I came back from my Pilates class here at work to the wonderful news that Vin Scully has finally agreed to get a bobblehead!   With Sandy Koufax also getting a bobblehead, this is year is the best year for Dodger bobbleheads!   Mike Scioscia is also getting a BBH.  I think is right since he only played for the Dodgers.  He was a favorite of mine back when he played.  I loved watching him block homeplate.    This will be Fernando’s 4th BBH I believe.   I think Fernando already had enough bobbleheads but if the Dodgers want to give another one, I’ll take it!

Here is the list of Bobbleheads for 2012

• April 28, 2012 – 2012 Bobblehead #1 – Don Drysdale and Maury Wills
• May 15, 2012 – 2012 Bobblehead #2 – Orel Hershiser
• May 29, 2012 – 2012 Bobblehead #3 – The Infield, Garvey, Cey, Russell and Lopes
• June 12, 2012 – 2012 Bobblehead #4 – Mike Scioscia
• June 28, 2012 – 2012 Bobblehead #5 – Eric Karros   (On my birthday!) 
• July 14, 2012 – 2012 Bobblehead #6 – Tommy Lasorda and Walter Alston
• July 31, 2012 – 2012 Bobblehead #7 – Kirk Gibson
• August 7, 2012 – 2012 Bobblehead #8 – Sandy Koufax
• August 21, 2012 – 2012 Bobblehead #9 – Fernando Valenzuela
• August 30, 2012 – 2012 Bobblehead #10 – Vin Scully

My blog came in at #21 in 2011!  Thank you all that have visited my blog!  

When I think of #21,  I think of Roberto Clemente. 

He signed with the Dodgers for $10,000, but never got to play a single game in Brooklyn or Los Angeles.   A rule back then in effect required that any player signed for more than $4000 had to stay on the parent club for a full season. The Dodgers attempted to keep Clemente’s profile low, but the keen eye of the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager knew Clemente and he was selected by the Pirates for $4,000 on Nov. 22, 1954.

ref:  Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB Blogsphere,  Dodgerbobble.com Latinosportslegends.com, http://mlblogs.mlblogs.com/category/latest-leaders/