Bay Area sports memorabilia all over the news this week: the Willie Mays statuette was stolen at knife-point, the San Francisco Giants Cinco de Mayo Tequila arrived (buurrrp!), and now this. You could do a lot worse than be one of the first 15,000 fans at the Oakland Coliseum on July 17 to pick up one of these MC Hammer bobbleheads, presented by Supercuts. In case you’re wondering, Hammer (Stanley Burrell) is an Oakland native who got his first job with the A’s at age 11 when Charlie Finley hired him as a bat boy in 1973. Reggie Jackson said that he nicknamed him Hammer because he looked like Hank Aaron.
This is no ordinary bobblehead; it spins. Although I guess it bobbles as well. I would have preferred the parachute pants, but this is still nice. See you at the game.
What? There were other stories this week? Pray tell.
- So I’m told that in Scotland, Yankees apparel is considered like gang clothing. What gang would take Jeter and A-Rod?
- Knee to the junk saves kid’s basketball career, not to mention probably his life.
- Bin Laden’s compound included a regulation Wiffle Ball field, apparently.
- Bullpen squirrel is cute, doomed.
- Ex-Colts cheerleader sues team for being meanies. Gawd!
- British soccer star drives kid to school to solve his bully problem.
- High school player’s tribute to deceased mom: four homers, no-hitter.
- Meanwhile, our score is Baboons 1, Wayne Rooney nil.
- Cricket cheerleader (yep) fired for blogging tales out of school. So naughty.
Thanks for reading, good people. Please stay tuned for the weekend musings of Ben Chew, who will delight with sports posts and magic tricks. (Rob Sylvester is spelunking). Winter is coming.
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