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Published On: April 20th, 2017

 

Big Top Baseball Unveils First Ever Smart Watch Bobblehead

Unique giveaway at all four Northwoods League stadiums this summer

View video of Smart Watch Bobblehead Here

Madison, WI – April 20, 2017. Big Top Baseball, the ownership group of the Madison Mallards, Kenosha Kingfish, Green Bay Bullfrogs, and Wisconsin Rapids Rafters, is excited to unveil the first ever smart watch bobblehead.

This unique giveaway features a removable smart watch as the head of the bobblehead, taking a ballpark classic and bringing it into the 21st century. The smart watch connects with any smart phone and has the ability to receive texts and calls, play music, track sleep and steps, and much more. The smart watch comes attached to the bobblehead, but can also be removed and worn as a watch.

This bobblehead will be given away at each Big Top Baseball stadium on various dates throughout the summer: 

Madison Mallards: Giveaway on August 1, sponsored by Alliant Energy. iMaynard will only be available to children 14 and under who complete an online coding challenge. More information on this contest will be available at Mallardsbaseball.com in the coming weeks

Kenosha Kingfish: iElvis giveaway on July 10 sponsored by Lee Plumbing, Heating, Cooling, and Electric.

Wisconsin Rapids Rafters: iRosco giveaway on August 6, sponsored by Incourage.

Green Bay Bullfrogs: iJeremiah giveaway on June 29, sponsored by Aurora BayCare Medical Center.

Bobbleheads in Kenosha, Wisconsin Rapids and Green Bay are handed out on a first-come, first-served basis.

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The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 23-year-old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 160 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM) and Lucas Duda (NYM).  All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.raftersbaseball.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rafters as your favorite team.