The Red Sox were supposed to have a David Ortiz bobblehead giveaway tonight. They have cancelled it, however. Here is the statement from the team:
A statement from the #RedSox regarding tonight's David Ortiz bobblehead giveaway: pic.twitter.com/btKRFyvDIE
— Red Sox (@RedSox) August 9, 2016
What, exactly, was unacceptable about it? You be the judge:
This is apparently the David Ortiz bobblehead deemed unacceptable. Endeavoring to find out why it was. pic.twitter.com/NmNiDBkPLv
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) August 9, 2016
It ain’t the prettiest bobblehead ever. I’ve seen some people tweeting that the mouth/lips appear to be the stuff of racist caricature, however inadvertent. I can see that I guess:
Just seen Red Sox have withdrawn the Papi bobblehead giveaway tonight because they were so awful when delivered! pic.twitter.com/Kkp5qARdAS
— Dan O'Hagan (@danohagan) August 9, 2016
I presume the new ones the team will send to ticketholders for tonight’s game will be better looking. In the meantime, if you can get your hands on one of these, I suppose you’ll have a collector’s item on your hands.
