Former Phillies and Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay still lives in the Dunedin area. It is Dunedin, just up the road from Clearwater, Florida, where the Toronto Blue Jays train. So, it would be perfect for the Phillies to honor Halladay when the two meet, right? That does not appear to be what they are doing.
The giveaway was already on the calendar, but Phillies announced the promotion today on Twitter:
1st 6,000 fans going to 3/7's #PhilliesST game vs #BlueJays get a Toyota @RoyHalladay Bobble! http://t.co/nF1sZXxsgI pic.twitter.com/nrqCTmqsc9
— Phillies (@Phillies) January 9, 2015
I was really excited at the idea, until I realized that this is the same bobblehead that the Phillies gave away in August:
2day is 4 yr anniv. of Doc’s perfect game. All fans get a Toyota @RoyHalladay Bobble on 8/8! http://t.co/fi1J4JEyPT pic.twitter.com/9RwYMOZmjR
— Phillies (@Phillies) May 29, 2014
They are just left over.
The Phillies attendance the night that the Roy Halladay promotion took place on August 8 was 32,307, or 74% of Citizen Bank Park's capacity. This means that the Phillies likely had more than 10,000 Halladay bobbleheads left over. Is this really worth taking up all that space on the Phillies' truck to Florida? Gotta get rid of them somehow…
