The Yoshi bobblehead giveaway at Dodger Stadium Tuesday night was a huge success, drawing fans of both Nintendo and the Boys in Blue.
Those fans reportedly included some of the Dodgers players themselves, according to Sonja Chen of MLB.com, who reported that players had their own “Yoshi,” pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, sign the bobbleheads.
Thanks to Dodgers photographer Jon SooHoo, we now know who at least one of the signed Yoshi bobbleheads belongs to: first baseman Freddie Freeman.
Freeman and Yamamoto posed for a pic as the ace signed the bobblehead.
That wasn’t the only way Yamamoto participated in Yoshi night, though.
What Else Happened on Yoshi Bobblehead Night?
Alongside Yoshi (the pitcher) and Yoshi (the video game and movie character), the actor who plays Yoshi in the new film The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Donald Glover, threw out the first pitch.
Glover also participated in a fun video with Yamamoto and a stuffed mascot Yoshi in which the three “Yoshis” pointed at each other in a manner reminiscent of the Spider-Man meme.
Adding another layer to the video is Glover’s history as an actor, as fans pushed for him to play Spider-Man earlier in his career.
Where Can I get a Yoshi Bobblehead?
If you’re looking to get your hands on a bobblehead, you’re in luck, but it might cost you a pretty penny.
Sites like StockX have bobbleheads for resale between $200 and $300, which is a bit higher than the price of the ticket, which included a bobblehead for the first 40,000 fans.
Those fans also got to witness fellow Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani pitch six scoreless innings, allowing only one hit, and record a hit of his own at the plate.
The fans did, however, have to sit in the rain, a rarity for Southern California, so they’ve had to work for those bobbleheads.
Perhaps $200 to $300 isn’t so much, given the effort fans had to go through.
That price, though, does not include Yamamoto’s autograph.
Freeman and his Dodger teammates who had Yamamoto sign their bobbleheads may have gotten themselves a truly priceless piece of Dodgers memorabilia.
