Weekly primer: May 12-18

Yasiel Puig

Here’s this week’s bobblehead schedule for Major League Baseball and the minor leagues.

Grading the Boston Red Sox’s David Ortiz bobblehead giveaway

David Ortiz bobblehead

I received a welcome addition to my bobblehead collection this weekend. The Boston Red Sox were kind enough to send The Bobblehead Blog the David Ortiz figurine they gave out for last Monday’s game against the Texas Rangers. Let me say this: It’s a great bobblehead. One of the more unique and detailed figurines I’ve seen.

In honor of my first bobblehead acquisition of the year, I decided to start a new feature to the blog. I will grade each of the bobbleheads I receive, either in person or through major league and minor league teams. I have come up with five categories that will be weighed 10 points each. A perfect bobblehead, for example, would garner a 50-point score.