<![CDATA[Deadspin: west virginia power]]> http://tags.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: west virginia power]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/westvirginiapower http://deadspin.com/tag/westvirginiapower <![CDATA[Take These Bobbleheads Home, Country Road]]> Tonight was going to be, like, the most important night in the history of the West Virginia Power. It marked their first-ever bobblehead giveaway, and they decided to honor the occasion with an Obama-playing-basketball-in-high-school toy. Too bad the dolls got stuck in some reincarnation of Gitmo.

This — this! — is the worst type of government corruption, the kind that I thought had been hoped and changed out in November. Because even though the Power ordered the bobbleheads from an "unknown country," they were held up in U.S. Customs and Border Protection for nine days. Do you know how much President Obama did in nine days? A lot! And it's unjust not to allow his bobbleheads to do the same. This is America, after all.

The Power, consequently, had no idea what to do, so they called the White House. No dice. And just before shit got real weird, the team learned yesterday that the dolls had been released from detention, even if they likely won't make it for tonight's scheduled giveaway to underscore the night's theme of "fitness and a healthy lifestyle." To compensate, the first 1,000 fans instead will get "golden tickets" — they're actually called that — and, in addition to a detained bottlehead that may or may not have been tortured in captivity, will receive snozberries, everlasting gobstoppers and an Oompa-Loompa.

Obama bobblehead dolls released from captivity — no one harmed [The Vote Blog]
Obama Bobbleheads Red Flagged At Customs [Steady Burn]

]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5273142&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The West Virginia Power's Mascot Has A Rather Large Package]]> Here's Charile, one of the mascots of the West Virginia Power baseball team, a Class-AA affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. The Power celebrated the beginning of their season recently with a contest to see who could turn in the best drawing of one of their colorful mascots. The winner was Ariel Benson, a middle schooler who knows that: A. All baseball mascots are on steroids, apparently, and B. Mascots who take steroids do not suffer from shrunken genitalia. Charlie is packing a lot down there!

This drawing here will grace the cover of an official West Virginia Power game program this season; and if anyone can get their hands on one and send it to me, I'd be eternally grateful. So anyway, Minor League baseball season is here! It's still a little early in the season for the full-fledged 2008 debut of Minor Enterprise, because most of the really wacky promotions have yet to be scheduled. But there are some recent developments that need to be addressed.

&#8226; Two brand new franchises; the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Class-AAA, International League) and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Class-AA, Texas League) open play this week; the IronPigs on Friday and the Naturals on Thursday. See you there!

&#8226; The Lexington Legends (Class-A, South Atlantic League) will have Transformers Night on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in which the first 250 kids to enter Applebee's Park will receive a Transformers Legends AllSpark Battle Pack. [Thanks to Benjamin Hill]

&#8226; Don't forget: The Macon Music's Eliot Spitzer Night is June 13.

Put on your Lake Elsinore Storm cap, and I'll see you at the ballpark.

2008 Power Cover Contest [West Virginia Power]

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