Gascan bobble head day

Jeff Suppan will have a bobble head day at Miller Park in 2009. August 30 to be exact. Yes, you are reading that correctly. The Gascan will be prominently featured with his own collectible doll at the Sunday matinee vs. Pittsburgh. I think this is a nostalgic move by the team's front office, paying homage to the Ruthian moonshot Jason Bay (then of the Pirates) blasted off the M&I Bank sign on the scoreboard vs. Soup a season ago.

I first stumbled upon this curious Suppan bobble head day after reading some of the comments posted in the "Job Hunting In Chicago" post over at our friends from Chuckie Hacks. The thing is, I figured they were joking. Their site is great with the sports satire and sarcasm. The Crew couldn't possibly have a Soup Pitched Great bobble could they?

But the JS then confirmed this and all of the other promotional giveaways, leaving Brewers fans everywhere puzzled this morning. Even more puzzling? Doug Melvin bobble head day on Sept. 30. Other, more understandable bobble's in '09 include:

• Ryan Braun - May 3


• Trevor Hoffman - May 31


• Jason Kendall - June 28


• Racing Bratwurst - July 26

If you're a "Sunday Plus 20 Pack" season ticket holder, you're sitting pretty in the bobblehead world.

The question at large at this point is obvious: What will Soup's bobble feature? Turnbow's had "real" hair, Dick Weeks was stealing a base, Corey Hart was preparing to swing through a first pitch ball in the dirt. Will Soup's gascan be resting beside him on the hill? Will Pat Burrell be trotting around the bases? Maybe he'll be serving a grilled cheese at Soup's Grill. Or perchance Bill Castro will be beside him, offering advice on how to not serve batting practice during a game.

Or maybe he'll look like this:

When single game tix go on sale in a few days, August 30 is sure to be the second hottest game in demand after Opening Day.