I saw video starting at 7 in the morning of people lined up to get an Otani bobblehead it's otani's second bobblehead of the Season his dog was involved his dog decoy you may remember the story of Otani and his dog when Otani hadn't yet signed as a free agent everyone was all interested and excited who's his dog what what's his dog saying what's his relationship with his dog oh now he's married is he married to his dog no he's married to a woman who is she oh she's an athlete his dog threw out the first pitch or fetched the first pitch or some such nonsense and I'm not trying to be a fun sucker but I certainly would like to discuss the absolute Ridiculousness of two things one why do you think fans were lining up as of 7 a.m. 10:00 a.m. for a night game to get a bobblehead what would be your thought when the minimum price to get into the game let's say I love that minimum price to get in not exactly sure what that means but just pretend that it actually means what it says it means $131 a ticket people are paying a premium when you come up with your giveaway calender you are doing it exactly for that reason because you think that people will come to that game instead of another game or instead of not a game at all you will get incremental attendance for that giveaway you do studies you have groups you have focus groups what do you want to see what should we be giving away we do the giveaway calendar a year in advance don't believe the nonsense oh we couldn't get the bobbleheads in time we just thought of it it's not correct they are pre-ordered pre-done pre designed preapproved pre everything it's like getting Furniture online the number of items in a giveaway are determined by the team the Dodgers would have you claim Stan Casten specifically is the president of the Dodgers he would have you claim quote corporate sponsors that cover the cost of most giveaways May not have the budget for 53,000 promotional items coincidentally that's the attendance in which case if you only give 40,000 bobbleheads that means it's the first 40,000 who come to the game which means you got to get there early because if you're one of the last 13,000 then uhoh you don't get a bobblehead let me tell you the truth about how that works because it is horse hockey what Mr Caston has told you we do sponsorship deals the sponsorship deal is for X take any company that you want it doesn't matter what the company is just name it coch as part of coch sponsorship deal with you it includes one Outfield wall sign behind the plate signage for two half Innings four season tickets in section gimmel plus the use of a suite for 30 of the 41 games plus two sponsored giveaway do you know that there is a full amount of money K says I'll give you $3 million as he holds up two fingers on nothing personal with David Samson YouTube channel it must be a Thursday we will give you $3 million allocated As You Wish if you'd like to pretend that your tickets are worth ,000 a ticket have at it if you want your nightly Suite rate to be 200,000 per game per night no problem do whatever you want here's $3 million and here are the assets we want in return We me in 18 years doing it we allocate a portion of a sponsorship deal to a giveaway we then use that portion of the corporate sponsor money to pay for the giveaway so if we're doing magnetic schedules and it costs 50 Grand a print we take 50 grand out of a sponsorship deal and say that is for the giveaway there is no such thing as a corporate sponsor who says to the team listen I just want to be clear here we're good for 40,000 bobbleheads not 53,000 it's absolute horse hockey and for that to be said to you is wrong why do teams do fewer give aways than full attendance so they can get full attendance at higher price and some of you cannot get the giveaway and it makes you want more except for me it is the worst plan ever and side note do you think that every bobblehead that was sent to Dodger Stadium from China likely was given away to fans last night absolutely not you save as many as the players wants you give a giveaway to your employees if you know how to run your organization you keep a pallet for future use you do not under any scenario leave Chavez rine last night hey great win so happy oton he's getting close to 5050 holy cies does anyone have an extra bobblehead you think that's what San Caston is saying man I needed one for my grandson don't know if he has a grandson but just pretend oh sorry we gave him all away don't be ridiculous if they say 40,000 bobbleheads it means that they're giving away maybe 25 or 30,000 or if they're giving away 40,000 then guess what it means they ordered way more than 40,000 you're taking a look if you're watching this at the Gold version of the bobblehead I find it to be so shocking shameful embarrassing and by the way if any of my employees took those bobbleheads and sold them and fire them