OT: Jobu is coming to a ballpark near you!

Submitted by James Burrill Angell on

OK maybe not NEAR you per se unless you live near Cleveland in which case, if you can be one fo the first 1500 people to get yourself to the Lake County Captains minor league baseball game on August 1st, you sir can score yourself a Jobu bobblehead!

Jobu bobblehead

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10973576/lake-county-captains-offering-jobu-bobblehead-major-league-night

 

Why nobody came up with this earlier I'll never know.

Any bets on how much these end up going for on ebay?

Wolverine In Exile

May 23rd, 2014 at 1:17 PM ^

1) This was made before Charlie Sheen, Rene Russo, Wesley Snipes, or Dennis Haysbert made it big. Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen were the star power.

2) This was made BEFORE the Indians went through their 90's renaissance with Albert Belle, Jacobs Field, etc. When this was released, the Indians were basically the Cubs with a shittier stadium, and less passionate fans. After this movie, it took on a bit of apocryphal context since the Indians ended up turning into a respectable powerhouse for a 5-10 yr period.

3) Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn was the inspiration for multiple nut-case hard throwing relievers in the 90's like Rob Dibble, Mitch Williams, John Rocker, etc. This movie came out right as was playing Little League and so an entire generation of 30-40 yr olds now naturally assume that to get out of the biggest jams in life, you always fuck the curveball and give 'em the heater.

bokee88

May 24th, 2014 at 1:37 PM ^

The guy is a nut job now but he was big. Right after major league he started in the oscar nominated piece with his brother: Men At Work (this has nothing to do with Vegemite sandwiches).

Wolverine In Exile

May 23rd, 2014 at 1:07 PM ^

I believe both of you and will raise you that someone has written a doctoral dissertation on how Dennis Haysbert's rise in portrayals from Pedro Cerrano to President David Palmer enabled the election of Barack Obama as POTUS.

 

"Hayworth hit that ball a mile"

"You know that ball wouldn't have been out of a lot of parks"

"Oh, yeah? Name one."

"Yellowstone"

Croatian_Blue

May 23rd, 2014 at 1:21 PM ^

And for the Indians, that's one run on, let's see...one hit? That's all we got?, one goddamn hit?

[Monty: You can't say "goddamn" on the air!]

Don't worry; nobody's listening anyway

Monocle Smile

May 23rd, 2014 at 1:58 PM ^

I thought you were talking about the MGoUser Jobu, in which case i was going to make a snide remark about wanting to take a few swings at him anyway.

readyourguard

May 23rd, 2014 at 2:33 PM ^

"Just a reminder, fans, comin' up is our "Die-hard Night" here at the stadium. Free admission to anyone who was actually alive the last time the Indians won a pennant."