Finally - The Trifecta!

Recently I completed the Trifecta - when it comes to Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau double bobbleheads!  I believe they share their likeness on 3 different bobbleheads.  The first is an SGA from a Fort Myers Miracle game, I believe in 2007.  This is somewhat of a "mini" bobblehead, but not a true mini.  It's certainly smaller than the typical 7 inch variety.  I believe there were 1000 of these cool bobbleheads given away!

The second one is an SGA bobblehead from the Twins in 2012, this is easily the most common of the 3 as I'm sure they were 10,000 (or more) of these given away.  

Below is the double bobblehead that completed the Mauer/Morneau bobblehead trifecta.  I don't know much about this one.  I believe its from 2008 or 2009 and since its has a red base, its a season ticket holder bobblehead.  I've heard that it was given to select season ticket holders who purchased either specific seats or has a large season ticket base.  I've heard only 100-200 of these were given out!

Minnesota Twins ST Bobblehead Set (Part 10 - Years 2010-2013)

I'm bunching years 2010 thru 2013 into one blog post.  Why you ask, for one simple reason, there weren't many ST bobbleheads during those years.  2009 was the last year the Twins did a set of 4 bobbleheads.

2010 was the Legends of the Dome set (Kirby Puckett & Kent Hrbek).  This was produced as a set, both bobbleheads came in one box.  Then I believe in 2011 they did a Mauer/Morneau double bobblehead - which I do not have.  In 2012 they did a Josh Willingham red base bobblehead and most recently in 2013 they did one of my favorite bobbleheads, Joe Mauer wearing a powder blue jersey.  This one is also different because its on a green base instead of the normal red base for season ticket holders.

Below are some pictures...enjoy!!

Minnesota Twins ST Bobblehead Set (Part 9 - Year 2009)

This is probably the least appealing ST bobblehead set the Twins produced.  Dan Gladden, Ron Gardenhire, Rick Aguilera and Delmon Young make up this set - certainly leaves a lot to be desired huh?  And that's all I'm going to say.

And here's the comparison with the 2008 SGA bobblehead set.  Look on...in amazement...or perhaps sheer bore.  

Minnesota Twins ST Bobblehead Set (Part 8 - Year 2008)

Here we have the 2008 ST bobblehead set.  Anytime baby jesus is in bobblehead form, it'll be a popular set.  Add in Morneau and you've got a pretty decent set all around.  The set isn't very valuable (mainly because you can find these 4 bobbleheads pretty easily) but its a nice set nonetheless.  Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Michael Cuddyer and Gary Gaetti make up the foursome.  

Here's the comparison with the 2007 SGA set.  As you can see - no difference whatsoever between the 2 sets.  We are accustomed to that by now, aren't we!?!  

Minnesota Twins ST Bobblehead Set (Part 7 - Year 2007)

2007 brought us back to the boring, remade versions of the 2006 SGA set.  This set includes Torii Hunter, Brad Radke, Billy Martin and Jack Morris.  Unfortunately there isn't much more to tell about the 2007 set.

Below is a comparison picture of the 2006 SGA set and the 2007 ST set.  

Minnesota Twins ST Bobblehead Set (Part 6 - Year 2006)

The 2006 ST set is probably my favorite.  It includes 4 players from the 65 Heroes set.  Earl Battey, Tony Oliva, Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison.  It's a really good looking set, part of the reason I like this set so much are the uniforms.  This set is also unique because the full 2006 ST set is actually 5 bobbleheads, but the 5th, Zoilo Versalles wasn't part of the 4 bobblehead set.  The only ticket holders that got him were the ones who purchased a specific season ticket plan and seats. Because of that, the entire 5 bobblehead set is very tough to put together.  I recently added the Versalles bobblehead to my collection.

Below I've uploaded the comparison picture of the 2006 ST set and the 2005 SGA set.  You'll notice that I only have 3 of the SGA bobbleheads because the other is the group of 10 1965 Heroes bobbleheads, which I'll blog about at a later date!

Minnesota Twins ST Bobblehead Set (Part 5 - Year 2005)

Here's the 2005 ST Set.  Joe Mauer, Shannon Stewart, Al Newman, and Paul Molitor.  Finally a set with at least a couple popular players in Mauer and Molitor.  Other than that - not much else to say!

Here's a picture comparing the 2005 ST set and the 2004 SGA set!  Notice Walter Johnson isn't included in the ST set, otherwise everything is the same.  

Minnesota Twins ST Bobblehead Set (Part 4 - Year 2004)

Here's the 2004 Twins ST set.  Another pretty boring set.  Corey Koskie, Ron Gardenhire, Brad Radke, and Torii Hunter make up this set.

Obviously as you can see below, there are a few differences (finally) between the 2004 ST set and the 2003 SGA set.  Koskie has the same pose but is wearing a different uniform.  Same goes for Torii Hunter.  And beyond that the Twins replaced AJ Pierzynski and Eddie Guardado with Ron Gardenhire and Brad Radke.

Minnesota Twins ST Bobblehead Set (Part 3 - Year 2003)

2003 brought a pretty unremarkable set of bobbleheads...oh thats right, we already saw them in 2002. Cristian Guzman, Tom Kelly, Doug Mientkiewicz, and Jim Kaat.

Below is a comparison shot of the 2002 SGA set and the 2003 ST set.  I can't really say much more about this set!

Minnesota Twins ST Bobblehead Set (Part 2 - Year 2002)

Here's a look at the 2002 ST bobblehead set.  Includes the same 4 players as the SGA set did in 2001. Kirby Puckett, Bert Blyleven, Dave Winfield and Rod Carew.  The Twins introduced all season ticket holder bobbleheads on red bases, the main difference from SGA bobbleheads.

Below is a comparison of the 2001 SGA set and the 2002 ST set.  As you can see, the only difference is the base.  This is still a nice set of bobbleheads!

Minnesota Twins ST Bobblehead Set (Part 1 - Year 2001)

In March I did a 13 part series on each SGA bobblehead by year.  I'm doing another series showing the season ticket holder bobbleheads from every year.  These bobbleheads are given to full and partial season ticket holders.  Partial season ticket holders would only get 1 or 2 of these bobbleheads while full season ticket holders could get the entire set.

2001 is the first year the Twins gave season ticket holders a set of bobbleheads.  As you can see there isn't much difference in the 4 bobbleheads when compared to the 2000 SGA bobbleheads!  Harmon Killebrew, Kent Hrbek, Tony Oliva and Kirby Puckett make up the set of 4 bobbleheads.  Much like its 2000 SGA sibling set, this is one of the hardest ST sets to complete!  Why you ask?  Mainly because of the Hrbek and Killebrew bobbleheads (just like the SGAs!).

Below is a comparison of the SGA and ST sets.  You can see each bobblehead is almost the same with the main differences being a uniform change.  Also, the easiest way to tell if any of these 4 bobbleheads are ST or SGA...ST have the players last name on the front of the base.