A Vin Scully bobblehead …. what’s it going to look like?

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After of years of sidesteping requests to have his likeness cemented in bobblehead fame, Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully has agreed to be one of 10 bobblehead giveaway promotions that Dodgers will stage for the 2012 season, the team announced today.

The Scully bobblehead will come out on Thursday, Aug. 30, when the Dodgers face Arizona. Expect it to be listed as a sellout minutes after the single-game tickets go on sale. And if we’re allowed to suggest: Make it in a way that it has one of Vin’s call (the Gibson home run?) at the press of a button.

The Dodgers are using the series to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dodger Stadium.

“Since I won’t be here for the 100th anniversary, I agreed to do the 50th,” Scully said. “Otherwise, I would be open to questions as to why I didn’t do it. It’s far easier this way.”

The rest of the Dodgers’ bobblehead list:

==Don Drysdale and Maury Wills: Saturday, April 28 vs. Washington
==Orel Hershiser: Tuesday, May 15 vs. Arizona
==The record-setting infield of Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell and Ron Cey: Tuesday, May 29 vs. Milwaukee
== Mike Scioscia: Tuesday, June 12 vs. the Angels
==Eric Karros: Thursday, June 28 vs. the N.Y. Mets
==Tommy Lasorda and Walter Alston: Saturday, July 14 vs. San Diego
==Kirk Gibson: Tuesday, July 31 vs. Arizona
==Sandy Koufax: Tuesday, Aug. 7 vs. Colorado
==Fernando Valenzuela: Tuesday, Aug. 21 vs. San Francisco

Why so many promo nights against the D’backs, the defending NL West champs? One reason, is because they assume Gibson, the team’s manager, will be there in July to accept it.

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    Here’s the complete list;

    April 4, 2001 – Tommy Lasorda
    June 9, 2001 – Kirk Gibson
    July 29, 2001 – Fernando Valenzuela
    May 31, 2002 – Paul LoDuca
    July 18, 2002 – Shawn Green
    August 24, 2002 – Hideo Nomo
    May 2, 2003 – Eric Gagne
    July 1, 2003 – Brian Jordan
    September 12, 2003 – Fred McGriff
    April 30, 2004 – Eric Gagne(Cy Young)
    July 23, 2004 – Don Newcombe
    August 20, 2004 – Don Drysdale
    June 1, 2005 – Cesar Izturis
    September 29, 2005 – Jeff Kent
    June 2, 2006 – Ron Cey
    June 23, 2006 – Fernando Valenzuela
    July 28, 2006 – Steve Garvey
    April 26, 2007 – Nomar Garciaparra
    July 6, 2007 Rafael Furcal
    August 2, 2007 – Russell Martin
    September 14, 2007 – Tommy Lasorda(HOF)
    April 25, 2008 – Joe Torre
    June 5, 2008 – Takashi Saito
    July 25, 2008 – Brad Penny
    August 12, 2008 – Joe Beimel
    May 20, 2009 – Casey Blake
    July 22, 2009 – Manny Ramirez
    August 19, 2009 – Matt Kemp
    September 16, 2009 – Manny Ramirez(Curtain Call)
    May 18, 2010 – Andre Ethier
    June 8, 2010 – Jonathan Broxton
    July 20, 2010 – James Loney
    August 17, 2010 – Matt Kemp(The Catch)