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Bobble of the Day “Captain America”

by | Aug 8, 2017 | Bobble of the Day

Bobble of the Day

Character: Captain America

Team: Brooklyn Cyclones

Year: 2017

Manufacturer: BD&A

It seems as if this year with Marvel characters is taking off. The comic book Super hero’s are very desirable with collector’s and the Brooklyn Cyclones jumped on the band wagon.

I was a never a comic book buff, but I do like these current ones that have been given out to fans at games. We have Captain America as today’s “Bobble of the Day” and it’s cool as shit. BD&A never disappoints with the raised letters on the base and the color combinations are fresh as hell. All blue lower base with red letters and a colorful red top to the base with the Cyclones logo. Captain himself is holding his signature shield as he’s ready to kick someone’s ass. The overall, colors are spot on as a mixture of red, blue and white splatter this whole bobble.

 

 

Sniper Rating: Not to mention this is a good looking item, but the box itself is killer. Very high gloss coating with bright colors and the Brooklyn Cyclones logo are added to it. The Cyclones did a bang up job with this one and even if you’re not a huge comic book fan, this one will pop in your curio cabinet for sure. They are going for under $30.00 on Ebay and you should lock one up tonight. In addition, the bobble itself is a shade under 9 inches and not some cheap mini bobble. Make sure you have enough room to display this bad boy! Captain America scores an above average 8.5. 

You have no idea how bad I want you to win!

by | Aug 8, 2017 | Motivational

You have no idea how bad I want you to win!

I mean that. Forget collecting bobbleheads. I want you to win the day, the week, the fucking year. I want you all to work hard in order to get what you want. I won’t judge you if you are a shipper for UPS. I want you to work your face off so one day you’re a regional manager at UPS instead of a shipper. A lot of you guys send me pictures and share stories telling me how you got an A in math class and that your dad is buying you a bobblehead that you wanted so bad. I love hearing shit like this. It tells me you’re working your nut sack off and ultimately YOU ARE WINNING! 

Bobble of the Day “Coco Crisp” Coco Lean

by | Aug 7, 2017 | Bobble of the Day

Bobble of the Day

Player: Coco Crisp “Coco Lean”

Team: Oakland Athletics

Year: 2013

Manufacturer: BD&A

So during the 2012 season, the Oakland Athletics put together a dance called the “Bernie Lean” which was inspired by the movie “Weekend at Bernie’s II. This dance is imitating a dead character walking in the movie. I, myself have seen both movies and they a funny as shit, but I never caught on to the “Coco Lean” stunt. Coco Crisp apparently had the Bernie Lean song play as his walk up to the plate song.

I personally, don’t get the chance to watch a lot of the A’s games(nor do I want to) so the first time I’ve noticed this bobble is when it surfaced on Ebay back in 2013. At first, fans were going crazy for this one and the price was high. I actually received this about a month ago as a “gift” from a A’s Sniper. 

So it’s very obvious that the head doesn’t bobble but the waist does as Coco is doing the “Lean”. The base is cool with the dirt platform and the letters ARE raised. The waist bobbles very well and “bobbles” with a flick of a finger. I however, do not like the head nor facial features. It looks NOTHING like Coco Crisp as it seems it was just put together quickly with eyes, ears, a nose and mouth. Overall, it could have been detailed a little better. 

 

 

Sniper Rating: For an A’s fan this is a must have in your collection. The A’s typically put out killer bobbleheads as BD&A creates all of their SGA’s, so if your on the West Coast, get this one in your Curio cabinet. I personally would not spend $50.00-$70.00 on it as the fad of the Coco “Lean” faded away quickly. I guess if you wanna add some “flavor” to your collection then get it. 

The “Coco Lean” bobble scores a mediocre 6.0 in my book. 

 

 

 

Fenway Park/Billy Joel/Walk off/Brooklyn/Squints/Sandlot recap

by | Aug 3, 2017 | Sniper Rants

What a way to spend a few days right in the middle of the summer. Here’s a little recap of the events that went down earlier this week, 

So, I took the bobble wife to Boston because it was a “Special Ticket” giveaway for an exclusive Billy Joel bobblehead. I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not the biggest Billy Joel fan, but I do like some of his songs. He’s great at what he does and I know a lot of collector’s would love to get their mitts on this one. Instead of driving back home at midnight, we looked into getting a hotel for the night. We needed to get away from the kiddos for a bit and this was the perfect opportunity. This time we were selfish. We wanted a hotel AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE to Fenway Park. After extensive research, the closest hotel was a place called The Verb. Looking at the pictures online, it seemed like a super “hipster” rock n roll themed hotel. All different colored windows and record albums all over the place. We only wanted to stay the night, so it was very expensive and we crossed our fingers hoping it would be kick ass. When I mean close to Fenway, I mean REALLY FUCKING close! 

We drove up, checked in and The hotel “The Verb” and it was all decked out with memorabilia and hipster signs all over the place. It was definitely something we weren’t used to, but at the same time it was unique as hell. 

We went straight to the pool for a dip. Let me tell you something. I would have never imagined in a million years, that I would sit my ass in a pool, in the middle of a city and have the back of Fenway Park staring right at me. It was cool as shit. We got a balcony room which was perfect. 

It was time to head to the game and score the bobbles. The lines were packed to get in but they moved fast. Since this was a Billy Joel “themed” night, they had a cover band of Billy Joel playing right on Yawkee Way. The Bobble line wasn’t that long at all. I scored a full case of them and ran back to the hotel and had valet pull my ride up to pop them in the trunk. 

So, we hopped around to a few bars, scored a sausage and pepper and then headed to our seats. If you’ve ever been to Fenway, you have to get a sausage. Best around hands down.

These seats by far were the best I’ve had. 3 rows dead smack behind home plate. 

Some dude next to me let me borrow his bobble for a quick pic. 

For most of the game is was back and forth. Sale got hit around quite a bit and each team exchanged runs throughout the night. In between innings, the beers were flowing and the dogs were juicy and hot.

You all know how the game went, but when Austin Jackson made the over the wall catch every fan was in awe. Once the umpire made the “out” call after reviewing the replay, the entire stadium clapped. That’s the character the Red Sox fans have. They appreciate great plays even coming from the opposing team. 

And then the magic happened. Bottom of the 9th, with 2 outs. Christian Vasquez with an absolute fucking moonshot to dead center to win the game. I lost my voice I was screaming so loud. The entire place erupted. It was the most amazing game I’ve ever seen. Yes, I am praying if you can see me. 

After the game, I was so hammered, I had to check out the team store one last time before we went to the bar. Good thing I didn’t spend a lot of money on stupid shit I don’t need. I saw this dude buy a Pablo Sandoval bobble that was reduced in price to $5.00. What a sucker!

Yup, the ride home the next day was miserable. Hungover and tired as fuck. We got home and I crashed for 30 minutes before I jumped in the car to head to Brooklyn for Squints night. I’ll be the first to admit it, I HATE driving to Brooklyn. Fucking traffic and it took a little less than 2 hours to get there. Overall, miserable ride but I do like MCU park. You can see all the lights from the rides in Coney Island.

 

 

Obviously, the highlight of the night was the guest appearance of Squints. The stadium was literally empty because everyone was waiting in line to meet Squints and to score an autograph from him. 

There was a ton of collector’s there and I chatted it up for a bit with a few. It was good to mingle with a few of you Snipers. I went Instagram live and got some close ups of Squints. Real cool dude and he almost looks the same as when he was a little kid. He was rocking the tattoos and was an overall cool guy as he greeted all the fans. 

I’d say I was there less than 25 minutes as I got my bobbles and got the hell outta there. Another long drive home and a very long 2 days. 

A great 2 days overall as the hotel was sick, the game was amazing and Squints was dope as hell. I highly recommend going to Fenway if you’re ever near the East Coast and definitely check in at The Verb. 

On to the next bobble game this Saturday. Stay tuned.