ESPN.com - Player who ran through fence gets bobblehead

He’s Rodney McCray, and when he was with the Vancouver Canadians he ran straight through the outfield fence in Portland, Ore., while chasing a fly ball during a Pacific Coast League game May 27, 1991. It’s become a fixture of sports bloopers — McCray running full speed through the Flav-R-Pac sign in right-center field at Civic Stadium.

First caught on film, then on a bobblehead, Rodney McCray’s famous fence-crashing run in 1991 is his legacy.The moment will be immortalized Saturday when the team hosts “Rodney McCray Bobblefence Night” at PGE Park, as Civic Stadium is now known. McCray will throw out the first pitch, sign autographs and witness the dedication of “McCray Alley” in right-center field.

I love this bobblehead from the Portland Beavers.  Rodney McCray was the outfielder who literally ran through the outfield wall at PGE Park in Portland….making him the star of one of the most famous video clips in sports.

As teams run out of current players or minor league teams fret about whether a player will still be on their roster.

We have talked about celebrity bobbleheads a lot recently, including an interview with the team who did the Runaway Bride and a Spotlight dicussing the use of celebrities as bobbleheads. 

It’s a trend I think will continue to grow before it shrinks.

-cudo