, am apple with a green bobble worm coming out. How dope is that? Paws has a jersey and tie on as he’s gotta look sharp for the first day of school. Hs right arm bobbles as is displays him writing with a pencil.
Sniper Rating: The chalkboard on the back is the added finish to an overall well made bobble. These flew off the shelves in the stadium team store and deservingly so. This may be one of the most detailed mascot bobbles I’ve come across in a log ass time. It’s sturdy and very heavy. Without a doubt, “Paws” the student mascot scores a 10.0 rating.
Motivational Thursday
Every day I wake up in beast mode.
If you are not financially free or you are not living the life you want, you have to become a beast and work each and every minute of your day. Nothing will be hated to you. You have to work and work HARD. You have to wake up with a chip on your shoulder and have a beast-like attitude that you will kill the day. Success will come. Work like a beast!
Why we collect Bobbleheads…
Why do we collect bobbleheads? Many family and friends ALWAYS turn their heads or think it’s weird that we collect bobbles, but what is the real reason? Because it makes us happy. Why do people collect cars? Cause it makes them happy. Why do people collect hats and jerseys? At some point or another all of us have been involved in sports. It’s what brings us closer to the game or sport we love.
Recently, I had a debate with a huge baseball card collector and he emphasized that card collecting is much more likable than collecting bobbleheads. I 100% disagree. A baseball card is a piece of cardboard. That’s it. It doesn’t move, it doesn’t shake; it sits there. Are some cards hard to find? Of course! Bobbleheads have character that can’t be duplicated. Bobbleheads move and have different shapes and sizes. You can’t go to a baseball game and receive a baseball card. Bobbleheads you can. You can display bobbleheads. You can’t display 200 baseball cards.
Another important reason why bobbleheads are so unique to collect is the fact that many bobbleheads these days resemble a moment or an experience that happened during a game. A player who won the rookie of the year…there’s a bobblehead of him. A player who won the MVP in the NBA…there’s a bobblehead of him. A game winning hit in the World Series…there’s a bobblehead of of that player.
I recently sold a Mike Piazza Hall of Fame bobblehead to a women out in Kansas. She said she went to the Piazza induction ceremony in Cooperstown and she took a lot of pictures. She bought the Piazza bobblehead and said it was a much better item to own than the 100 pictures she took during that weekend. She told me it brought her closer to the event that she went to and that when she looks at it, she will remember that weekend forever.
Bobbleheads many times are personal memories that people hold on to for the rest of their lives. They bring people that much closer to the game and more importantly to a specific player.
That is why we collect, and that is why this industry will never come to an end. Lastly, any time I have given a bobblehead to a friend or family member as a gift, the smile they give is incredible. It’s hard to describe as they just make people happy. Bobbleheads are f*$*%&@# cool!!!!