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Tigers' Manager of Promotions Sweats the Details for Realistic Bobblehead Giveaways

June 05, 2017, 7:39 AM


Michael Fulmer's model will be given away July 29 to 10,000 fans. (Detroit Tigers photo)

The bobblehead has come a long way. 

Now they look far more realistic. Haley Kolff , manager of promotions and special events for the Tigers, sweats the details, writes Bill Shea of Crain's Detroit Business.

For example, there was a month-long discussion about whether catcher James McCann's index finger would appear outside his mitt. The item, to be given away to 10,000 spectators July 29 at Comerica Park before a game against the Astros, will have a removable face mask.

The  next bobblehead giveaway is a model of pitcher Michael Fulmer, 2016 American League rookie. His keepsake goes to the first 10,000 fans on Friday, June 16, when Detroit plays the Rays at in a night game. 

Modern sculpting and expectations mean that bobbles are realistic, and no longer the boyish, cherubic smiling figure in which the noggin was the same for every player.


Read more:  Crain's Detroit Business


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