HIGHS AND LOWS DURING THE BOBBLEHEAD CRAZE
	On May 9, 1999, the San Francisco Giants trigger the resurgence in the craze for these nodding collectibles by distributing 35,000 Willie Mays figurines at a game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
	The Giants may have ignited the craze, but the Twins were the first team to capitalize on it. During the 2000 season, Minnesota's average attendance was 14,000 per home game. However, more than 20,000 fans flocked to the Metrodome for each of the club's four (Harmon Killebrew, Tony Oliva, Kent Hrbek and Kirby Puckett) bobblehead giveaway games.
	At least 35 fans use counterfeit tickets to claim Wally Szczerbiak bobbleheads at a Timberwolves game on December 28, 2000. The team responds by tightening security for its final two bobblehead giveaways of the season.
	Adults reportedly behave like children during Allen Iverson Bobblehead Night on February 16, 2001. Only kids 15 and under were to receive the doll at the Clippers-Sixers matchup at the First Union Center, causing some conniving adults to "rent" children for the night, buying the youngsters tickets, provided they hand over the Iverson figurines to the elders.
	When the Spurs give away David Robinson bobbleheads at a game against the lowly Clippers on March 12, 2001, almost 22,000 fans jam the Alamodome, nearly doubling the number of people who witnessed the Clippers' last visit to San Antonio.
	Struggling Indians first baseman Jim Thome is not in the starting lineup against the Tigers on the Bobblehead Day held in his honor on April 21, 2001. But fate intervenes and the slugger wins the game with a pinch-hit two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning.
	The Tigers pay tribute to Hall of Fame outfielder Al Kaline on July 4, 2001 with a bobblehead giveaway. The event has its problems early on, though, when the prototype figurine turns out to look nothing like Kaline. The team asks the manufacturer to start from scratch on the model and come up with a different look.
NEUTRAL	The Marlins hold "Human Bobblehead Night" on July 20, 2001. Fans 18-and-older who shave their heads outside Pro Player Stadium before the game against the Reds receive four tickets for the next night's game, at which Cliff Floyd bobbleheads are given out.
	Floyd homers in the July 21 contest, becoming the fourth player in the 2001 season to go deep on the day he's featured as his team's bobblehead giveaway. The previous three players to accomplish the feat were Thome, Jason Giambi of the Oakland A's and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs.
	Dave Winfield is to be honored with a special Hall of Fame bobblehead at the Twins-Mariners game on July 22, 2001. However, the manufacturer is forced to create a new prototype of the doll after the 6-foot-6 Winfield points out a "shortcoming" -- his figurine is the same size as the bobblehead made for fellow Twins inductee Kirby Puckett, who's all of 5-foot-8. The new Winfield model has an extra added inch of height.
	The bobblehead craze spreads from athletes to announcers. The Brewers will hold Bob Uecker Bobblehead Day on July 29, 2001. The Tigers plan to honor legendary broadcaster Ernie Harwell with a doll on September 29, 2001.
	Apparently the downtrodden Devil Rays have no player other than Fred McGriff deserving of a Bobblehead Day -- he was so honored on June 22, 2001 -- so the club plans to give away a bobblehead of its furry mascot, Raymond, on August 12, 2001.
	The Indians will top all major league clubs for bobblehead giveaways in 2001 with seven: Roberto Alomar, Dave Burba, Bartolo Colon, Travis Fryman, Kenny Lofton, Jim Thome and Omar Vizquel will all be featured for the Jacobs Field crowd.
	The Columbus Clippers, the Yankees' Class AAA affiliate, take the prize for most Bobblehead Days in one season by a professional sports team with 11 giveaway promotions scheduled for 2001. Former Clippers Steve Balboni, Jay Buhner, Derek Jeter, Don Mattingly, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, Dave Righetti, Mariano Rivera, J.T. Snow and Bernie Williams will be honored as will current coach Hop Cassady.
	The bobbing collectible reaches legendary status. Retired greats Bill Mazeroski, Willie McCovey, Tommy Lasorda, Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan have all been honored with Bobblehead Days over the past two seasons.
	Coming September 2001, more than 40 universities will release bobbleheads of their respective mascots, including the Stanford tree.
	Bobblehead Mania expands into some meaty territory. Beginning in October 2001, a bobblehead of a can of Spam (with legs) will be available for purchase at the Spam Museum in Austin, Minn.