Johan Santana Bobblehead - Prototype

Here's a prototype of mine, this bobblehead was never mass produced and it's probably only 1 of 2 or 3 in existence.  Featured with the New York Mets and standing on a K-counter its a pretty sweet bobblehead.  If you come across prototypes, many aren't in pristine condition as it was most likely handled by several people, shipped to different departments, etc.  Since Johan was one of the best Twins pitchers, this one is staying in my collection.  But I certainly wish he was wearing a Twins jersey!  

 

Sneak Peek - Johan Santana Twins Hall of Fame

Here's a picture of the last of 4 normal SGA Twins bobbleheads this year - Johan Santana.  He's being inducted into the Twins Hall of Fame and they hit this one out of the park (perhaps a bad cliche to use for a pitcher, but it's certainly no strikeout) see what I did there? 

One of the best depictions of a bobblehead I've seen in a while.  Definitely him, his stance, form and everything!  I'm excited to get this one on August 4th! 

Another Sand Gnats Bobblehead!

A few days ago I wrote about a Frank Viola bobblehead that the Savannah Sand Gnats gave out. Read about it here! I know these aren't exactly Minnesota related bobbleheads but since there aren't many Viola bobbleheads out there, I liked the Savannah one quite a bit.  I knew of a Johan Santana bobblehead the Sand Gnats gave out and I recently added it to my collection!  As most of us know, the Twins traded Santana to the Mets in 2008.  Read more about the Santana and the trade here.  Like Viola, the Twins haven't done many Santana bobbleheads and since I had the Viola one, I wanted to add this one so they'd be displayed together!

Want List (Part 10)

This is my last post for Twins related bobbleheads I'd like to add to my collection.  I believe all of these are SGAs of former Twins players.  LaTroy Hawkins (Fort Wayne Wizards) makes another appearance and next to him is Lew Ford (New Britain Rock Cats).  Then we have Johan Santana (Savannah Sand Gnats) & Eric Milton (State College Spikes)!

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 SGA Bobblehead Set (Part 6 - Year 2005)

The 2005 SGA set might be the hardest to complete.  There is a simple reason for that, one that I'll blog more about in the future.  But the short answer is...10 different bobbleheads were given out on the same day...and done so randomly.  So even if you had 10 tickets to the game, you probably didn't get all 10 different bobbleheads.  In my picture below, you'll see the other 3 bobbleheads released in 2005, Jacque Jones, Johan Santana, and Joe Nathan.

Want List (Part 5)

I think this will be my next to last post in the series of my "Want List."  This post will also include plenty of pictures.  I'm calling this, my minor league want list - because its exactly what it sounds like. No, not that these are less desirable bobbleheads, but they are truly minor league bobbleheads, most giveaways at minor league games.  As you can tell the pictures include bobbleheads of Joe Mauer, Johan Santana, Justin Morneau, Torii Hunter, Michael Cuddyer and Aaron Hicks.  Quite a wide-ranging group of players.  Im sure there are more bobbleheads that exist of Twins minor leaguers that aren't pictured.  I also have a group of minor league bobbleheads already - not a large group, but its something to start from!