A look at my collection
This is the time of year when baseball is pretty dead. Other than Rob Manfred throwing out random suggestions, executives are shut down for the holidays, the NFL is full-bore, and fans are just trying to enjoy two Wednesday holidays (yuck). So, it seems as good a time as any for a “personal side quest” post.
This past September when the Minnesota Twins were executing perhaps the biggest collapse in franchise history, I caught the bobblehead bug. I always had a few bobbles hanging around, but thanks/blame to Facebook Marketplace I began to ramp up (probably to fend off the existential dread).
My goal was/is never to collect every Twins bobblehead—that would strain my patience and finances far too much. Instead, I simply wanted to nab the franchise legends and guys I saw play. I basically have the collection completed as of now…
Legends
- Pic 1 (L-R): Daunte Culpepper (my favorite Viking ever!), Rick Aguilera, Kirby Puckett, Minnie & Paul Handshake, Rod Carew, Tony Oliva
- Pic 2: Jim Kaat, “Circle Me” Bert (with the Victory Sports polo!), Tom Kelly, TC Bear, Justin Morneau, Joe Mauer
Get to Know ‘Em
- Pic 1: Corey Koskie, Cristian Guzman, A.J. Pierzynski, Michael Cuddyer, Doug Mientkiewicz
- Pic 2: Delmon Young, Shannon Stewart, Jacque Jones, Torii Hunter, Lew Ford, Matt Lawton
Gardy’s Gang & Molly’s Bunch
- Pic 1: Eddie Guardado, Joe Nathan, Glen Perkins, Ron Gardenhire, Johan Santana (with the red cap!), Brad Radke
- Pic 2: Ervin Santana, Phil Huges, Miguel Sano, Paul Molitor, Josh Willingham(mer), Brian Dozier
Contemporary-ish
- Pic 1: Eddie Rosario, Byron Buxton, Max Kepler, Trevor Plouffe “Skywalker”, Nelson “Boomsaber” Cruz
- Pic 2: Royce Lewis, Jhoan Duran, Pablo Lopez, Joe Ryan, Josh “Bringer of Rain” Donaldson
It’s possible a few more totems may be added—the big absences at the moment are Harmon Killebrew & Carlos Correa—but for now I’m happy with my bobblin’ friends!