The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum announced their
series of bobbleheads for the 2018 season. It will feature many Reds legends
from different generations that are sure to make excellent bobblehead
collection additions. Some players that are featured are repeats while others
are long overdue to have a bobblehead made in their likeness. In this post, I
will discuss the bobbleheads that the Reds Hall of Fame plans to give out in
2018 as well as share my thoughts on them.
The first bobblehead of the year will be given in April and
will feature Chris Sabo. It will commemorate the 30th anniversary of
Sabo’s rookie of the year award. The Reds have given out two bobbleheads of
Sabo in the past, and this is the first time the Reds Hall of Fame has featured
“Spuds” as a bobblehead. While it is sure to be a cool bobblehead, I already
have the Sabo bobble the Reds gave out in 2010 and do not plan on getting this
one.
The next bobblehead will be featured in May and will immortalize
the great Ernie Lombardi. This bobblehead celebrates the 80th
anniversary of Lombari’s MVP award. Lombardi is a baseball hall of famer and
should have had a bobblehead a long time ago, and I am very happy that the Reds
Hall of Fame is finally immortalizing him as a bobblehead. This is a bobble I
plan on adding to my collection.
June’s bobblehead will feature another player who should
have been immortalized as a bobblehead years ago. Johnny Vander Meer will have
his back-to-back no hitter showcased as a dual bobblehead in order to celebrate
the 80th anniversary of the amazing accomplishment. I have been
begging for a Vander Meer bobblehead for a long time, and I couldn’t be more
excited to get my hands on this one during the 2018 season.
The July bobblehead will be of Adam Dunn to honor his
induction into the Reds Hall of Fame. Dunn was one of my favorites as a kid,
and the bobblehead the team gave out in 2002 of him was one of the very first
bobbles I had in my collection. Since I have the 2002 bobblehead, I will not be
getting his bobblehead from the Reds Hall of Fame during the 2018 season.
The August bobblehead is really cool and one I am on the
fence about getting. It will honor the 25th anniversary of Tom
Browning leaving Wrigley Field to watch the game from a rooftop across the
street. While I already have a bobblehead of Browning, this bobblehead just
sounds too awesome to pass up on adding to my collection.
September will feature a bobblehead of hall of famer Johnny
Bench that will showcase the 50th anniversary of his rookie of the
year award. While there is absolutely no doubt that Bench is the greatest
catcher in Reds history and possibly MLB history, this will be the 8th
bobblehead of Bench that either the Reds or the Reds Hall of Fame will give to
fans. I already have a Bench bobblehead and do not plan on getting this one.
Once again, the Reds Hall of Fame has a good series of
bobbles planned for the upcoming baseball season. While I would have loved to
see more new players featured alongside Lombardi and Vander Meer, it is great
that two of greatest Reds players form the 1940 World Series Championship team
are finally being honored. If you are looking to add some Reds bobbleheads to
your collection, head on over to the Reds Hall of Fame during the 2018 season.
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