One year after acquiring him from the Houston Astros, the Philadelphia Phillies are sending Hunter Pence to the San Francisco Giants in a deadline day deal. That's good news for the cost-cutting Phillies, but for one major problem: The team still has a Hunter Pence bobblehead day scheduled for Aug. 21. Phillies.com was still touting the giveaway as of Tuesday afternoon. And it says a bobblehead will go to "all fans" at Citizens Bank Park, which likely means they've stockpiled about 45,000 of these babies in south Philly. So with Pence headed west, what are their options? Adding a bonus pack of orange-and-black watercolors so fans can doctor the Pence dolls to reflect the team change? Or to quickly make it into a Nate Schierholtz giveaway given that he was one of the players the Giants are sending to Philly in the deal? Better to dwell on the doll than the realities of a lost season in Philly, we suppose. News of the deal was first reported by Jon Heyman of CBS Sports and came almost immediately after news of the Shane Victorino trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday afternoon. In addition to Schierholtz, the Phillies receive minor-league catcher Tommy Joseph (who would have...
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Phillies trade Hunter Pence to Giants but still have his bobblehead day scheduled for Aug. 21
Published July 31, 2012 at 12:40 PM
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