The Boston Red Sox were plannning to give out David Ortiz bobbleheads tonight but cancelled after team president Sam Kennedy felt the dolls were racially insensitive.
via The Boston Globe
Just seen Red Sox have withdrawn the Papi bobblehead giveaway tonight because they were so awful when delivered! pic.twitter.com/Kkp5qARdAS
— Dan O'Hagan (@danohagan) August 9, 2016
The Red Sox issued a statement on nixing tonight’s Big Papi bobblehead night.
A statement from the #RedSox regarding tonight's David Ortiz bobblehead giveaway: pic.twitter.com/btKRFyvDIE
— Red Sox (@RedSox) August 9, 2016
Props to the Red Sox for nipping this in the butt. Those bobbleheads are truly horrendous.